Pharmacy in Health Care
UndergraduateTAS-CSA1782025
Course information for 2025 intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- Subject may require attendance
- Enrol by
- 16 Feb 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Start dates
- 24 Feb 2025
- Price from
- $2,726
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Pharmacy in Health Care
About this subject
Upon completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- Describe the application of ethical and professional guidelines to the practice of pharmacy.
- Explain cultural responsiveness and apply the principles of culturally safe practice to pharmacy practice, including for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations.
- Describe the impact of the social determinants of health and health literacy on patient outcomes.
- Describe the role of the pharmacist within the Australian health care context.
- Refer to MyLO for study topics
In this subject you will be introduced to foundational concepts of pharmacist roles and responsibilities within the context of ethical and safe professional practice within the Australian health care system. You will begin using core online pharmacy resources to introduce clinical and critical thinking skills. You will also learn about Tasmanian Aboriginal history and culture, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s health status and culture. In addition, you will learn about health of other populations including culturally and linguistically diverse people and people from the people from the LGBTQIA+ community.
- Social determinants of health and health literacy assessment (10%)
- Pharmacy in health care assessment (10%)
- Ethics and professionalism assessment (10%)
- Cultural responsiveness assessment (10%)
- Mid Semester Test (20%)
- End of Subject Test (40%)
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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
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-CSA118-Pharmacy in Health Care (no longer available)
Additional requirements
- Other requirements - Teaching arrangements: 1hr Seminar (Online) weekly 2hrs Synchronous Workshop (Online) weekly 3hrs Independent Learning (online modules) 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.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
UndergraduateTAS-PHA-DIP