Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, Unit Catalogue 2009/10 |
PA10014: Introduction to professional pharmacy skills |
 Credits:
| 6 |
| Level:
| Certificate |
| Period: | Semester 2 |
| Assessment:
| EX 0%, PR 100% |
| Supplementary Assessment: | Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites:
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| Description: | Aims: To provide an introduction to the pharmacy profession. 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. Pharmaceutical calculations. Small-scale manufacture. History of the pharmacy profession. Problem Based Learning. (PBL) and Reflective practice. |