Undergraduate - UnitPAC1311 - Pharmacy, health and society I

At the end of this unit students should be able to:

1. Describe the roles of pharmacists, the medicines management pathway, aspects related to medication safety, the practice of pharmacy in community and hospital settings, the basic legal requirements related to pharmacy practice, ageing population and aged care, disability and disability support, and medicines use and the Australian health care system;
2. Describe the use of some commonly prescribed medicines and selected topics associated with different dose forms, routes of administrations and dose adjustments;
3. Retrieve, interpret and communicate basic information about medicines or health care issues, and apply it to patient-centered care;
4. Apply (at basic level) patient-centered care in the practice of pharmacy including of medicines, recording prescriptions, labeling the medicines and counseling patients;
5. Describe elements of behavioural psychology that are relevant to the practice of pharmacy, and important elements of communication (e.g. the principles of interpersonal communication, barriers to good communication, listening and responding).