312058 (v.1) Pharmacotherapy 620

Area:	School of Pharmacy
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	5.0
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.
Lecture:	3 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	312052 (v.1) Antimicrobial Chemotherapies 522 or any previous version AND 312053 (v.1) Pharmacology for Pharmacists 522 or any previous version
Syllabus:	Concepts of pharmaceutical care, patient assessment and diagnosis, patient education, patient monitoring and evidence-based medicine. The pharmacological and non-pharmacological management of a number of common diseases and disorders: hypertension, ischaemic heart disease, heart failure, cardiac arrhythmias. Constipation and diarrhoea, dyspepsia, peptic ulcer disease, gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome. Tuberculosis, pneumonia and urinary tract infection. Diabetes mellitus, asthma, chronic airways limitation. Otitis externa, otitis media, sinusitis, allergic rhinitis, laryngitis, pharyngitis, tonsillitis, the common cold, influenza and infectious mononucleosis. Renal disorders. Pressure, arterial, venous and diabetic ulcers. Ocular disorders including styes, chalazions, dacryocystitis, conjunctivitis and glaucoma.
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Field of Education:	060117 Internal Medicine
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Not Categorised *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

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