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Course Co ordinator: Trudi Aspden BPharm, PhD Desk 51, School of Pharmacy, Level 3, Building 505 Extension 83893 e mail t.aspden@auckland.ac.nz ac nz
Pharmacy The health profession that links the health sciences with the chemical sciences. It is charged with ensuring the safe and effective use of pharmaceutical drugs. [Wikipedia] A place where medicinal drugs are prepared or sold. [Oxford compact dictionary] Pharmacist One who is licensed to prepare and dispense drugs and compounds and is knowledgeable concerning their properties. [Steadman s Medical Dictionary 27th Ed]
Pharmacists are health professionals who practice the science of pharmacy. In their traditional role, pharmacists typically take a request for medicines from a prescribing health care provider in the form of a medical prescription, evaluate the appropriateness of the prescription, dispense the medication to the patient and counsel them on the proper use and adverse effects of that medication. Wikipedia
NZ Health care system Where do pharmacists fit in? Central Government (Minister of Health) Ministry of Health (policy and regulation) lti District Health Boards (20) Primary Healthcare Organisation Secondary Specialist Services Community Services Community More details at http://www.health.govt.nz/new-zealand-health-system/overview-health-system
Current roles of pharmacists in New Zealand 4% 3% 2% 2% 2% 12% 75% Community Hospital Other Teaching/research Pharmacy related IPA, PHO, DHB Pharmaceutical Industry Data from Workforce demographic data 2010 from Pharmacy Council website
Clinical pharmacist Pharmacists are also employed in publishing, the Ministry of Health and other government agencies.
Medication review/management Screening/referral/health promotion OTC Cpesc prescribing Specialty practice e.g. oncology, care of the elderly, psychiatry, compounding Prescribing advisors Drug utilisation evaluation and policy development
Advanced scope of practice Pharmacist prescriber The Pharmacy Council applied for designated prescriber rights for pharmacists in 2010
Pharmacy Practice What exactly is it?
6 learning outcomes for Pharmacy acy 101 Professional practice and management Communication skills Law and ethics Mdii Medicines information i
Skills based and critically important Think laterally and make connections Collaborative Challenge the way things are currently done debate is good! The profession of pharmacy is not a static one, you need to nurture a love of life long learning.
22 lectures 10 workshops / tutorials 1 laboratory class 2 assignments (25%) 1 experiential learning activity (5%) 1 medicines i information exercise (5%) 1 Mid semester test (15%) 26 th April 1 End of semester examination (50%)
Pharmacy practice Communication skills x 3 Pharmacy law Social pharmacy Pharmacy ethics Assignment 2 presentations Calculations Medicines information
Deadlines!!! I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. Douglas Adams Assignments 1) Medicines information Due midday 23rd March 2) Health and sickness (group project) Due midnight 29th April 3) Experiential learning Pharmacist profile due 9am 11 th May Peer reviews due 9am 16 th May
Course guide, printed handouts & references, course web pages, library, www Pharmacy Practice Handbook Winfield, Rees and Smith eds. Pharmaceutical Practice 4th Ed, Churchill & Livingstone 2009. Taylor and Harding, Pharmacy Practice, Taylor and Harding 2001.
Attend library tutorial Instructions ti on how to book tutorials t are in your Assignment 1 instructions and also available on the P101 course web pages. Complete the assignment questions