Course level

Postgraduate Coursework

Faculty

Health & Behavioural Sciences

School

Pharmacy School

Units

2

Duration

One Semester

Class hours

General contact hours 3 Hours/ Week
3C

Restricted

Only available to students enrolled in the Graduate Certificate of Pharmacy Practice.

Assessment methods

Assignment, workbook, quizzes.

Course enquiries

Nanette Cawcutt

Current course offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 1, 2024 (19/02/2024 - 15/06/2024) Dutton Park External Course Profile

Please Note: Course profiles marked as not available may still be in development.

Course description

Further development of the technical, clinical, personal and professional skills acquired as a pharmacy graduate that form the basis of future practice. The unit explores the day-to-day practice of pharmacy including systematic problem solving, therapeutics, evidence based practice, patient monitoring and outcomes, symptomology, improving adherence, multiple medication management, pharmaceutical care, standards and competencies for pharmacy practice, ethics, legal aspects, multidisciplinary approaches to health care, primary care, over the counter medicines, communication and counselling, public health, pharmaceutical calculations, risk management and dealing with difficult clients. A two-day face-to-face seminar and a one-day online seminar require attendance during semester.

Archived offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 1, 2023 (20/02/2023 - 17/06/2023) External External Course Profile
Semester 1, 2022 (21/02/2022 - 21/06/2022) External External Course Profile
Semester 1, 2021 (22/02/2021 - 19/06/2021) External External Course Profile
Semester 1, 2020 (24/02/2020 - 11/07/2020) External External Course Profile
Semester 1, 2019 (25/02/2019 - 22/06/2019) External External Course Profile
Semester 1, 2018 (19/02/2018 - 23/06/2018) External External Course Profile
Semester 1, 2017 (27/02/2017 - 24/06/2017) External External Course Profile
Semester 1, 2016 (29/02/2016 - 25/06/2016) External External Course Profile
Semester 1, 2015 (02/03/2015 - 27/06/2015) Pharmacy Aust Cntr Excellence Internal Course Profile