Study-Unit Description

Study-Unit Description


CODE PHR5635

 
TITLE Advanced Experiential

 
UM LEVEL 10 - Postgraduate Non-Modular Diploma or Degree Course

 
MQF LEVEL Not Applicable

 
ECTS CREDITS Not Applicable

 
DEPARTMENT Pharmacy

 
DESCRIPTION The unit presents three clinical practice experiences each of 7 weeks duration. The rotations will be covered within Karin Grech Rehabilitation Hospital, Rheumatology, Nephrology, Community Pharmacy, and Pharmacovigilance. Each student will be attached with a preceptor who will meet each student for on hour per week. Group tutorials will be held weekly for the students to reflect on advanced clinical pharmacy practice from the different scenarios where the students will be practising.

At the end of each experience, two seminars of 3 hours each will be held where students will present a case presentation. The students will attend and verbally participate in all professional activities at the site.

Upon completion of the module, individuals shall be highly qualified independent practitioners able to provide optimal pharmaceutical care hospital, ambulatory and community pharmacy practice. They can practice as integral members of a multi-disciplinary care team and be skilled at teaching other healthcare professionals about emergency medicine drug therapy. These individuals will take a leadership role in quality and safety improvement initiatives in with respect to the medication use processes.

Study-unit Aims:

- To develop competent advanced clinical pharmacy specialists who are able to meet the needs of individual patients with complex pharmacotherapeutic requirementswhile acting as a fully integrated member of an interdisciplinary healthcare team;
- To provide a hands-on exposure to a wide variety of complaints and illnesses and associated management in order to ensure broad foundational evidence-based pharmacotherapy knowledge and skills;
- To provide experiences which develop skills in teaching other health care professionals and those in training to become healthcare professionals.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Knowledge & Understanding:

By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to:
- Adopt problem-solving strategies in the management of a broad-range of disease states;
- To determine from retrieved biomedical literature appropriate information to address requests for drug information;
- Explain security and patient protections as related to the use of information technology to patient records;
- Understand impact of different pharmacy procurement processes on medication-use processes;
- Manage use of investigational medicinal products according to regulatory requirements and protocols.

2. Skills:

By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to:
- Identify opportunities for improvement of a medication-use system;
- Design and implement quality improvement changes in a medication-use system;
- Conduct discharge medication consultations, prepare discharge medication summaries, patient medication charts;
- Function as a primary preceptor for students;
- Document adverse drug reactions and medication errors;
- Exercise leadership and practice management;
- Demonstrate project management skills;
- Use medical informatics.

Main Text/s and any supplementary readings:

- Joint Commission Resources, ASHP. Medication Reconciliation Handbook. 2nd edition. ASHP. 2010
- Murdaugh LB. Competence assessment tools for health-system pharmacies. ASHP. 2008
- Tracy SA, Clegg CA. Collaborative drug therapy management handbook. ASHP. 2007.

 
ADDITIONAL NOTES This study-unit is assessed on a Pass/Fail basis.

 
STUDY-UNIT TYPE Placement, Seminar and Tutorial

 
METHOD OF ASSESSMENT
Assessment Component/s Assessment Due Sept. Asst Session Weighting
Portfolio See note below Yes 100%
Note: Assessment due date will be notified by the Faculty/Institute/Centre/School.

 
LECTURER/S

 

 
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