Description:
| Aims: To provide an introduction to the pharmacy profession. To introduce and explore the principles, skills, knowledge and practices used in small-scale extemporaneous manufacture.
Learning Outcomes: After taking this unit the student should be able to:
1) perform pharmaceutical calculations;
2) extract information from core pharmacy reference sources;
3) extemporaneously prepare and package products for internal and external use.
Skills:
* Planning & organisation (Taught/Facilitated)
* Handling information (Taught/Facilitated/Assessed)
* Written communication (Taught/Facilitated/Assessed)
* Scientific & practical skills (Taught/Facilitated/Assessed)
* Improving learning & performance (Taught/Facilitated).
Content: Reference sources and information gathering. Pharmaceutical calculations. Small-scale manufacture. History of the pharmacy profession. Problem Based Learning. (PBL) and Reflective practice.
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