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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

Area: School of Pharmacy
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 10.0
Tuition Patterns: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
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): 11684 (v.3) Pharmacy Honours Preparation 336 or any previous version
AND
    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
    OR
    313333 (v.1) Medicinal Chemistry 303 or any previous version
    OR
    311048 (v.1) Medicinal Chemistry 301 or any previous version
AND
    311047 (v.1) Evidence Based Complementary Medicine 320 or any previous version
    OR
    11533 (v.3) Pharmacognosy 224 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.
Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
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