PAC4482 - Preparation for practice

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

1. Retrieve and evaluate information on a range of topics;
2. Present information relating to a topic in a coherent manner;
3. Work in a team to achieve a common goal;
4. Communicate effectively to peers, both in oral and written form;
5. Describe issues related to the management of patients with multiple diseases/acute illnesses;
6. Evaluate individual patients' disease state management for multiple diseases;
7. Determine appropriate therapeutic goals for a patient with multiple disease states and/or acute illnesses;
8. Determine an appropriate monitoring program to allow assessment of management goals;
9. Identify and analyse therapeutic management problems in patients with multiple disease states and determine appropriate monitoring regimens and management options that demonstrate the principles of evidence-based practice and quality use of medicines;
10. Formulate an appropriate management plan for a patient based on the use drug and non-drug therapies;
11. Conduct a Medication Management review for patients with multiple medication management;
12. Identify solutions to a range of therapeutic issues in patients with multiple management problems;
13. Describe the role of the pharmacist in the multidisciplinary team;
14. Recognise when referral for medical assessment is required with a particular emphasis on cardinal symptoms;
15. Evaluate a patient's laboratory test results to assist with the diagnosis or management of disease;
16. Evaluate a patient's disease state and the use of appropriate medications;
17. Identify any drug therapy problems and recommend appropriate resolutions of those problems;
18. Formulate a medical management program for specific patients based on their medical, medication and psychosocial histories and laboratory test results.
19. Communicate effectively with patients and other health professionals.