Overview
An elective topic where the students undertake an approved activity that relates to pharmacy and that will enhance their future practice as a pharmacist.
In this elective, BPharm students will have the opportunity to learn outside the traditional classroom / placement by completing 120 hours undertaking health- relevant activity to enhance lifelong learning.
About this paper
| Paper title | Elective Studies A |
|---|---|
| Subject | Pharmacy |
| EFTS | 0.125 |
| Points | 15 points |
| Teaching period | Full Year (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) | $1,198.00 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Limited to
- BPharm
- Contact
- Teaching staff
Paper Co-ordinator: Sue Heydon
Dr Mudassir Anwar
- Paper Structure
- Lectures
- Workshops
- Self directed activity
- Textbooks
No textbooks required.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Global perspective, Interdisciplinary perspective, Lifelong learning, Scholarship.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this paper will:
Communication, collaboration, research
- Use appropriate communication techniques to establish and maintain collaborative and constructive relationship with people and colleagues
- Use communication technology effectively
- Participate in research
Professionalism
- Recognise, explain and demonstrate ethical principles and values underpinning the profession
- Demonstrate professional integrity through appropriate professional behaviour
- Examine pharmacy as a profession and the position of trust in which it is held
- Describe quality assurance and improvement programs that relate to pharmacy practice
- Describe management and leadership skills to deliver safe and effective practice
- Describe the place of medicines and the pharmacist within the health system