Study-Unit Description

Study-Unit Description


CODE PHR3106

 
TITLE Pharmacy Practice 3

 
UM LEVEL 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course

 
MQF LEVEL 6

 
ECTS CREDITS 12

 
DEPARTMENT Pharmacy

 
DESCRIPTION - Designing and Recommending Pharmacist’s Care Plans.
- Pharmacist Prescribing, understanding risk management in use of medicinal products, pharmacogenetic implications and digital therapeutics.
- Cardiovascular Disorders:
Testing for Cardiovascular Disorders, Hypertension, Hyperlipidemia, Congestive Heart Failure, Ischaemic Heart Disease, Thrombosis.
- Psychiatric Disorders:
Schizophrenia, Mood disorders, Anxiety disorders, Sleep disorders, Obesity and Eating disorders.
- Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease.
- Allergic rhinitis.
- Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Genito-urinary Disorders:
Hormone Replacement Therapy, Menstrual disorders, Contraception and infertility problems, Drugs for genito-urinary disorders.
- Infectious diseases:
HIV, Hepatitis.
- Pharmacy Practice Research: Observational Methods, Surveys, Questionnaire construction, Participation at the yearly symposium.
- Practical experience in a community pharmacy and an orientation placement in either patient-care setting or regulatory and industrial setting.

Study-Unit Aims:

- To provide students with examples of knowledge required to practice disease management;
- To reinforce amongst students an awareness that they are to become members of a healthcare profession and to develop further within them a professional attitude, a sense of responsibility and a comprehensive knowledge of the requirements for an efficient and accurate pharmaceutical service;
- Opportunities are given for the students to interact with patients, to assess and identify a problem and to give advice to patients;
- Practical experience in community pharmacy and in practical settings of pharmacy.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Knowledge & Understanding
By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to:

- define components of pharmaceutical care;
- propose therapeutic management of chronic disease;
- describe principles of pharmacy practice in various practice sites;
- describe elements of quality improvement processes;
- manage facilities and equipment.

2. Skills
By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to:

- integrate knowledge into practical scenarios;
- identify appropriate drug therapy for specific disease states;
- participate in documentation of pharmacy activities and in quality assurance processes;
- apply pharmacy processes into practice.

GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR PHARMACY PRACTICE MODULE:

- Azzopardi LM. Lecture notes in pharmacy practice. 2009. London: Pharmaceutical Press;
- British National Formulary. Joint Formulary Committee latest edition Pharmaceutical Press: London;
- Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. Medicines, ethics and practice - a guide for pharmacists. Pharmaceutical Press. latest ed.

Main Texts:

- Dodds LJ, Wood KG. Drugs in use. 2021. Pharmaceutical Press.
- Ferguson R. Burton J. Pharmacy management of long-term medical conditions. 2021. Pharmaceutical Press.
- Randall MD, Neil KE. Disease management: A Guide to Clinical Pharmacology. 2016. Pharmaceutical Press.
- Whittlesea C, Hodson K. Clinical pharmacy and therapeutics. 2019. Elsevier.

 
RULES/CONDITIONS Before TAKING THIS UNIT YOU MUST TAKE PHR2103

 
ADDITIONAL NOTES Please note that a pass in the Practical and the Logbook components are obligatory for an overall pass mark to be awarded.

 
STUDY-UNIT TYPE Lectures, Placement, Practical and Tutorials

 
METHOD OF ASSESSMENT
Assessment Component/s Assessment Due Sept. Asst Session Weighting
Placement [See Add. Notes] SEM2 No 5%
Logbook [See Add. Notes] SEM2 Yes 5%
Examination (2 Hours) SEM2 Yes 90%

 
LECTURER/S Lilian M. Azzopardi
Anthony Serracino Inglott

 

 
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