| CODE | PHR1101 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Pharmacy Practice 1 | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 8 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Pharmacy | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | - History of pharmacy - Introduction to pharmacy literature and medical information: use of sources of drug information - Medicine presentation and medicine administration, Safe use of medicinal products: Occurrence of side effects and drug interactions, pharmacovigilance and adverse drug reaction reporting, poisoning, medicine action - Drug product development in the pharmaceutical industry - Community pharmacy practice, Dispensing prescriptions - Communication and counselling skills - Compliance and concordance - Point-of-Care testing - Health promotion and immunisation - Medicines used in the treatment of: infections, cardiovascular disorders, hypertension, pain, respiratory system disorders, ear, nose and throat disorders, disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, skin disorders and medicines affecting the autonomic nervous system - Mathematical Principles of drug therapy - Introduction to pharmacy practice research, Participation at the yearly pharmacy symposium - Practical experience in a community pharmacy: receiving of prescriptions and the dispensing of medicines, recording prescriptions, experience in recording purchases of narcotic and psychotropic drugs, the application of laws and regulations relating to community pharmacy, application of accepted standards of professional conduct and practice, ordering, storage and stock control of medicines, the supply of non-medicinal products. Study-Unit Aims: - To introduce areas of practice for pharmacy; - To develop skills in handling pharmaceutical and medical literature; - To develop skills in pharmaceutical calculations; - To familiarize with principles in the safe and effective use and handling of medicinal products; - To present classification of medicinal products; - To provide students with practical experience in a community pharmacy. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - identify developments in the history of pharmacy; - classify drugs used in the treatment of infections, cardiovascular disease, pain respiratory system disorders, ear, nose and throat disorders, disorders of the gastrointestinal tract and skin disorders; - describe pharmacy processes in a community pharmacy. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - utilise communication and informational skills required for effective patient counselling; - participate in dispensing of prescription and non-prescription medicines; - approach pharmaceutical calculations with application to drug delivery and patient care; - select and interpret pharmaceutical and medical literature. General bibliography for pharmacy practice module: - Azzopardi L (ed). Lecture notes in pharmacy practice. 2009. London: Pharmaceutical Press. - Joint Formulary Committee. British National Formulary. (recent edition) Pharmaceutical Press: London. - Medical Dictionary. - Azzopardi, L. Validation instruments for community pharmacy: Pharmaceutical care for the third millennium. 2000. Binghamton, USA: Pharmaceutical Products Press. - Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. Medicines, ethics and practice London: Pharmaceutical Press. latest edition. Main Texts: - Beardsley RS, Skrabal MZ, Kimberlin CL. Communication skills in pharmacy practice. 2019. LWW. - Holford DA. Introduction to acute and ambulatory care pharmacy practice. 2017. ASHP. - Lauster CD, Srivastava SB. Fundamental skills for patient care in pharmacy practice. 2013. Jones & Bartlett Learning. - Lester DE. A practical guide to contemporary pharmacy practice and compounding. 2018. LWW. - Rees JA, Smith I, Watson J. Introduction to pharmaceutical calcuations. 2015. Pharmaceutical Press - Watson J, Cogan LS. Pharmacy Practice. 2019. Elsevier. - Whalley BJ, Fletcher KE, Weston SM, Howard RL, Rawlinson CF. Foundation in Pharmacy Practice, 2008. London: Pharmaceutical Press. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Please note that a pass in the Logbook component is obligatory for an overall pass mark to be awarded. | ||||||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Tutorial and Practical | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Lilian M. Azzopardi Anthony Serracino Inglott |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2024/5. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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