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PHAR3815: Pharmaceutical Skills and Dispensing A
2024 unit information
This unit will provide an introduction to dispensing practice and to the extemporaneous preparation of pharmaceutical formulations. Students will develop attitudes, knowledge and skills through practice in determining legality of prescriptions, interpreting the prescription, accuracy in dispensing, methodical approaches to preparing and dispensing prescribed products including preparing, selecting or using appropriate materials, equipment, labels and containers, documentation of dispensing procedures, effect of ingredients and methods used on the quality of pharmaceutical products, quality control and quality assurance procedures including those to minimise errors in all aspects of the dispensing process to ensure patient safety.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Pharmacy
| Code | PHAR3815 |
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| Academic unit | Pharmacy |
| Credit points | 4 |
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Prerequisites:
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(BIOL1XX8 or BIOL1XX3) and (CHEM1611 or CHEM11X2 or CHEM19X2 or CHEM1904) and (CHEM1612 or CHEM11X1 or CHEM19X1 or CHEM1903) and (BIOL1XX7 or MBLG1XX1) and PHAR1811 and PHAR1812 and PHAR1821 and PHAR1822 and PCOL2605 and PHAR2811 and PHAR2812 and PHAR2813 and PHAR2821 and PHAR2822 and PHAR2823 and PHSI2601 |
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Corequisites:
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PHAR3816 and PHAR3817 and PHAR3818 and PHAR3819 |
| Prohibitions:
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None |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. apply appropriate numeracy skills to the solution of pharmacy problems
- LO2. prepare extemporaneous products to appropriate standards of safety and quality
- LO3. maximise patient safety through QUM; and minimise and manage medicine error
- LO4. demonstrate an understanding of laws that govern the supply of medicines and the practice of pharmacy
- LO5. evaluate ingredients for safety, quality and efficacy of medicines
- LO6. store, supply and dispose of medicines in a safe and an environmentally appropriate manner.
- LO7. Reflect on strengths and weakness and apply this reflection to improved practice
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