Postgraduate - Course3467 - Master of Pharmacy Practice

This course is designed to enable students to develop a deep and more specialised range of attributes than those able to be acquired in the undergraduate pharmacy program. Students will be able to select units related to various advanced areas of pharmacy practice, for example aspects of clinical practice, wound care, and health economics.

It is envisaged that students will articulate into this course from the Graduate Certificate in Pharmacy Practice and internship courses to further their professional development, however, direct entry is also an option for registered pharmacists.

The objectives of this course are to:

• provide a knowledge base for more advanced practice in a variety of pharmacy practice areas
• develop skills in critical literature evaluation
• further develop written and oral communication skills.

Upon completion of the course, graduates will be able to:

• undertake more advanced practice roles in selected areas
• critically evaluate literature
• use evidence-based principles to guide practice.

24 credit points

Students who choose the elective unit PGP5015 (Geriatric pharmacy practice) are required to undertake patient medication history interviews and medication reviews in the student's workplace. Home Medicines Review are to be conducted under the supervision of an accredited consultant pharmacist or hospital outreach pharmacist (assistance is available with organising this for students located in Victoria if the student does not have access to a suitably experienced pharmacist).

Successful completion of PGP5015 (Geriatric pharmacy practice) is recognised by the Australian Association of Consultant Pharmacy (AACP) for Stage 1 of the training program for accreditation of pharmacists to deliver Commonwealth-funded Medication Management Reviews.

This course consists of one core 6-point unit and 42 points of elective units.

Students must complete the following core unit:

• PGC5001 Evidence-based practice

plus 42 points from the following electives:

• ECX9700 Introduction to health economics*
• ECX9710 Pharmaceutical economics*
• ECX9720 Introduction to epidemiology and biostatistics
• ECX9730 Economic evaluation in healthcare*
• ECX9750 Principles of health economics for developing countries*
• PGC5002 Patient data and pharmacotherapy I**
• PGC6003 Patient data and pharmacotherapy II** or PGC6010 Infectious diseases pharmacotherapy
• PGC6004 Patient data and pharmacotherapy III**
• PGC6005 Journal club
• PGC6007 Introduction to clinical research
• PGP5013 Dermatology
• PGP5014 Clinical educator preparation
• PGP5015 Geriatric pharmacy practice
• PGP5016 Geriatric disease state management
• PGP5017 Mental health
• PGP5018 Palliative Care
• PGW1101 Biology of wound healing
• PGW1102 Wound assessment
• PGW1103 Wound dressings
• PGW1104 Management of acute wounds
• PGW1105 Management of chronic wounds
• PGW5106 Systemic medication and wound healing
• up to 12 credit points of complementary units. For further information visit http://pharm.monash.edu.au/students/pg-coursework/complementary.html.

* Students cannot undertake more than 12 points of these units.

** Enrolment into this elective is subject to approval. Students are also required to be working in an Australian hospital clinical setting.

Students wishing to exit the Master of Pharmacy Practice early may apply to graduate with one of the following, provided they have satisfied the requirements for that award:

• 3468 Graduate Certificate in Pharmacy Practice
• 3460 Graduate Certificate in Pharmacy Practice (Internship).

Master of Pharmacy Practice