Module Title
Specialised Pharmaceutical Care Provision
Keywords
specialised clinical areas, pathophysiology, evidence based therapeutics, drug therapy selection, patient and drug factors influencing selection, monitoring. |
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Prerequisites for Module
Successful completion of modules PHM001, PHM002, PHM003, PHM004, PHM005 or in consultation with the Course Leader.
Corequisite Modules
None.
Precluded Modules
None.
Aims of Module
To apply skills of pharmaceutical care planning to individual patients within specialised clinical areas.
Learning Outcomes for Module
On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to:
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Apply knowledge and understanding of physiology, pathology, pharmacology and therapeutics to care plan synthesis in patients within specialised clinical areas.
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Retrieve information relating to case studies from a wide variety of sources and incorporate this information into evidence based care plans in patients within specialised clinical areas.
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Synthesise, document, justify and reflect on evidence based care plans including monitoring and evaluating patients' response to therapy and modifying treatment accordingly in patients within specialised clinical areas.
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Indicative Module Content
Pharmaceutical care planning and medication review for patients in specialised clinical areas for example, paediatrics, frail elderly, mental illness, palliative care, critical care, hepatic / renal disorders.
| Indicative Student Workload
Directed Study
| Distance Learning | Directed reading
| 50 | Self-assessment exercises
| 50 | University assessments
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Private Study
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| 30 |
Mode of Delivery
Online distance learning supported by problem based study materials including directed reading and self-assessment exercises / case studies with answers and contact / structured discussion with peers and academic and e-Tutor staff.
Assessment Plan
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Learning Outcomes Assessed
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Submission of a portfolio of case care plans corresponding to the special needs areas and linked reflective essay.
Indicative Bibliography
| 1. | Haslett, C., Chilvers, E., Boon, N., Colledge, N., Hunter, J., eds. Davidson's Principles and Practice of Medicine. Current edition. London: Churchill Livingston.
| | 2. | British Medical Association and Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. British National Formulary. Current edition. London: BMJ Publishing Group.
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