PHA541: Pharmacy Practice I

The role and responsibilities of the pharmacist, and the expectations of the profession from the health professional industry in Australia and the pharmaceutical industry. Topics: historical beginnings to the fully computerised workplace; legal, ethical and professional standards; self regulated accreditation; legislation controlling access to poisons; national medicines policies and organisations regarding rational drug prescribing and reporting. Students commence development of competencies in communication skills, identification of effective methods of communication with patients, staff and other health professionals.

Related Unit Codes:

Points	3
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: T1-internal
Contact Time	Lectures/tutorials: 3 hours per week; laboratories: 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites	PHA421/PHA521 Pharmacy Care; Enrolment in Master of Pharmacy or Postgraduate Diploma in Pharmaceutical Health Science.
School	School of Nursing and Midwifery
Unit Coordinator	Mr Manie Smith Position: Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice E-mail: Manie.Smith@murdoch.edu.au Location: Murdoch Campus Amenities Room 3.005 Phone: Prefix: +618 9360 1237
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Mr Manie Smith Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice (Manie.Smith@murdoch.edu.au) 9360 1237 Murdoch Campus Amenities Room 3.005 MURDOCH T1: Internal (04/01/2010 - 09/04/2010)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)