Areas of study by faculty: Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Students who commenced study in 2015 should refer to this area of study entry for direction on the requirements; to check which units are currently available for enrolment, refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your area of study.
Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Clinical pharmacy
| Managing faculty | Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences |
|---|---|
| Campus(es) | Parkville |
Notes
- Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.
Description
Clinical pharmacy practice is the practice of pharmacy as part of a multidisciplinary healthcare team directed at achieving Quality Use of Medicines (QUM). This may include:
- participation in the management of individual patients
- application of the best available evidence in daily clinical practice
- contribution of clinical knowledge and skills to the healthcare team
- identification and reduction in risks associated with medicines use
- involvement in the education of patients, careers, and other health professionals;and involvement in research.
Units
For the schedule of units required to complete a given course in this area of study, refer to the Handbook entry for the relevant course.
Relevant courses
Drug delivery
This area of study entry applies to students commencing this course in 2015 and should be read in conjunction with the relevant course entry in the Handbook. Any units listed for this area of study relate only to the 'Requirements' outlined in the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences component of any bachelors double degrees.
| Managing faculty | Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences |
|---|---|
| Campus(es) | Parkville |
Notes
- Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.
Description
Drug delivery is the study of the formulation of medicines, pharmacokinetics (what happens to the medicine in the body) and the different dose-forms used in therapeutics.
Units
For the schedule of units required to complete a given course in this area of study, refer to the Handbook entry for the relevant course.
Relevant courses
Drug discovery biology
This area of study entry applies to students commencing this course in 2015 and should be read in conjunction with the relevant course entry in the Handbook. Any units listed for this area of study relate only to the 'Requirements' outlined in the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences component of any bachelors double degrees.
| Managing faculty | Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences |
|---|---|
| Campus(es) | Parkville |
Notes
- Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.
Description
Drug discovery biology is the study of exploring the biotechnological aspects of drug design and evaluation.
Units
For the schedule of units required to complete a given course in this area of study, refer to the Handbook entry for the relevant course.
Relevant courses
Enabling sciences
This area of study entry applies to students commencing this course in 2015 and should be read in conjunction with the relevant course entry in the Handbook. Any units listed for this area of study relate only to the 'Requirements' outlined in the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences component of any bachelors double degrees.
| Managing faculty | Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences |
|---|---|
| Campus(es) | Parkville |
Notes
- Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.
Description
Enabling sciences is the study of physical, organic and medicinal chemistry, physiology, biochemistry, microbiology, molecular biology and immunology.
Units
For the schedule of units required to complete a given course in this area of study, refer to the Handbook entry for the relevant course.
Relevant courses
Formulation science
This area of study entry applies to students commencing this course in 2015 and should be read in conjunction with the relevant course entry in the Handbook. Any units listed for this area of study relate only to the 'Requirements' outlined in the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences component of any bachelors double degrees.
| Managing faculty | Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences |
|---|---|
| Campus(es) | Parkville |
Notes
- Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.
Description
Formulation science is the study of how to formulate, design and evaluate pharmaceuticals and other products.
Units
For the schedule of units required to complete a given course in this area of study, refer to the Handbook entry for the relevant course.
Relevant courses
Integrated therapeutics
This area of study entry applies to students commencing this course in 2015 and should be read in conjunction with the relevant course entry in the Handbook. Any units listed for this area of study relate only to the 'Requirements' outlined in the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences component of any bachelors double degrees.
| Managing faculty | Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences |
|---|---|
| Campus(es) | Parkville |
Notes
- Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.
Description
Integrated therapeutics is the study of the major disease states, their epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, the chemistry and pharmacology of the medicines used to treat these conditions and the clinical and practice aspects of treating patients.
Units
For the schedule of units required to complete a given course in this area of study, refer to the Handbook entry for the relevant course.
Relevant courses
Medicinal chemistry
This area of study entry applies to students commencing this course in 2015 and should be read in conjunction with the relevant course entry in the Handbook. Any units listed for this area of study relate only to the 'Requirements' outlined in the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences component of any bachelors double degrees.
| Managing faculty | Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences |
|---|---|
| Campus(es) | Parkville |
Notes
- Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.
Description
Medicinal chemistry is the study of specialised chemistry, dealing with how drugs work, how drugs are designed and how drugs are made.
Units
For the schedule of units required to complete a given course in this area of study, refer to the Handbook entry for the relevant course.
Relevant courses
Pharmaceutical science
This area of study entry applies to students commencing this course in 2015 and should be read in conjunction with the relevant course entry in the Handbook. Any units listed for this area of study relate only to the 'Requirements' outlined in the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences component of any bachelors double degrees.
| Managing faculty | Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences |
|---|---|
| Campus(es) | Parkville |
Notes
- Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.
Description
Pharmaceutical Science is the study of the chemistry, biology and technology of medicines.
Units
For the schedule of units required to complete a given course in this area of study, refer to the Handbook entry for the relevant course.
Related areas of study
Relevant courses
Pharmacy
This area of study entry applies to students commencing this course in 2015 and should be read in conjunction with the relevant course entry in the Handbook. Any units listed for this area of study relate only to the 'Requirements' outlined in the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences component of any bachelors double degrees.
| Managing faculty | Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences |
|---|---|
| Campus(es) | Parkville |
Notes
- Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.
Description
Pharmacy is the study of medicine, and understanding and utilisation of medication in relation to patient care, in order to optimise medicines-related health outcomes.
Units
For the schedule of units required to complete a given course in this area of study, refer to the Handbook entry for the relevant course.
Related areas of study
Relevant courses
Pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences PhD program
| Managing faculty | Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences |
|---|---|
| Campus(es) | Parkville |
| Coordinator | Associate Professor Philip Thompson |
Notes
- Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.
This program is also applicable to students studying externally.
Description
This program provides doctoral (PhD) students with the opportunity to focus on developing knowledge and expertise in their chosen discipline, as well as developing professional skills that will support their career ambitions.
Each student's research will be supported by the development of a range of skills that will help them to become more efficient researchers, ultimately improving the quality of the research and developing generic/transferable skills of value to prospective employers.
Program requirements
All research students will be required to undertake compulsory training in the following areas:
- research integrity
- student induction, including occupational health and safety (where required).
Professional development component
Students must, in consultation with their supervisor(s), satisfactorily complete a minimum of 120 hours of graduate research professional development activities:
- 80 hours (minimum) of general professional development from the Graduate Researcher Development module, delivered through the Monash Institute of Graduate Research (MIGR)
- 40 hours (minimum) of discipline-specific professional development, from the Discipline Enhanced Development Module, delivered through the faculty.
Students will discuss with their supervisors which optional activities best suit their interests and area of study and complete any mandated activities. Students are required to update their supervisors on their progress toward achieving the required hours of professional development activities.
It is a requirement of the Discipline Enhanced Development module in this program, that students complete the following mandatory activities:
- Commencing students - Winter school: An introduction to research methods, ethics and scientific communication (20 hours)
- Research leadership and management (10 hours)
- Discipline-specific technical and advanced research activity (10 hours).
Students may be required to complete specific activities offered in the Graduate Researcher Development module offered through MIGR.
Attendance will be monitored to ensure hours are accurately recorded.
Students may also be directed or encouraged to attend and make presentations at various forums throughout their candidature.
For detailed information about the options available in this PhD program visit the Monash Institute of Graduate Research's Monash Doctoral ProgramMonash Doctoral Program (http://intranet.monash.edu.au/migr/doctoral-program/) webpage.
Relevant courses
2625 Doctor of Philosophy
Pharmacy practice
| Managing faculty | Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences |
|---|---|
| Campus(es) | Parkville |
Notes
- Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.
Description
Pharmacy practice is the study of the role of the pharmacist, professionalism, dispensing, health and the individual, and healthcare in our society.
Units
For the schedule of units required to complete a given course in this area of study, refer to the Handbook entry for the relevant course.
Relevant courses
Pharmacy practice
This area of study entry applies to students commencing this course in 2015 and should be read in conjunction with the relevant course entry in the Handbook. Any units listed for this area of study relate only to the 'Requirements' outlined in the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences component of any bachelors double degrees.
| Managing faculty | Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences |
|---|---|
| Campus(es) | Parkville |
Notes
- Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.
Description
Pharmacy practice is the study of the role of the pharmacist, professionalism, dispensing, health and the individual, and healthcare in our society.
Units
For the schedule of units required to complete a given course in this area of study, refer to the Handbook entry for the relevant course.
Relevant courses
Wound care
| Managing faculty | Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences |
|---|---|
| Campus(es) | Parkville |
Notes
- Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.
Description
Wound care is the study of wounds and their effective management. Wound care promotes wound healing while preventing complications. It includes the identification of best available evidence and its application to daily clinical practice.
Units
For the schedule of units required to complete a given course in this area of study, refer to the Handbook entry for the relevant course.
Relevant courses
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