Evidence Based Pharmacotherapeutic Practice

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:

  1. Create PICO frameworks to structure pharmacotherapeutic questions.
  2. Develop search strategies using MeSH and other search terms to collate relevant evidence-based research.
  3. Critically appraise scientific literature using knowledge of the hierarchy of evidence, sources of bias, and research methodology.
  4. Evaluate research to provide a response to a clinical query.

• 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:

Core

• TAS-AMS-MAS-2027 - Master of Advanced Practice (Medication Safety)
• TAS-AMS-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Medication Safety)
• TAS-CPH-GDI-2027 - Graduate Diploma of Clinical Pharmacy
• TAS-CPH-GCE-2027 - Graduate Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy

Equivalent subjects

You won't be able to enrol into this subject if you've already successfully completed or currently enrolled in the following subject(s) as they are considered anti-requisites due to the similarity of the content.

• TAS-CSA721 (Not currently available)

Others

We assume that Pharmacists undertaking this subject will have a general knowledge of most of the therapeutic areas covered, as well as have the necessary skills to interpret laboratory and patient data. Some students may need to refresh and revise this knowledge, due to the many different backgrounds and training that our students have.

Additional requirements

• Other requirements - Teaching Arrangement: 10 hrs weekly self directed learning including online tutorials (live and recorded).

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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