Overview
Provides students with the principles and applications that underpin pharmacist prescribing with a special focus on advanced clinical skills, governance and experience through a prescribing practicum.
This paper will begin equipping pharmacists to take on the role of an independent prescriber in their area of practice.
You will learn from doctors, pharmacists, and nurses from a range of backgrounds and discover how to apply core prescribing skills including history taking, physical assessment and clinical reasoning. You will undertake most of your experiential learning in this paper. Our course content and assessments will reflect the most up-to-date practice which will support you as a newly qualified pharmacist prescriber in your workplace.
We offer a blended learning model comprising of flexible e-learning with work-based education that fits around you.
About this paper
| Paper title | Special Topic: Pharmacist Prescribing |
|---|---|
| Subject | Pharmacy |
| EFTS | 0.2500 |
| Points | 30 points |
| Teaching period | Semester 2 (Distance learning) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) | $3,103.25 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Eligibility
This paper is for practicing pharmacists, looking to extend their role and scope of practice. You will need to be a registered pharmacist with a current annual practising certificate and have passed PHCY621.
- Contact
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- Teaching staff
Paper Co-ordinator: Associate Professor Alesha Smith
- Paper Structure
This paper is made up of three modules:
- Advanced Health Assessment and Clinical Skills
- Clinical Governance and Reflective Practice
- Prescribing Practicum and Competency Assessment
- Teaching Arrangements
This paper will be using a blended learning model, offering virtual lectures/workshops, self-paced online learning, and face-to-face workshops.
You will also undertake experiential learning.- Textbooks
Textbook list is available at Home - Pharmacy - LibGuides at University of Otago
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
Communication, Critical Thinking, Cultural Understanding, Ethics, Information Literacy, Research, Teamwork.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes.- Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete the paper will:
- Identify and describe the role of the Te Tiriti o Waitangi in maintaining indigenous health rights for Māori in Aotearoa and in contributing to Māori health advancement.
- Promote health equity by implementing interventions to improve health outcomes for Māori and non-Māori.
- Consult with a person/ whānau to collect demographic, social, medical histories, and understand their preferences, goals, and gain a holistic view of life.
- Effectively communicate clinical information and expert scientific knowledge to different audiences as a prescriber.
- Use appropriate clinical assessments and diagnostic tools to make informed care and follow-up recommendations.
- Apply knowledge of a disease state and its progression to assess current comorbidities and/or diagnoses.
- Demonstrate a shared approach to decision-making by assessing patients’ needs for medicines, taking account of their wishes and values and those of their carers when making prescribing decisions.
- Develop and implement a person-centred care plan to optimise health outcomes.
- Integrate advanced clinical knowledge and reasoning into prescribing behaviour.
- To recognise, evaluate and respond to influences on prescribing practice at individual, local and national levels.
- Prescribe safely within your own legal framework and with awareness of funding.
- Monitor patient response and safety and make necessary adjustments to care to optimise outcomes.
- Utilise health IT and communication tools effectively, and, concisely, and accurately document activities.
- Identify public health issues related to medicine use and their potential impact on prescribing practice.
- Collaborate with individuals and both intra- and inter-professional teams to provide safe, effective and efficient healthcare.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the legal, ethical and professional framework for accountability and responsibility in relation to prescribing.
- Demonstrate awareness of and ability to work within clinical governance frameworks in prescribing practice effectively.