| CODE | PHR4113 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Pharmacist in Society, Management and Pharmacoeconomics | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 04 - Years 4, 5 in Modular UG or PG Cert Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Pharmacy | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | - The impact of disease on the patient, the family, society, the economy and the state. - Basic concepts of economics as applied to health in general and to pharmaceuticals in particular. - The major pharmacoeconomic tests that are available to determine the efficiency, utility of and benefits arising from the use of different medicines and how these can be minimised. - The requirement of regulation in pharmaceutical production, marketing and dispensing, and the effect that this has on the cost of therapy. - The pharmacoeconomic factors that need to be taken into account along with factors of other nature when establishing treatment protocols in particular circumstances. - Requirements for running efficient pharmacy services both in the community and in hospitals. - The link between medicines management and clinical governance, risk management, forming effective relationships between primary and secondary care and improving financial planning. - Pharmacy laws: Health Care Professions Act, Medicines Act. - Duties and obligations. - Other general rules: General duties and obligations. - Duty to the public, General obligations, Specific duties, Other general duties, Registers to be kept by managing apothecary, Stocks of medicine, Security of medicines. - Dispensing of medicines: General disposition: prescription writing, labelling. - Specific provisions as regards poisons and narcotics: dispensing. - Summarized rules for the control of dangerous drugs. - Ethics, Law and the Pharmacy Profession. - Pharmacist-patient relationships. - Inter and intra-professional relationships. - Ethics in research. - Ethics and the pharmaceutical industry. Study-unit Aims: - To obtain an appreciation of the impact of medication costs on the financial resources of the patient and of the country. - To understand the role of management in the efficient provision of pharmacy services, and the tools that can be used to achieve such efficiency. - To familiarize the student with the laws and regulations relating to pharmacy in Malta. - To become aware of the ethical dimension of the various activities in the area of pharmacy practice. - To provide a sound understanding of the principles underlying European and Maltese legislation relating to medicines regulation. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Describe varied pharmacoeconomic techniques; - Understand framework concepts and tools for analyzing or proposing decisions with financial implications; - Discuss legislation and practice standards; - Illustrate ethics and professional conduct in pharmacy. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Perform literature evaluations of pharmacoeconomic articles; - Apply fundamental management functions of planning, decision making, organizing; - Appraise implications of current legislation and legal provisions; - Perceive ethical implications on patient care and professional conduct. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Kayne SB. Ed. Pharmacy Business Management. London: Pharmaceutical Press, 2005. - Appelbe GE, Wingfield J. Dale and Appelbe’s pharmacy law and ethics. 2009. London: Pharmaceutical Press. - Wingfield J, Badcott D. Pharmacy ethics and decision making. 2007. London: Pharmaceutical Press. - European and Maltese legislation available at http://www.medicinesauthority.gov.mt |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Tutorial | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Alison Anastasi Sandra Mifsud Bonnici Maresca Attard Pizzuto |
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