PHARMACY 412 : Pharmacy 5

Medical and Health Sciences

2020 Semester Two (1205) (45 POINTS)

Course Prescription

The optimal drug treatment of neurological diseases and disorders, children’s and older persons’ health issues and patients with multiple morbidities is explored through an integrated multidisciplinary systems-based approach. Clinical pharmacy skills in law and ethics, dispensing, medicines information, management, teamwork and leadership, pharmacoeconomics and health technology assessment are further developed. Further advanced experiential learning opportunities are provided.

Course Requirements

Prerequisite: PHARMACY 411

Capabilities Developed in this Course

Capability 1: Disciplinary Knowledge and Practice
Capability 2: Critical Thinking
Capability 3: Solution Seeking
Capability 4: Communication and Engagement
Capability 5: Independence and Integrity
Capability 6: Social and Environmental Responsibilities
Graduate Profile: Bachelor of Pharmacy

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
  1. Demonstrate how drug treatment of individual patients can be optimised with reference to musculoskeletal diseases and disorders, as well as for children, older persons and patients with multiple co-morbidities and complex conditions (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3)
  2. Demonstrate advanced synthesis, analysis, application and integration of skills in medicines information, interpretation of the law related to pharmacy, ethical reasoning, dispensing, pharmaceutical calculations, clinical communication, management, pharmacoeconomics and health technology assessment. (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3)

Assessments

Assessment Type Percentage Classification
Test 60% Individual Test
Assignments 20% Group & Individual Coursework
Practical 20% Individual Coursework
Assessment Type Learning Outcome Addressed
1 2
Test
Assignments
Practical
The course Canvas page has detailed information on assessment extensions and minimum pass rates.  
Please also refer to the BPharm Assessment Guidelines for further information.
https://wiki.auckland.ac.nz/display/BPHARM/Bachelor+of+Pharmacy+Portal+Home?preview=/146384774/170824684/BPharm%20Assessment%20Guidelines_2020v20Feb2020_FINALv3.pdf

Learning Resources

Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, 6th Edition  Editors: Cate Whittlesea Karen Hodson  Paperback ISBN: 9780702070112  eBook ISBN: 9780702070099  Imprint: Elsevier Published Date: 7th August 2018   
Other resources will be recommended through CANVAS  

Course Contacts

Mrs Sanya Ram  Senior Tutor  Email: sanya.ram@auckland.ac.nz  Phone: +64 (0) 9 923 2619
Assoc Prof Shane Scahill  Deputy Head of School  Email: s.scahill@auckland.ac.nz  Phone: +64 (0) 9 923 5226
P411 strives to be a safe, inclusive and equitable space that supports our social and environmental responsibilities (see the University of Auckland Graduate Profile).  You are encouraged to discuss privately any learning-related requirements, face-to-face and/or in writing with the Course Director or the Academic Director Lynne Petersen (l.petersen@auckland.ac.nz)  

Workload Expectations

This course is a standard 45 point course and students are expected to spend 10 hours per week involved in each 15 point course that they are enrolled in.

For this course, you can expect approximately 60 hours of lectures,  60 hours of workshops/laboratory sessions/tutorials, 165 hours of reading and thinking about the content and 165 hours of work on assignments and/or test preparation.

Digital Resources

Course materials are made available in a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas which also includes reading lists and lecture recordings (where available).

Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor.

Academic Integrity

The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting their learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. This requirement also applies to sources on the internet. A student's assessed work may be reviewed against online source material using computerised detection mechanisms.

Inclusive Learning

All students are asked to discuss any impairment related requirements privately, face to face and/or in written form with the course coordinator, lecturer or tutor.

Student Disability Services also provides support for students with a wide range of impairments, both visible and invisible, to succeed and excel at the University. For more information and contact details, please visit the Student Disability Services’ website at http://disability.auckland.ac.nz

Special Circumstances

If your ability to complete assessed coursework is affected by illness or other personal circumstances outside of your control, contact a member of teaching staff as soon as possible before the assessment is due.

If your personal circumstances significantly affect your performance, or preparation, for an exam or eligible written test, refer to the University’s aegrotat or compassionate consideration page: https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/academic-information/exams-and-final-results/during-exams/aegrotat-and-compassionate-consideration.html.

This should be done as soon as possible and no later than seven days after the affected test or exam date.

Student Feedback

At the end of every semester students will be invited to give feedback on the course and teaching through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions.

Your feedback helps teachers to improve the course and its delivery for future students.

Class Representatives in each class can take feedback to the department and faculty staff-student consultative committees.

Student Charter and Responsibilities

The Student Charter assumes and acknowledges that students are active participants in the learning process and that they have responsibilities to the institution and the international community of scholars. The University expects that students will act at all times in a way that demonstrates respect for the rights of other students and staff so that the learning environment is both safe and productive. For further information visit Student Charter (https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/forms-policies-and-guidelines/student-policies-and-guidelines/student-charter.html).

Fitness to practice  Students in the Bachelor of Pharmacy programme are bound by the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences Fitness to Practise policy that applies to all students who are studying in clinical undergraduate programmes.   https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/about/the-university/how-university-works/policy-and-administration/teaching-and-learning/fmhscode-of-fitness-to-practise/fmhs-fitness-to-practise-policy.html  

Disclaimer

Elements of this outline may be subject to change. The latest information about the course will be available for enrolled students in Canvas.

In this course you may be asked to submit your coursework assessments digitally. The University reserves the right to conduct scheduled tests and examinations for this course online or through the use of computers or other electronic devices. Where tests or examinations are conducted online remote invigilation arrangements may be used. The final decision on the completion mode for a test or examination, and remote invigilation arrangements where applicable, will be advised to students at least 10 days prior to the scheduled date of the assessment, or in the case of an examination when the examination timetable is published.

Published on 29/06/2020 08:15 a.m.