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PHAR4823: Pharmacy Services and Public Health
2024 unit information
This unit of study will focus on the role of pharmacy in public health and health promotion, and on developing students' understanding of the Australian Health Care System, health policy and regulation affecting health in Australia and internationally. We will develop students' skills in identifying, accessing and interpreting relevant policy, regulation and research literature. Topics which underpin understanding of public health including epidemiology/pharmacoepidemiology and pharmacoeconomics will also be addressed. Through workshops and assignments, students will be given the opportunity to integrate their learning and apply this knowledge to address population health care problems with a special emphasis on achieving the quality, safety and judicious use of medicines in health care
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Pharmacy
| Code | PHAR4823 |
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| Academic unit | Pharmacy |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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PHAR3100 and PHAR3815 and PHAR3825 and PHAR3816 and PHAR3817 and PHAR3818 and PHAR3819 and PHAR3826 and PHAR3827 and PHAR3820 |
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Corequisites:
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(PHAR4814 or PHAR4815 or WORK3202 or WORK2222) and PHAR4100 |
| 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. demonstrate an understanding of public health practice and health promotion
- LO2. demonstrate an understanding of the factors and tools used in developing health policy
- LO3. demonstrate an understanding of the health care system in Australia
- LO4. maximise patient safety through QUM and minimise and manage medicine error
- LO5. demonstrate an understanding of key measures used to assess population health and the outcomes of medicine use at a population level
- LO6. demonstrate an understanding of the role of the pharmacist in promoting public health.
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