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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

313834 (v.1) Evidence Based Medicine in Pharmacy 428

Note

Tuition Patterns

The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.

Unit references, texts and outcomes

To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement.

Area: School of Pharmacy
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 10.0
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Individual Study: 2 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Workshop: 1 x 4 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):     303171 (v.2) Pharmaceutical Practice 322 or any previous version
    OR
    311112 (v.1) Pharmaceutical Practice 322 or any previous version
AND
303177 (v.2) Pharmacotherapy 336 or any previous version
AND
310390 (v.1) Pharmaceutics 322 or any previous version
AND
310391 (v.1) Pharmaceutical Chemistry 322 or any previous version
AND
311047 (v.1) Evidence Based Complementary Medicine 320 or any previous version
Syllabus: Evidence-based medicine (EBM) in the integration of the best research evidence with patient preferences and clinical skills when making therapy decisions. It includes derivation of clear questions, searching for the best evidence available, critically appraising the evidence and apply it to a patient. These skills will help students answer drug information request, to critically review and interpret information from pharmaceutical companies and to provide guidance to patients in regard to best care.
Field of Education: 060501 Pharmacy
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2012 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External