Hospital Pharmacy Professional Placement and Practice-Based Research

Course aim

To integrate and apply knowledge of pharmacotherapeutics, professional practice and research methodology acquired throughout the program. This is to be in a hospital pharmacy professional practice setting under supervision and mentoring to encourage further advancement of skills development in that practice setting.

Course content

Students undertake an experiential placement and a research project in a hospital pharmacy practice setting. Practice will include the provision of services including medication supply; medication history taking; medication management and review; medication counseling; clinical pharmacy services; medicines information; collection, analysis, evaluation and reporting of data.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
PHAR 4023	Pharmacy Practice 3

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Workshop	1 day x 1 week
Clinical	37.5 hours a week x 6 weeks

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

Assessment

Placement, Portfolio, Professional plan, Project

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.