James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2020

PC4211 - Advanced Professional Pharmacy Practice (Honours)

Available to level 4 Honours of the Bachelor of Pharmacy course.

Subject Description

Available to level 4 Pharmacy students enrolled in the Honours course. The subject will prepare students for entry into the Pharmacy workforce. It continues from the Semester 1 subject, Professional Pharmacy Practice 3 and further develops the student's understanding of aspects of professional pharmacy practice including dispensing skills, legal and ethical issues and professional standards. An emphasis will be placed on how these concepts apply to the Contemporary Professional Pharmacy Practices in Australia, especially their application in rural and remote Australia. The students will use this knowledge in conjunction with their experience gained in their supervised clinical pharmacy placement to understand the roles of pharmacists in the future. An emphasis will be placed on good listening and communication skills. The role of the pharmacist in community liaison will be discussed and applied to pharmacy practice. The subject has a substantial research component where the student is expected to demonstrate an ability to analyse their results in addition to writing a thesis and presentng a seminar detailing their results, discussion and conclusions of their research work.

Learning Outcomes

• demonstrate an understanding of the current legislative, ethical, pharmacoeconomic, management issues relevant to contemporary pharmacy practice
• demonstrate the basic dispensing functions of a pharmacist including eliciting, reviewing and assessing patient history, maintaining records and counselling patients to encourage compliance
• develop individual aims of intervention and outcomes of practice for patients that present to a pharmacy
• achieve competency for personal accreditation and registration requirements
• demonstrate competency in the analysis of research data and its presentation in both thesis and seminar format

Subject Assessment

• Invigilated > Other exams - (40%)
• Invigilated > Presentations - (30%)
• Clinical and extemporaneous dispensing practical examinations - (25%)
• Non-Invigilated > Assignments - (5%)

Note that 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.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:  PC4201 and PC4203

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