Counselling and Advice on Medicines

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  Upon completion of this subject, the student should be able to:

  1. Describe the underlying causes, risk factors and appropriate management of minor ailments.
  2. Formulate health and medicine advice within case-based scenarios.
  3. Demonstrate patient-centred communication in over-the-counter clinical scenarios.

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About University of Tasmania

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

• TAS-PHA-DIP-2025 - Diploma of Pharmacy Studies

Prior study

You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:

• TAS-CSA178-Pharmacy in Health Care

Please note that your enrolment in this subject is conditional on successful completion of these prerequisite subject(s). If you study the prerequisite subject(s) in the study period immediately prior to studying this subject, your result for the prerequisite subject(s) will not be finalised prior to the close of enrolment. In this situation, should you not complete your prerequisite subject(s) successfully you should not continue with your enrolment in this subject. If you are currently enrolled in the prerequisite subject(s) and believe you may not complete these all successfully, it is your responsibility to reschedule your study of this subject to give you time to re-attempt the prerequisite subject(s).

Equivalent subjects

You won't be able to enrol into this subject if you've already successfully completed or currently enrolled in the following subject(s) as they are considered anti-requisites due to the similarity of the content.

• TAS-CSA119-Managing Minor Ailments (no longer available)

Additional requirements

• Other requirements - Teaching arrangements: Independent Learning (self directed online modules) – 2hrs per week Synchronous Workshop (Online) 2hrs weekly

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.