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PHAR5910: Dispensing 1
2025 unit information
This unit will introduce students to clinical practice and develops the theme that providing medicines is not a single event but a process. Students will start to develop skills to dispense medicines (including prescription and compounded medicines), in collaboration with others.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Medicine and Health
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Pharmacy |
| Credit points | 3 |
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Prerequisites:
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None |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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None |
| Assumed knowledge:
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3 credit points of Calculus, 6 credit points of Biochemistry, 12 credit points of Chemistry |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. apply numeracy skills to the solution of pharmacy problems, including pharmaceutical calculations
- LO2. prepare extemporaneous products to appropriate standards of safety and quality
- LO3. communicate effectively with patients, families, carers, and other health care professionals
- LO4. collaborate and contribute to the interprofessional health care team
- LO5. elicit relevant health and medicines information, evaluate medication management, and establish an effective treatment plan
- LO6. demonstrate understanding of laws that govern the supply of medicines and the practice of pharmacy
- LO7. demonstrate the ability to learn independently and take responsibility for personal learning
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| Session | MoA ? | Location | Outline ? |
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Semester 2 2025
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
Outline unavailable
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