Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, Unit Catalogue 2006/07

PA10014 Introduction to professional pharmacy skills

Credits: 6

Level: Certificate

Semester: 2

Assessment: CW 100%

Requisites:

Aims: To provide an introduction to the pharmacy profession. To introduce clinical cases through problem-based learning. To introduce and explore the principles, skills, knowledge and practices used in small-scale extemporaneous manufacture.
Learning Outcomes: After taking this unit the student should be able to:
1) perform pharmaceutical calculations;
2) extract information from core pharmacy reference sources;
3) extemporaneously prepare and package products for internal and external use.
Skills:
* Planning & organisation (Taught/Facilitated)
* Handling information (Taught/Facilitated/Assessed)
* Written communication (Taught/Facilitated/Assessed)
* Scientific & practical skills (Taught/Facilitated/Assessed)
* Improving learning & performance (Taught/Facilitated).
Content:
Reference sources and information gathering. Problem based learning applied to simple clinical case studies. Pharmaceutical calculations. Small-scale manufacture. History of the pharmacy profession.

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