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Module Title
Pharmaceutical Care Provision in Secondary Care

Keywords
Specialised clinical areas, secondary care, pathophysiology, evidence based therapeutics, drug therapy selection, patient and drug factors influencing selection, monitoring.

ReferencePHM033
SCQF LevelSCQF 11
SCQF Points30
ECTS Points15
CreatedMay 2002
ApprovedMay 2011
AmendedSeptember 2012
Version No.2

Prerequisites for Module

An honours undergraduate degree in a pharmacy, medical or nursing & midwifery related field from a UK university or overseas equivalent, and one year post-registration experience OR an integrated masters degree 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 in secondary care.

Learning Outcomes for Module

On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to:

1. Contextualise pharmaceutical care provision in secondary care through consideration of effective management of resources.
2. Show evidence of professional ability in the systematic application of knowledge and understanding of physiology, pathology, pharmacology and therapeutics to care plan synthesis in patients with complex pharmaceutical needs within specialised clinical areas in secondary care.
3. Systematically retrieve relevant information,for patients in specialist areas, from a wide variety of sources and incorporate this information into evidence based care plans that address complex pharmaceutical needs in secondary care.
4. 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 in secondary care.

Indicative Module Content

Pharmaceutical care planning and medication review for patients in specialised clinical areas for example, psychiatry, neurology, heamatology and oncology, paediatrics, frail elderly, palliative care, critical care, hepatic and renal disorders and surgery.

In the context of care planning: performance management / development, performance planning and decision making.

Indicative Student Workload

Directed Study

Distance Learning
Directed reading
60
Portfolio / assessment
60

Private Study

 
Private Study
180

Mode of Delivery

Online distance learning supported by problem based study materials including directed reading and contact / structured discussion with peers and academic and e-Tutor staff.

Assessment Plan

Learning Outcomes Assessed
Component 1 1,2,3,4

Submission of a portfolio of case care plans corresponding to the specialist 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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