Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, Unit Catalogue 2007/08 |
PA40041 Advanced pharmacy practice |
| Credits: 6 |
| Level: Masters |
| Semester: 2 |
| Assessment: EX90CW10 |
| Requisites: |
| Before taking this unit you must take PA30243 |
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Aims: The aim of this unit is develop deeper clinical knowledge and more sophisticated professional skills in pharmacy practice through studying a range of scenarios focused on specific, complex and co-morbid disease states/conditions.
Learning Outcomes: * Practise the advanced skills and attitudes needed to provide holistic patient care in clinical pharmacy. * Relate aspects of prior knowledge from years 1 to 3 to the developing pharmaco-therapeutic knowledge gained in this module. * Solve complex patient care problems by describing the causes and be able to defend and critically justify the selected treatment chosen to peers and members of the multidisciplinary healthcare team * Acknowledge the limits of your knowledge, and refer cases on to other members of the multiprofessional team as appropriate * Critically evaluate current treatment guidelines and then develop, design and manage a treatment plan for medicines and medicines review * Further develop and practise the interpersonal communication skills necessary to interview a patient; elicit information from several healthcare sources and prepare a pharmaceutical care plan * Demonstrate the qualities and transferable skills necessary for practising as a pharmacist including the exercise of initiative and personal responsibility, decision-making in complex situations and maintaining your continuing professional development. Skills: Communication: problem solving and decision-making; Professional skills. All are taught, facilitated and assessed. Content: Topics selected from the following: * Prescribing: Communication skills and physical examination skills * Coagulation * Cardio Vascular (HF and ACS) * COPD * Diabetes * Care of the Elderly * Surgery * Stroke * Psychosis * HIV * Pain * Parkinsons * Nutrition and Anaemia * Sexual Health * Clinical Ethics. |