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PHAR5727: Professional Practice
This unit of study is no longer offered. Refer to your handbook for alternative units available in your course.
2020 unit information
This unit of study consolidates previous units from the entire Master of Pharmacy curriculum through the presentation and solving of clinical and ethical problems. It has a focus on knowledge application in a simulated pharmacy workplace and includes professional services including disease state management. Case based role-plays will be used to develop students' communication and clinical skills for future interactions with patients, doctors, other health professionals and pharmacy colleagues. The unit consists of lectures, on-line learning and simulated case-based competency assessment and learning.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Medicine and Health
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Pharmacy |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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PHAR5711 and PHAR5712 and PHAR5713 and PHAR5714 and PHAR5715 and PHAR5716 and PHAR5717 |
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Corequisites:
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PHAR5725 and PHAR5726 and PHAR5728 |
| Prohibitions:
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PHAR5927 |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Demonstrate Effective teamwork
- LO2. Effectively communicate with consumers, peers and other health professionals
- LO3. Identify and assess potential causes of medication related problems
- LO4. Apply legal, ethical and clinical reasoning to manage medication related problems
- LO5. Create and evaluate new pharmacy related services to assist patients in need of acute and chronic care
- LO6. Demonstrate a working understanding of the legislation surrounding the supply of scheduled medicines in NSW
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