PC3104 - Professional Pharmacy Placement 1

Credit points:	03
Year:	2005
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:

Available to level 3 Bachelor of Pharmacy students.

The subject will provide a minimum of 225 hours (six weeks at 37.5 hours) of supervised clinical pharmacy placement with flexible support from the University to integrate and develop previously learnt material with new observational and practical clinical training.The placement will be either rural or urban (hospital, community or industry) at an advanced level and will enable the student to apply, develop, analyse and integrate the theories, principles and practice of pharmacy in a variety of settings.Students may be required to undertake clinical placement in a facility away from the campus at which they are currently enrolled, at their own expense.

Learning Outcomes

• appreciate the principles of human resource management of pharmacy (hospital or community);
• demonstrate competent skills in self directed learning;
• develop individual aims of intervention and outcomes of practice for patients that present to the pharmacy;
• develop individual objectives for ones own professional development;
• develop the skills to obtain a pharmaceutical history, including a patients medication and medical history.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments;
• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to lead, manage and contribute effectively to teams;
• The ability to speak and write logically, clearly and creatively;
• The ability to select and use appropriate IT tools;
• The ability to access and employ online technologies effectively;
• The ability to use and interpret different media;
• A coherent and disciplined body of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to learn independently and in a self-directed manner;
• A commitment to lifelong learning and intellectual development.

Prerequisites:

All level 2 BPharm subjects

Availabilities
, , Study Period 1
Census Date 31-Mar-2005
Coordinator:	Professor Beverley Glass
Lecturers:	Mrs Christine Richardson, Professor Beverley Glass, jc144072, jc146174.
Contact hours:	6 hours 4 hours 240 hours

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.