Course Title: Integrated Therapeutics and Pharmacy Practice 1

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Integrated Therapeutics and Pharmacy Practice 1

Credit Points: 24.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

PHAR1010

Bundoora Campus

Undergraduate

160H Medical Sciences

Face-to-Face

 Sem 1 2014,
Sem 1 2015,
Sem 1 2016

PHAR1010

Bundoora Campus

Undergraduate

173H School of Health and Biomed

Face-to-Face

 Sem 1 2017,
Sem 1 2018,
Sem 1 2019,
Sem 1 2020,
Sem 1 2021

Flexible Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

PHAR1010

Bundoora Campus

Undergraduate

173H School of Health and Biomed

Face-to-Face

 UGRDFlex22 (ZZZZ),

UGRDFlex22 (All)

PHAR1010

Bundoora Campus

Undergraduate

173H School of Health and Biomed

Face-to-Face

 UGRDFlex23 (STEM)

Course Coordinator: Dr Julie Stevens

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 7789

Course Coordinator Email: julie.stevens@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: 201.08.022


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

System Enforced Pre-requisites (Enforced by SAMS)

 

Work Integrated Learning:

Students enrolled in this course will be required to undertake placement as part of the assessment of the course.  A number of requirements must be met by students to ensure eligibility for placement.  Further details on each of these are available in the STEM College Student Zone > WIL Passport Information - Pharmacy. 

  • WIL Passport Part A requirements: 
  • National Police check 
  • Student Deed 
  • Authorisation Form 
  • Hand Hygiene Certificate 
  • Immunisation Form 
  • NDIS Worker Screening Check 
  • Working with Children Check 
  • COVID vaccinations 1 - 3 

 

WIL Passport Part B requirements: 

  • Annual TB Screen and Influenza vaccination 

There is no flexibility with these requirements.  It is your responsibility to ensure THESE REQUIREMENTS ARE COMPLETED.  Any student who has not provided this information will not be able to attend placement and will receive a fail grade for the placement course. 

Students need to be able to meet the inherent requirements of the program. At any time prior to or during your placement, if there are concerns raised related to your fitness to practise the WIL/clinical coordinator can request that you gain full medical clearance to continue your placement. 


Course Description

This is the first of two capstone courses in Year 4 of the Program, integrating learning from the previous three years’ studies into discrete modules of study, in which you will develop your ability to make clinical and professional practice-based decisions in a patient-specific context. The focus of this course is on chronic disease states and conditions that affect older individuals.

You will learn to enhance the quality use of medicines for patients with complex health needs and communicate your recommendations with patients and health care practitioners, in both verbal and written form.

You will participate in an interprofessional learning experience with other health professionals and/or health professional students, through which you will experience how a pharmacist can contribute to team-based patient-centred care.

As part of your preparation for internship, you will learn how to develop your CV that will assist your applications for internships. You will develop a personal learning plan as part of your professional development, and be encouraged to consider innovative ways of providing healthcare to the community.

The final Work Integrated Learning (WIL) placement is associated with this course, and is an elective placement where you can strengthen your professional and clinical skills, and learn about different practice specialities for pharmacists. Your reflection on this experience will help inform your professional development. 

Please note that if you take this course for a Bachelor Honours program, your overall mark in this course will be one of the course marks that will be used to calculate the weighted average mark (WAM) that will determine your award level.

  This applies to students who commence enrolment in a Bachelor Honours program from 1 January 2016 onwards.  See the WAM information web page for more information (http://www1.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=eyj5c0mo77631).


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

This course contributes to the following Program Learning Outcomes (PLO)

  • Demonstrate professional behaviour and accountability (PLO 1)
  • Research, critically evaluate and apply evidence in professional practice (PLO 2)
  • Demonstrate team and leadership skills to optimise practice (PLO 3)
  • Demonstrate social responsibility to improve healthcare (PLO 4)
  • Communicate effectively for the delivery of patient centred care (PLO 5)
  • Identify areas for development to improve competency (PLO 6)
  • Apply pharmaceutical, medication and health knowledge and skills to improve patient and population health (PLO 7)
  • Formulate, prepare and supply medicines and therapeutic products (PLO 8)


Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to:

  1. Assess an individual with complex health and medication needs and make recommendations consistent with the best possible therapeutic outcomes
  2. Appropriately communicate these recommendations to the individual and their health care team in accordance with legal and professional expectations
  3. Describe the concept of “follow-up” in patient care and use objective and subjective information to make modifications to therapy when required
  4. Develop a personal learning plan which will include a reflection on your strengths, weaknesses and professional aspirations
  5. Contribute effectively within interprofessional healthcare teams
  6. Demonstrate an understanding of the application of management principles to the provision of healthcare


Overview of Learning Activities

The course features a range of learning activities that actively engage you in content acquisition and skills development required to successfully manage a patient’s medications:

  • Recorded  lectures
  • Online and face-to-face group and peer directed tutorial activities
  • Online oral and written presentations
  • Site visits to community and hospital pharmacies
  • Online and face-to-face student-staff interactive sessions
  • Interprofessional healthcare experience


Overview of Learning Resources

Students will be directed to use a range of contemporary pharmacy references such as the Australian Medicines Handbook, the Therapeutic Guidelines, guidelines published by expert bodies (such as The Heart Foundation) and other resources as appropriate


Overview of Assessment

Assessment is both formative and summative and evaluates both academic and professional skills.

  1. Formative assessment will be used in practorials and tutorials. This type of assessment gives you advice about strengthening your academic and professional skills.
  2. Summative assessment will assess your ability to research, explain and apply key concepts presented throughout the course.
  3. Clinical Skills Assessments evaluate whether you have reached clinical and professional standards appropriate to the stage in the program.
  4. Reflective assessments will help you make meaning of your learning experiences.

All hurdle requirements for this course are indicated clearly in the assessment regime that follows, against the relevant assessment task(s) and all have been approved by the College Deputy Pro Vice-Chancellor (Learning & Teaching).

 

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task 1: Work-integrated learning workbook (HURDLE Requirement) 

Weighting 15% 

This assessment task supports CLOs  4 & 6 

 

Assessment Task 2: OSCE Assessment 

Weighting 30% 

This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2 & 3 

  

Assessment Task 3: Test 

Weighting 15% 

These assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3, 4 & 6 

  

Assessment Task 4: End of semester test 

Weighting 25% 

These assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 

  

Assessment Task 5: Participation and reflection on interprofessional activity 

Weighting 15% 

This assessment task supports CLOs 2 & 5