Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics in Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  Upon successful completing this subject, the student should be able to:

  1. Create a search strategy to collate evidence-based psychiatric or neurological related research.
  2. Critically evaluate and optimise medication therapy in psychiatric and neurological conditions.
  3. Apply pharmacotherapeutic knowledge and clinical judgement to clinical scenarios.
  4. Communicate evidence-informed decisions in psychiatric and neurological therapeutics.

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About University of Tasmania

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Elective

• TAS-CPH-GDI-2026 - Graduate Diploma of Clinical Pharmacy
• TAS-CPH-GCE-2026 - Graduate Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy

Prior study

You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or enrol in the following subject(s) to study at the same time or prior to this subject:

one of

• TAS-CSA721 (Not currently available)

• TAS-CSA731-Evidence Based Pharmacotherapeutic Practice

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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