Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, Unit Catalogue 2008/09 |
PA50223 Surgery |
| Credits: 6 |
| Level: Masters |
| Modular: no specific semester |
| Assessment: CW 100% |
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Aims: The aim of this unit is to update pharmacists on the disease and patient monitoring factors that should be considered when prescribing for surgical patients.
Learning Outcomes: By the end of this unit, students will be able to: 1. Analyse the role of the healthcare professional / pharmacist in prescribing and monitoring medication for surgical patients (knowledge & understanding skill). 2. Explain the disease and patient monitoring factors that are influenced before, during and after surgery (knowledge & understanding skill). 3. Critically evaluate the evidence base for management of thromboembolic disease, analgesia, infection and post operative nausea and vomiting (intellectual skill). 4. Assess the role of the pharmacist in developing guidelines and protocols for use in a multidisciplinary team for the management of surgical patients (professional skill). 5. Reflect on their own practice in prescribing and medicines management issues for surgical patients and identify areas for continuous improvement (professional skill). Skills: 1. Knowledge and understanding through monitoring of medicines and patients. 2. Intellectual skills of critical evaluation of evidence. 3. Communication skills through working in multidisciplinary teams; undertaking patient monitoring; report writing. 4. Professional skills of reflection on practice. Content: * Unit Introduction * Pharmaceutical Care for Surgical Patients * Nutrition * Developing Protocols and Guidelines * Thromboembolic Disease - treatment and prophylaxis * Management of Infection, PONV and surgical complications * Analgesia and the Surgical Patient. |