Professional Placement

Course aim

To integrate and apply pharmacotherapeutic and practice knowledge acquired throughout the program in a professional practice setting under supervision and mentoring to encourage further advancement of skills development in a practice setting.

Course content

Students undertake an experiential placement off campus in either a metropolitan or rural location in Australia or overseas. The Placement may take the form of community pharmacy, hospital pharmacy, specialised drug information service, aged care facility, or other specialised health service. Students will interact with patients, pharmacists, pharmacy staff and other health professionals in this practice setting and thereby further develop advanced communication, technical and cognitive skills. The student will practise, under supervision, a range of skills necessary for contemporary pharmacy practice including: primary health care; medication provision; medication review; various models of medication management and drug optimisation; clinical pharmacy services; specialised drug information services..

Textbook(s)

2011, Australian Medicines Handbook, Current edition, AMH Pty Ltd

2011, Australian Pharmaceutical Formulary and Handbook, Current edition, Pharmaceutical Society of Australia

2011, Therapeutic Guidelines (full set), Current editions, Therapeutic Guidelines Ltd

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
PHAR 3022	Pharmacotherapeutics Theory 2
PHAR 3018	Pharmacotherapeutics Practice 1A
PHAR 3020	Pharmacotherapeutics Theory 1
PHAR 3019	Pharmacotherapeutics Practice 1B

Corequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
PHAR 4015	Pharmacy Practice 3A

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY EAST
Clinical	8 weeks x -
Workshop	3 hours x 1 week
Workshop	1 hour x 1 week
Seminar	2 hours x 1 week

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Debriefing Seminar, Ethics Assignment, Portfolio of evidence of professional activities, Preceptor assessment of professional behaviour

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.250
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.