Unit Code: PHM716

Unit Name: Pharmacy Practice

Description: The Pharmacy Practice course is offered to pharmacy students in their 4th year of study and has 3 major components which are theory, laboratory and industry attachment. This course is an extension of year 3 pharmacy practice and prepares the student to apply knowledge from pharmaco-therapeutics, pharmacology and pharmaceutics to achieve better health outcomes for patients. It also enables students to develop their communication skills in practical laboratory and viva sessions and also through experiential learning at their respective community and hospital pharmacy attachmnet sites. This course focuses on health maintenance and self-care, patient assessment and triage, counseling related to non-prescription medications, interpretation of common clinical laboratory tests and using the medical literature to guide pharmaceutical care, and problem-based patient presentation.

Learning Target Outcomes: On successful completion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Demonstrate the use of Over the Counter (OTC) medicines by taking appropriate patient history, diagnosing, treating and providing counseling for simple medical conditions encountered in everyday practice 2. Prepare extemporaneous products applying suitable compounding techniques and principles with correct calculations to dispense medications that are safe to use 3. Identify and use appropriate drug reference sources (electronic and printed) to retrieve drug-related information and apply that information to respond to drug information questions and to identify and/or resolve drug-related problems. 4. Assess ethical issues surrounding the practice of pharmacy and complementary medicine and create a best plan of action to optimize pharmacist – patient relationship in a given scenario 5. Critically evaluate given cases of patients medical and medication history using established practice guidelines to make appropriate interventions. 6. Evaluate the importance of specific parasitic conditions in common companion animals and recognize opportunities to intervene proactively in the pharmacy. 7. Describe the various reproductive health commodities, demonstrate its use and take relevant sexual history to provide appropriate counseling to clients. 8. Discuss the role of complementary medicines in health care and advise patients/customers on the safe use of complementary medicines 9. Discuss the common vaccine-preventable travel diseases, their vaccines and major travel-related diseases and apply that information to give correct travel health advice to patients 10. Describe and participate in the various aspects of managing a hospital & community pharmacy 11. Assess, interpret and process medication orders accurately, completely, and efficiently 12. Discuss the properties and formulations of medicines and develop a top 50 list of drugs used at the hospital and demonstrate familiarity with each 13. Demonstrate professional behaviours and ethics of a practicing pharmacist 14. Demonstrate effective communication skills using appropriate terminology and vocabulary when dealing with patients, colleagues and other health care professionals 15. Describe the scope of issues around patient safety and the role of Quality Improvement in addressing these issues.

Prerequisite: PHM713

Prerequisite Sentence: N/A

Credit Point: 45

Offered In: Semester 1,2