Key facts
UNE unit code: PHAR410
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- Trimester 1 - Online
- Armidale Campus
- Yes
- Yes
- No
- 6
Unit information
Pharmacists play a vital role in the provision of direct healthcare services in varied, rapidly evolving contexts. This unit offers you the opportunity to apply your pharmacy practice skills, knowledge and judgement as you build understanding of professional services in different pharmacy settings, including compounding of medicines.
Studying this unit, you will explore the ways in which pharmacists provide ethical and culturally appropriate health care, within a defined scope of practice.
With a focus on person-centred care, you will learn to identify complex medication-related issues in a prescription and delve into the evidence base of complementary and alternative therapies, to provide rational recommendations to patients requesting these therapies.
You will also hone your ability to communicate this information to appropriate audiences, using various communication modalities.
Offerings
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| Teaching period | Mode/location |
|---|---|
| Trimester 1 | Online |
*Offering is subject to availability
Intensive schools
| Start | Finish | Duration | Attendance | Offerings | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 April 2024 | 26 April 2024 | 3 days | Mandatory Intensive School | All offerings | Both intensive schools are mandatory for all students. Students must attend both Mandatory Intensive Schools which are held in Armidale. |
| 21 February 2024 | 23 February 2024 | 3 days | Mandatory Intensive School | All offerings | Both intensive schools are mandatory for all students. Students must attend both Mandatory Intensive Schools which are held in Armidale. The ability to enrol in this unit will be removed approximately two days prior to the commencement of this mandatory intensive school. |
Enrolment rules
Notes
On-campus students are required to attend mandatory tutorials. Online students are required to participate in mandatory online synchronous tutorials at designated times. Information regarding the timing of and the total number of tutorials that students must attend in a teaching period will be provided by the unit coordinator through the unit information in the Learning Management System.
Please refer to the student handbook for current details on this unit.
Unit coordinator(s)
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
- develop individual strategies to elicit details of the patient's health condition and medication taking behaviour to identify and resolve medication related issues;
- analyse, formulate and communicate medication related findings to an appropriate audience in appropriate language;
- discuss how various direct patient care professional services available in pharmacy settings are applied in practice;
- utilise knowledge of appropriate professional services to formulate or devise a medication action plan or justify service delivery, in negotiation with the patient as well as any other healthcare practitioners involved in patient's care;
- formulate, prepare, label and dispense advanced pharmaceutical preparations; and
- evaluate critically the literature on use of complementary and alternative medicines (CAMs) and interpret the information as evidence based recommendations for patients in pharmacy settings.
Assessment information
Assessments are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.
| Title | Must Complete | Weight | Offerings | Assessment Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1 | Yes | 15% | All offerings | Complementary medicines assignment. No. Words: 750 |
| Assessment 2 | Yes | 25% | All offerings | Pharmaceutical compounding - gateway assessment. It is mandatory to pass this assessment in order to pass this unit. Up to two attempts permitted. |
| Assessment 3 | Yes | 25% | All offerings | Professional skills assessment - Gateway assessment. It is mandatory to pass this assessment in order to pass this unit. Up to two attempts permitted. Students must participate in at least 3 MedsCheck preparatory sessions with other students in order to attempt this assessment.
|
| Assessment 4 | Yes | 35% | All offerings | Timed case study assignment. It is mandatory to pass this assessment in order to pass this unit. No. Words: 2000 |
Learning resources
Textbooks are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.
Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.
Australian Medicines Handbook: 2024
ISBN: 9780645813715
Rossi, S. (ed), AMH 2024
Text refers to: All offerings
APF26 Australian Pharmaceutical Formulary Handbook
ISBN: 9780648600329
Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, Pharmaceutical Society of Australia 26th ed. 2024
Text refers to: All offerings
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