Area: | School of Pharmacy |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Tutorial: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Co Requisite(s): | 303170 (v.1) Pharmacotherapy 400 or any previous version
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Syllabus: | Quality assurance in pharmaceutical practice and its applications to pharmaceutical care and quality care programs. Community programs for opioid pharmacotherapy programs including regulation, storage, and supply of the drug under the program. The provision of pharmaceutical services to nursing homes, hostels and private hospitals. The role of the pharmacist in Health Promotion and Health Education. Basic pharmacy management, personnel management, occupational health and safety. Basic conditions of employment. Long service leave and superannuation, workers compensation. Business structure and partnerships. Small business and the law. Basic common law rights and obligations. A study of the ethics and history of pharmacy. Models and strategies in deliveryof health care. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit students will have been introduced to Quality Assurance and Assessment in the provision of pharmaceutical services. Developed a knowledge of the role of the pharmacist in the provision of services to residential facilities. Developed a knowledge of the contribution pharmacists can make to Community Health Education, Health Promotion and harm minimisation strategies. Developed an understanding of the ethics involved in the practice of pharmacy. Developed an understanding of basic pharmacy management. Developed a knowledge of the legal limitations of the practice of pharmacy. Developed a background appreciation of the relevance of commercial law to the practice of pharmacy. Demonstrated an understanding of the history of pharmacy. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | Poisons Act 1964 (latest reprint) and Regulations 1965 (latest reprint), Government Printer, Western Australia. Poisons Regulations 1965 (latest print), West Australian Government Printer. Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits (latest edition), Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care. Small business and the Law (latest edition), Canberra, Australian Government Printing Service. Pharmacy Handbook, Pharmacy Council of Western Australia. Pharmacy Act (1964) and Regulations (1975). West Australian Government Printer |
Unit Texts: | Matters To Be Considered in the Provision of Pharmaceutical Services in Nursing Homes and Hostels (Residential Facilities), Pharmaceutical Council of Western Australia. Health Promotion and the Community Pharmacist, (1994) London, Health Education Authority. AIPM, Introduction to Pharmacy Management Programme, (current edition). |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Assignments 70%. Tests 30%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 60100 Medical Studies (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 3 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Informational | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Full Year | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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