Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, Unit Catalogue 2009/10 |
PA50232: Palliative care |
 Credits:
| 6 |
| Level:
| Masters |
| Period: | Modular (no specific semester) |
| Assessment:
| CW 100% |
| Supplementary Assessment: | Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites:
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| Description: | Aims: The aim of this unit is to update pharmacists on the disease and patient monitoring factors that should be considered when prescribing for patients with palliative care needs. Learning Outcomes: By the end of the unit the student will be able to: 1. Analyse the disease monitoring factors in patients with palliative care needs (knowledge and understanding). 2. Explain the patient monitoring factors in patients with palliative care needs (knowledge and understanding, professional practical skill). 3. Critically evaluate the medicines management issues in this therapeutic area (intellectual skill). 4. Assess the primary and secondary care roles for healthcare professionals/pharmacists in this therapeutic area (professional practical skill). 5. Reflect on their own practice in this therapeutic area and identify areas for improvement (personal transferable skill). Skills: * Planning & organisation (Taught / Facilitated) * Handling information (Taught / Facilitated /Assessed) * Written and verbal communication (Taught / Facilitated /Assessed) * Working with others (Taught / Facilitated) * Scientific & practical skills (Taught / Facilitated /Assessed) * Improving learning & performance (Taught / Facilitated /Assessed) * Problem solving (Taught / Facilitated /Assessed). Content: * Unit Introduction * Introduction to palliative care and symptom control * Pain I * Pain II * Continuous Infusion Devices * Nausea and Vomiting * Gastrointestinal symptoms * Care at the end of life * Advanced symptom control. |