Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics 3A

Course aim

To develop the student in the practice of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics integrating skills and knowledge to enable the pharmacist to make rational decisions regarding a patient’s drug management.

Course content

Pathophysiology and treatment of various disease state module: critical care, haematology, oncology, respiratory, renal, dermatology and gastroenterology.  Application of evidence based medicine to practice identifying benefits and limitations to the population as a whole and the individual patient. Pharmacotherapy instruction including dosage calculations, adverse reactions, drug interactions, relevant pharmacokinetics, alternative therapies and monitoring parameters.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
EXTERNAL, CITY EAST, ONLINE
Seminar	4 days x 2
EXTERNAL, OFFSHORE, NATIONAL HEALTHCARE GROUP, ONLINE
Seminar	4 days x 2

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

Assessment

Case study, Examination

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
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.