PHM402 Professional Practice 2 (8)
CSU Discipline Area: Pharmacy (PHARM)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
Professional Practice 2 (Honours stream) is a Pharmacy Practice subject that further develops the scope of considerations necessary for all facets of appropriate ethical, legal and professional conduct as a practising pharmacist.
Chronic disease state management and professional practice initiatives are key content in this subject.
Students enrolling in this subject are assumed to have completed the first three years of the standard enrolment pattern as this knowledge is a critical success factor in achieving professional milestones (assessments of competency) which are required to pass this subject
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
| Session 2 | |
|---|---|
| Internal | Orange |
| Internal | Wagga Wagga |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: PHM402
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Prerequisite(s):
Enrolment restrictions:
Restricted to students in Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours) course
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- be to practise legally and to accepted standards
- be able to deliver quality and safe patient-centred care to the standard required of a graduate
- be able to identify, analyse and work effectively to solve practice-relevant issues
- be able to constructively collaborate with others and manage conflict
- be able to reflect on the role, practice and professional identity of the pharmacist to develop effective strategies to maintain competence for current and future practice
- be able to participate in and develop processes to provide a safe and secure workplace by managing pharmacy resources
- be able to review patient documentation for safety and appropriateness and supply medicines accordingly
- be able to deliver primary and preventative health care to the standard required of a graduate
- be able to research, critically analyse and synthesise information appropriate for the audience
- be able to engage in the self directed evaluation of information and issues from various sources and articulate the decision-making process
- be able to communicate effectively and professionally with stakeholders and deliver considered and clear professional decisions, information or opinions
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
- The National competency standards for entry level pharmacists in Australia;
- The Professional Practice Standards for Australia
- World Health Organisation (WHO) and International Pharmacy Federation (FIP) guidelines, protocols or position statements on the practise of pharmacy
- Topics by human body systems covering neurological; endocrine; mental health; gastrointestinal; musculo-skeletal conditions; infectious diseases; emerging and re-emerging threats to health; harm minimisation including vaccination
- Effective and professionally relevant review of literature.
- The use of computer software and pharmaceutical databases
- Known and potential interactions between conventional and complementary medicines;
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.