Online Courses Handbook 2003

303189 (v.1) Pharmaceutical Practice 321

Area:	School of Pharmacy
Contact Hours:	4.5
Credits:	12.5
Lecture:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Laboratory:	1 x 2.5 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	6935 (v.2) Pharmaceutical Practice 122 or any previous version AND 12937 (v.2) Pharmaceutics 200 or any previous version
Communication skills including practical aspects of patient care and counselling in pharmaceutical practice. Patient medication records, legal aspects of patient medication records. Competencies for entry level pharmacists. Legislation applicable to drugs and medicines - Poisons Act and Regulations, National Health Act and Regulations. Schedule of Benefits. Dispensing of extemporaneous formulations, dispensing prescriptions, prescription review, legality, restrictions, Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), other prescribtions and private prescriptions.