VCP3012 - Pharmacy Practice IIIB

Leader: Dr Johnson George

Offered

Parkville Second semester 2008 (Day)

Synopsis

The main aims of the subject are to provide students with a knowledge and understanding of a range of topics relevant to the practice of pharmacy. Topics include: the Australian Healthcare system, competency standards, ethics, medication safety, evidence-based medicine, multiple-medication management, advanced Professional Experience (APE) placement.

Objectives

Students will develop an:

• Understanding of the Australian health care system, medical terminology, principles of harm minimisation, pricinples of pharmacoepidemiology and pharmacoeconomics, principles of evidence-based medicine, overview of management in pharmacy practice, purpose and application of competency guidelines and standards documents; the forensic and legal requirements related to pharmacy practice, principles of medication safety and risk management, application of multiple medication management practices, and principles of hospital pharmacy practice.

• Ability in the areas of accessing and critically evaluating information (including understanding laboratory data relevant to drug therapy), written and oral communication (including effective communication in difficult situations), and problem solving in clinically oriented situations.

• Appreciation of the ethics of professional practice and the role of the pharmacist in patient care.

Assessment

Examination (3 hour) 50% and Practical examination 40%

Contact hours

30 hours

Prerequisites

VCP3011 Pharmacy practice IIIA, VCP3051 Clinical pharmacy IA, VCP2062 Pharmaceutical microbiology I and VCP3061 Pharmaceutical microbiology II.

Co-requisites

VCP3052 Clinical pharmacy IB