PC5517 - Advanced Clinical Pharmaceutics
Credit points: | 03 |
Year: | 2013 |
Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
Administered by: | School of Pharmacy & Molecular Sciences |
Clinical Pharmaceutics is a developing specialty, providing the pharmacist and other healthcare professions with the knowledge to aid the basic understanding of pharmaceutics in determining or modifying the clinical outcomes for patients. Advanced Clinical Pharmaceutics will build on the knowledge and experience gained in Clinical Pharmaceutics in the physicochemical characteristics of drugs that inform the pharmacist as to whether it is safe to modify or repackage certain dosage forms or drug products. In addition to some basic formulation skills gained in clinical pharmaceutics, this advanced subject will explore specialised paediatric and geriatric formulations, issues associated with generic medicines and future delivery systems for modern therapeutics. Throughout this subject consideration will be given to the role of pharmacists in advancing the provision of safe and effective medicines, in whatever environment they may practice, whether that is in community pharmacy, specialised hospital pharmacy or in rural and remote practice.
Learning Outcomes
- be able to describe the impact of various aspects of formulation and how this affects the modification of these dosage forms or their repackaging;
- understand special formulations for paediatric and geriatric patients;
- understand the issues associated with generic medicines especially their quality, whether they are conventional drugs or biologicals;
- understand the future as it applies to delivery systems for modern therapeutics;
- be able to implement in a pharmacy setting, modified and repackaged drug products which are safe and effective.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to use independent judgment to synthesise information to make intellectual and/or creative advances;
- The ability to think laterally and be original;
- The ability to conceptualise and evaluate a range of potential solutions to relevant problems;
- The ability to encompass and use methods and conceptual advances in areas of knowledge cognate to their central area(s) of expertise.
Prerequisites: | PC5511 |
Availabilities | |
External, Study Period 1 | |
Census Date 28-Mar-2013 | |
Coord/Lect: | Professor Beverley Glass. |
Method of Delivery: | WWW - LearnJCU and Printed materials |
Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); osce (15%); assignments (15%); assignment (20%). |
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.