Pharmacy in Health Care
UndergraduateTAS-CSA1182024
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- Subject may require attendance
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Pharmacy in Health Care
About this subject
Upon completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- Describe the application of ethical and professional guidelines to the practice of pharmacy.
- Explain cultural responsiveness and apply the principles of culturally safe practice to pharmacy practice, including for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations.
- Describe the impact of the social determinants of health and health literacy on patient outcomes.
- Describe the role of the pharmacist within the Australian health care context.
- Module 1: Australian Healthcare System
- What is health?
- Burden of disease and common disease groups
- Health funding and workforce
- NMP and challenges in healthcare
- Module 2: Pharmacists in the Australian Healthcare System
- Roles of Pharmacists
- professional bodies
- Ethics and professionalism
- Module 3: Perspectives of the patient
- Indigenous Australians
- LGBTIQ+ inclusive practice
- Cultural perspectives
Students will be introduced to foundational concepts of pharmacist roles and responsibilities within the context of ethical and safe professional practice within the Australian health care system. Students will begin using core online pharmacy resources to introduce clinical and critical thinking skills. Students will also learn about Tasmanian Aboriginal history and culture, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s health status and culture. In addition, students will learn about health of other populations including culturally and linguistically diverse people and LGBTQIA+ people.
- Cultural responsiveness assessment (10%)
- Social determinants of health and health literacy assessment (10%)
- End of Subject Test (40%)
- Ethics and professionalism assessment (10%)
- Mid-Semester Test (20%)
- Pharmacy in health care assessment (10%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- TAS-PHA-DIP-2024 - Diploma of Pharmacy Studies
Additional requirements
- Other requirements - Teaching arrangement: Independent learning 3-hour online modules weekly; 1-hour online seminar weekly; 2-hour online workshop weekly
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
UndergraduateTAS-PHA-DIP