Applied Pharmacy Practice II
(
6 points,
SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL)
Leader:
Offered:
Parkville First semester 2005 (OCL)
Parkville Second semester 2005 (OCL)
Synopsis: Further development of the technical, clinical, personal and professional skills acquired as a pharmacy graduate that form the basis of future practice. The unit explores the day-to-day practice of pharmacy including systematic problem solving, therapeutics, evidence based practice, patient monitoring and outcomes, symptomology, improving adherence, multiple medication management, pharmaceutical care, standards and competencies for pharmacy practice, ethics, legal aspects, multidisciplinary approaches to health care, primary care, over the counter medicines, communication and counselling, public health, pharmaceutical calculations, risk management and dealing with difficult clients
Assessment:
