Professional Documents
Culture Documents
including professional, legal and ethical considerations that inform patient care.
3 constructs that make up ethics
Moral Theory – Utilitarianism (greater good for greater number) – Individualism
(intentionally vs incidentally)
Social Norm – how we used to treat aboriginal ppl, smoking
Individual Perspectives – Personal – social – religion – professional (Knowledge, skills and
behaviour)
Bioethics
Respect for autonomy (self-determination)
Beneficence (best interests of patient)
Non-maleficence (do no harm)
Justice (fair dealing and equity in distribution)
Discuss the pharmacist’s role in ensuring safe and effective provision of medicines and
health services across Australian health settings, and how this contributes to and
complements the roles of other health professionals.
Describe the components of the medication use process in the hospital setting
Imprest – medication in the ward checked by a pharmacist
Controlled access cabinets
Main Pharmacy
Satellite pharmacy
Sterile preparations and compounding
Explain the medication reconciliation process across the continuum of care as patients
transition from admission to discharge
Having enough systems in place makes error less likely but doesn’t completely get rid of
error – swiss cheese
Prescribing Transcribing and documenting dispensing administering monitoring
Quantitative: Discrete (Whole numbers); continuous (non whole number e.g. 2.1)
Normal distribution:
68% between +/- 1 SD
95% between +/- 2 SD
97.5% between +/- 3SD
Bell shaped
Mean + SD
Mean=mode=median
Non-normal(skewed)
Left/negative skewed: Mean < Median
Right/positive skewed: Mean>Median
Charts
Histograms
Scatterplot – describe relationship between 2 continuous variables
Box-and-Whisker plot
Frequency Bar – categorical dae
List a range of drug information sources, there strengths and limitatioins – Textbooks
Reference books
Apply the principles of the research process to solve simple cases as they relate to the
practice of pharmacy
To describe and evaluate the pros and cons of various data sources in answering drug
information enquiries
Introduce the legislation which pharmacists will work with in modern pharmacy
workplaces
Explore skills and attributes which are required for pharmacy practice and
management.
Marketing
HR
Financial management
Introduce the three primary business management skill areas: Marketing management,
Human resources management and financial management
Marketing: business products, patients
HR: relationship with staff
Financial management: Sales, gross profit, wages, rent
Identify and describe the differences between ‘surface’ learners and ‘deep’ learners
describe the different ways in which the causes of disease have been perceived through
history
describe the relationship between pharmacy and medicine as it has evolved through
history until the early 19th century
describe the nature and role of guilds in relation to the practice of pharmacy
explain the process whereby the titles of the dispenser of medicines changed in Britain