Course Title: Applied Clinical Therapeutics for Pharmacy B
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Applied Clinical Therapeutics for Pharmacy B
Credit Points: 12.00
Important Information:
Please check your Canvas course shell closer to when the course starts to see if this course requires mandatory in-person attendance. The delivery method of the course might have to change quickly in response to changes in the local state/national directive regarding in-person course attendance.
Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
PHAR1015 |
Bundoora Campus |
Undergraduate |
173H School of Health and Biomed |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 2 2018, Sem 2 2019, Sem 2 2020, Sem 2 2021, Sem 2 2022 |
Course Coordinator: Dr Vincent Chan
Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 7695
Course Coordinator Email: vincent.chan@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: 201.08.017
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
Required prior study (Pre-requisites)
- PHAR1014 Applied Clinical Therapeutics for Pharmacy A (Course ID 051752)
Required concurrent study (Co-requisites)
- ONPS2494 Pharmacology of Therapeutic Agents 2 (Course ID 049773)
Course Description
This course develops your ability to manage patients and provide and monitor medication therapy for patients with selected disorders such as infections, neurological, psychiatric, movement, rheumatological, inflammatory, skin and related disorders.
This is an applied clinical therapeutics course, building on previous physiology, pharmacology and therapeutics courses, as well as horizontally integrating with the third year Pharmacology of Therapeutic Agents 2 course.
This course will integrate and extend on the pathophysiology of these systems and the pharmacology of agents acting on these systems, with a focus on the contemporary role of a pharmacist in the prevention and management of relevant diseases such as stroke, epilepsy, depression, schizophrenia, movement disorders, skin conditions, arthritis and use of anti-infectives.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
This course contributes to capability development in the following level 8 BPharm (Hons) PLOs:
- Demonstrate professional behavior and accountability
- Research, critically evaluate and apply evidence in professional practice
- Identify areas for development to improve competency
- Communicate effectively for the delivery of patient-centred care
- Demonstrate social responsibility to improve healthcare
- Demonstrate team and leadership skills to optimise practice
- Apply pharmaceutical, medication and health knowledge and skills to improve patient and population health
- Formulate, prepare and supply medicines and therapeutic products
Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to:
- Describe the pathophysiology, clinical presentation and diagnosis of these diseases, in relation to anatomy and physiology of the systems
- Develop an appropriate pharmaceutical care plan, including the selection, monitoring and quality use of medicines for patients with these diseases, including managing the adverse drug reactions
- Use patient-specific parameters such as organ dysfunction, concurrent diseases and drugs and laboratory and clinical tests to refine and improve pharmaceutical care for these diseases
- Communicate relevant information clearly and directly to patients, caregivers and health professionals
Overview of Learning Activities
Key concepts will be explained in the lectures for this course and will be integrated through further exploration in case-based tutorial and workshop exercises. Students are expected to supplement these activities with recommended readings and private study.
RMIT's online Learning Management System (LMS) will be used extensively learning and teaching material as well as formative assessment material and feedback.
Overview of Learning Resources
Extensive course materials are distributed online through myRMIT, including digitised readings, lecture notes and a detailed study program, external internet links and access to RMIT Library resources. Students should check myRMIT regularly for updated information and resources. Students are advised to purchase recommended texts and should review materials available through the library.
Overview of Assessment
Assessments may include a range of tasks that are formative and summative.
You will be assessed on your ability to clearly explain, compare and discuss the clinical and applied therapeutics concepts as well as your ability to provide sound medication management advice.
This course has no hurdle requirements.
Assessment Tasks
Assessment Task 1: Team Presentation/Short report
Weighting 20%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3 & 4
Assessment Task 2: Intra-semester online Quizzes (2)
Weighting 20%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3 & 4
Assessment Task 3: Assignment
Weighting 20%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3 & 4
Assessment Task 4: Written Assignment
Weighting 40%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3 & 4