Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, Unit Catalogue 2006/07

PA50190 Public health pharmacy

Credits: 6

Level: Masters

Modular: no specific semester

Assessment: CW90OR10

Requisites:

Aims & Learning Objectives:
Aim: To review and evaluate the key issues in public health pharmacy. Learning
Objectives: By the end of the unit the student will be able to:
1. Critically appraise the overall aim of public health services (knowledge and understanding, intellectual skill);
2. describe and assess the elements of public health strategy and services that are relevant to pharmacy services and medicines use (knowledge and understanding).
Content:

* Socioeconomic determinants of health and disease;
* Legal framework for public health;
* NHS planning;
* Cross boundary working;
* Prioritisation of resource use;
* Evidence based practice;
* Health needs assessment;
* Pharmacoepidemiology; systems, data, interpretation;
* Pharmacovigilance; systems, data, interpretation;
* Health Promotion; areas and communication strategies; changing behaviours;
* Drug misuse, Accident prevention, Dental public health, sexual health, mental health, cancer, communicable disease and antibiotic resistance.

University | Catalogues for 2006/07