Course overview
- Study period
- Semester 1, 2025 (24/02/2025 - 21/06/2025)
- Study level
- Undergraduate
- Location
- Dutton Park
- Attendance mode
- In Person
- Units
- 4
- Administrative campus
- Dutton Park
- Coordinating unit
- Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences School
Further develop skills, knowledge and professional identity in pharmacy practice and medicines management. You will develop an integrated knowledge of pharmacology, physiology, therapeutics and evidence-based practice and develop skills in applying this knowledge in to improve health care. The course will focus on pain, the endocrine system, gastrointestinal diseases and mental health conditions. You will further develop skills in providing patient-centred care and dispensing medicines safely and effectively.
This course builds on skills and knowledge gained so far in the BPharm(Hons) program and is vertically and horizontally integrated with other PHRM courses. The learning will integrate critical concepts and information around the use of pharmacotherapy in the treatment of health conditions, including: normal human physiology and pathophysiology of disease; clinical presentation and epidemiology of illness; clinical pharmacology underpinning the use of medicines; pharmacotherapeutics; and clinical practice to support the optimal use of medicines (including evidence-based practice). The learning in this course will comprise a range of modes, simulating real-world practice in terms of clinical care provision and professional development.
Course requirements
Assumed background
Knowledge of medicines (prescription, over-the-counter, complementary and alternative medicines); medical conditions; disease states and health issues; regulations (e.g. Medicines and Poisons Act 2019); dispensing skills covered in PHRM1102; foundational communication skills (covered in PHRM1101 and PHRM1102).
Restrictions
Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours)
Course contact
Lecturer
Course staff
Lecturer
Guest lecturer
Tutor
Timetable
The timetable for this course is available on the UQ Public Timetable.
Additional timetable information
A copy of the course timetable is provided on the PHRM2101 Learn.UQ (Blackboard) site.
Aims and outcomes
In this course, you will build on Year 1 learning to further develop your skills, knowledge and professional identity in pharmacy practice and medicines management. You will develop an integrated knowledge of physiology, pathophysiology of disease, pharmacology, therapeutics and evidence-based practice. You will continue to develop and refine your skills in applying this knowledge to improve health care, particularly with respect to providing patient-centred care around the optimal use of pharmacotherapy, in effective communication about medication use, and in dispensing medicines safely.
Learning outcomes
After successfully completing this course you should be able to:
LO1.
Apply physiological, pathophysiological, pharmacological, clinical knowledge, and professional skills in the context of management of common endocrine, gastrointestinal, and mental health conditions.
LO2.
Evaluate and synthesise information from diverse sources to justify professional decisions in the practice of Pharmacy.
LO3.
Demonstrate appropriate oral and written communication in the professional context.
LO4.
Dispense medicines and counsel patients in accordance with legal and professional standards.
LO5.
Apply relevant ethical and legal frameworks in professional practice.
LO6.
Provide patient-centred, socially, and culturally appropriate care in a range of pharmacy practice contexts.
LO7.
Demonstrate appropriate and productive teamwork
LO8.
Demonstrate development of reflective practice, professional competence, and expertise; including simulated learning in preparation for work-integrated learning (experiential placements).
Assessment
Assessment summary
Category | Assessment task | Weight | Due date |
---|---|---|---|
Quiz |
Engagement tasks
|
10% (2% each) |
10/03/2025 5:00 pm 24/03/2025 5:00 pm 7/04/2025 5:00 pm 28/04/2025 5:00 pm 26/05/2025 5:00 pm
Each quiz will be available for completion for 14 days prior to the deadline. |
Portfolio | Professional Practice Portfolio 1 | 5% |
4/04/2025 1:00 pm |
Presentation |
Simulated in-service presentation (team)
|
20% |
17/04/2025 1:00 pm |
Portfolio |
Professional Practice Portfolio 2
|
5% |
23/05/2025 1:00 pm |
Examination |
Professional Skills Exam
|
10% |
1/05/2025
This exam will be undertaken during your timetabled tutorial. |
Examination, Role play/ Simulation |
End of Semester Objective Structured Clinical Exam (OSCE)
|
25% |
End of Semester Exam Period 7/06/2025 - 21/06/2025 |
Examination |
End of Semester Written Exam
|
25% |
End of Semester Exam Period 7/06/2025 - 21/06/2025 |
A hurdle is an assessment requirement that must be satisfied in order to receive a specific grade for the course. Check the assessment details for more information about hurdle requirements.
Assessment details
Engagement tasks
- Online
- Mode
- Written
- Category
- Quiz
- Weight
- 10% (2% each)
- Due date
10/03/2025 5:00 pm
24/03/2025 5:00 pm
7/04/2025 5:00 pm
28/04/2025 5:00 pm
26/05/2025 5:00 pm
Each quiz will be available for completion for 14 days prior to the deadline.
- Other conditions
- Time limited.
- Learning outcomes
- L01, L05, L06
Task description
Engagement tasks help you stay on track with your online learning.
- There will be FIVE engagement tasks over the semester, all in the form of individual 'mini' quizzes.
- There are 10 questions per quiz.
- Each quiz will cover two weeks of content and will allow you test your current knowledge and enable you to determine where any further learning needs to occur.
Submission guidelines
Each quiz will be completed electronically in the Learn.UQ (Blackboard) site for this course.
Deferral or extension
You cannot defer or apply for an extension for this assessment.
Late submission
You will receive a mark of 0 if this assessment is submitted late.
Professional Practice Portfolio 1
- Mode
- Product/ Artefact/ Multimedia
- Category
- Portfolio
- Weight
- 5%
- Due date
4/04/2025 1:00 pm
- Learning outcomes
- L01, L02, L03, L04, L05, L06, L08
Task description
Throughout the semester you will participate in tutorials where your communication, professional and dispensing skills will be practiced, refined and reflected upon through a suite of case-based scenarios with embedded dispensing exercises. Each week you will collate ‘evidence’ of your developing skills across these different activities (information gathering, dispensing, professional services and counselling). This evidence may be in the form of an audio recorded role-play, or a dispensing label with any required ancillary labels. This will form the basis of your Professional Practice Portfolio. At two timepoints (week 6 and week 12) you will collate the evidence, reflect on your progress, set goals for the future and then submit for assessment.
Portfolio Assessment 1 (week 6)
- Collate THREE pieces of evidence, incorporating at least two different types (e.g. a dispensing label and audio recorded counselling).
- Write a short justification statement for each item, explaining why you selected it, how it showcases a necessary skill, and its relevance to professional practice.
- Reflect on the provided evidence and prepare ONE specific goal for the rest of the semester aimed at improving and refining your professional skills.
- More details and the marking criteria are provided in your tutorials and on the PHRM2101 Learn.UQ [Blackboard] site
NOTE: This assessment is not about all your items being 100% accurate. It is about reflecting on your progress, identifying strengths and improvements to your professional skills and preparing a plan for the future. You will not be penalised if you upload evidence that has a mistake (e.g. missing an ancillary label on your dispensary label). It is okay to make a mistake as long as you are able to relate this to your learning and development.
This task has been designed to be challenging, authentic and complex. Whilst students may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, successful completion of assessment in this course will require students to critically engage in specific contexts and tasks for which artificial intelligence will provide only limited support and guidance. A failure to reference generative AI use may constitute student misconduct under the Student Code of Conduct. To pass this assessment, students will be required to demonstrate detailed comprehension of their written submission independent of AI tools.
Submission guidelines
Portfolio to be submitted through ePortfolio (see the PHRM2101 Learn.UQ [Blackboard] site for more information)
Deferral or extension
You may be able to apply for an extension.
The maximum extension allowed is 28 days. Extensions are given in multiples of 24 hours.
Late submission
A penalty of 10% of the maximum possible mark will be deducted per 24 hours from time submission is due for up to 7 days. After 7 days, you will receive a mark of 0.
Simulated in-service presentation (team)
- Identity Verified
- Team or group-based
- Mode
- Oral, Product/ Artefact/ Multimedia
- Category
- Presentation
- Weight
- 20%
- Due date
17/04/2025 1:00 pm
- Other conditions
- Peer assessment factor.
- Learning outcomes
- L01, L02, L03, L06, L07, L08
Task description
Simulating professional practice where pharmacists are involved in educating consumers about medicines use, you will work in a group with other students to develop an 'In-service' presentation (maximum 10 minutes). This 'In-service' presentation will be delivered to health care professionals as part of education or training on a specific topic.
- Each group will pick a specific topic that involves researching a clinical question and/or sourcing up-to-date evidence on a clinical topic (broadly covered in PHRM2101) to be delivered to another healthcare professional group.
- Each group will present the findings of their research in the format of an In-service presentation.
- The presentation will be video recorded (i.e. an audio-visual presentation showing your face for ID verification) and submitted for assessment.
- Each student is expected to prepare and deliver a part of the presentation (e.g. a 2-3 minute section of the presentation).
- The overall presentation will be assessed from a group perspective, focusing on the collective presentation (it’s focus, effectiveness, clarity and explanation of findings and underpinning concepts, integration of the presentation components, overall coherence).
- Peer assessment of groupwork will adjust individual marks (refer to the marking rubric provided on the course Learn.UQ (Blackboard) site).
This task has been designed to be challenging, authentic and complex. Whilst students may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, successful completion of assessment in this course will require students to critically engage in specific contexts and tasks for which artificial intelligence will provide only limited support and guidance. A failure to reference generative AI use may constitute student misconduct under the Student Code of Conduct. To pass this assessment, students will be required to demonstrate detailed comprehension of their written submission independent of AI tools.
Submission guidelines
One group member will upload and submit at the link provided in the PHRM2101 Learn.UQ (Blackboard) site.
Deferral or extension
You may be able to apply for an extension.
The maximum extension allowed is 28 days. Extensions are given in multiples of 24 hours.
Extension requests for a group assessment item require at least 50% of your group members to also agree to the request for an extension and completion of the form at this link: Applying for an assessment extension - my.UQ - University of Queensland ‘.
Late submission
A penalty of 10% of the maximum possible mark will be deducted per 24 hours from time submission is due for up to 7 days. After 7 days, you will receive a mark of 0.
Professional Practice Portfolio 2
- Hurdle
- Mode
- Product/ Artefact/ Multimedia
- Category
- Portfolio
- Weight
- 5%
- Due date
23/05/2025 1:00 pm
- Learning outcomes
- L01, L02, L03, L04, L05, L06, L08
Task description
Throughout the semester you will participate in tutorials where your communication, professional and dispensing skills will be practised, refined and reflected upon through a suite of case-based scenarios with embedded dispensing exercises. Each week you will collate ‘evidence’ of your developing skills across these different activities (information gathering, dispensing, professional services and counselling). This evidence may be in the form of an audio recorded role-play, or a dispensing label with any required ancillary labels. This will form the basis of your Professional Practice Portfolio. At two timepoints (week 6 and week 12) you will collate the evidence, reflect on your progress, set goals for the future and then submit for assessment.
Portfolio Assessment 2 (week 12):
- Collate EIGHT pieces of evidence, incorporating at least two different types.
- Write a short justification statement for each item, explaining why you selected it, how it showcases a necessary skill, and its relevance to professional practice.
- Reflect on the provided evidence and prepare ONE specific goal for semester 2 aimed at improving and refining your professional skills.
- More details and marking criteria will be provided in your tutorials and on PHRM2101 Learn.UQ [Blackboard] site
NOTE: This assessment is not about all your items being 100% accurate. It is about reflecting on your progress, identifying strengths and improvements to your professional skills and preparing a plan for the future. You will not be penalised if you upload evidence that has a mistake (e.g. missing an ancillary label on your dispensary label). It is okay to make a mistake as long as you are able to relate this to your learning and development.
This task has been designed to be challenging, authentic and complex. Whilst students may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, successful completion of assessment in this course will require students to critically engage in specific contexts and tasks for which artificial intelligence will provide only limited support and guidance. A failure to reference generative AI use may constitute student misconduct under the Student Code of Conduct. To pass this assessment, students will be required to demonstrate detailed comprehension of their written submission independent of AI tools.
Hurdle requirements
To pass the course, you must submit a Professional Practice Portfolio 2 that meets the criteria for a pass.Submission guidelines
Submission: Portfolio to be submitted through ePortfolio (see the PHRM2101 Learn.UQ [Blackboard] site for more information)
Resubmission: Students who submit the assessment on time and do not achieve a pass will be offered one opportunity to resubmit; the maximum grade that can be achieved for the resubmission will be a pass (50% of available marks). No extension is available on the due date for a resubmission.
Deferral or extension
You may be able to apply for an extension.
The maximum extension allowed is 28 days. Extensions are given in multiples of 24 hours.
Late submission
A penalty of 10% of the maximum possible mark will be deducted per 24 hours from time submission is due for up to 7 days. After 7 days, you will receive a mark of 0.
Professional Skills Exam
- Hurdle
- Identity Verified
- In-person
- Mode
- Written
- Category
- Examination
- Weight
- 10%
- Due date
1/05/2025
This exam will be undertaken during your timetabled tutorial.
- Other conditions
- Time limited.
- Learning outcomes
- L01, L02, L03, L05, L06, L08
Task description
The professional skills exam will assess your practical application of knowledge in a simulated practice scenario and, therefore, assesses your readiness to undertake clinical placements in the subsequent semester.
It will be undertaken during your normal tutorial time in Week 9.
This will involve completing tasks at TWO virtual (online) stations relating to:
- assessing a medication prescription within a case scenario to determine its compliance with legal and clinical practice frameworks
- explaining the decision-making processes related to ethical, legal, and/or clinical problems presented within a case scenario, with reference to appropriate legislation and or/professional practice standards.
You will have access to AMH, eMIMS and therapeutic guidelines (eTG) as well as pre-specified legislation and practice standards. Students should ensure they are familiar with the use of these resources prior to the exam. Your UQ Extend tasks, tutorial and workshop activities will serve as your preparation for this assessment.
The skills and competencies assessed in this exam are mapped to Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) that will underpin your clinical placements as you progress through the degree. This exam is part of the credentialling required to undertake clinical placements, i.e., you will not be able to undertake clinical placements until you have passed this exam.
Detailed rubrics (Marking Criteria) will be provided and discussed further in tutorials.
Hurdle requirements
You must pass the exam (gain marks equivalent to 50% or more) to pass the course.Exam details
Planning time | no planning time minutes |
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Duration | 45 minutes |
Calculator options | (In person) Casio FX82 series only or UQ approved and labelled calculator |
Open/closed book | Closed Book examination - specified written materials permitted |
Exam platform | Inspera |
Invigilation | Invigilated in person |
Submission guidelines
Submission: The exam will be completed electronically using the Inspera software on the UQ computers in the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Resubmission: If a student attempts but fails the exam, they will have one additional opportunity to re-sit the exam to achieve a pass. The maximum mark for passing a re-sit will be 50% of available marks for the professional skills exam.
Deferral or extension
You may be able to defer this exam.
The re-sit exam cannot be deferred.
End of Semester Objective Structured Clinical Exam (OSCE)
- Hurdle
- Identity Verified
- In-person
- Mode
- Oral
- Category
- Examination, Role play/ Simulation
- Weight
- 25%
- Due date
End of Semester Exam Period
7/06/2025 - 21/06/2025
- Other conditions
- Time limited.
- Learning outcomes
- L01, L02, L03, L04, L05, L06, L08
Task description
The end-of-semester OSCE will assess your practice-based skills, practical application of knowledge in a simulated practice scenario, and key professional attributes and, therefore, assesses your readiness to undertake clinical placements in the subsequent semester. Students will be allocated to different OSCE case scenarios; these allocations will be posted on Learn.UQ (Blackboard) prior to the exam period.
THE OSCE will consist of 3 stations (20 minutes total, worth 25% of your final grade).This will involve simulated role-playing relating to:
- Information gathering, including obtaining a medication history from a patient or carer
- Assessing the clinical appropriateness of a prescription and verbally explaining the clinical management of a therapeutic, drug-related and/or ethical problem to another health professional (e.g., a clinical handover)
- Counselling a patient or carer regarding a therapeutic product, taking into account the appropriateness of the product for the clinical scenario.
Your UQ Extend tasks, tutorial and workshop activities and engagement tasks serve as your preparation for this OSCE assessment. The skills and competencies assessed at each station are mapped to Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) that will underpin your clinical placements as you progress through the degree. This OSCE is part of the credentialling required to undertake clinical placements, i.e., you will not be able to undertake clinical placements until you have passed this OSCE.
Detailed OSCE assessment rubric (Marking Criteria) will be provided and discussed further in tutorials.
Students are ONLY permitted to bring a pen + blank paper and an approved calculator into the exam. Students are NOT permitted to bring any other resources into the exam; this includes, but is not limited to, personal notes, phones, textbooks or watches. Students will have access to standard pharmacy texts (AMH, APF, eMIMs). Students should ensure they are familiar with the use of these resources prior to the exam. Students are NOT permitted to remove any materials from any station.
This oral exam will be recorded and retained as per university policy. The recording will be stored in a secure manner and will only be accessed if required for the purposes of moderation of marking, provision of feedback to the student, and/or re-marking following a successful re-mark application.
Hurdle requirements
You must pass the OSCE (gain marks equivalent to 50% or more) to pass the course.Exam details
Planning time | no planning time minutes |
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Duration | 20 minutes |
Calculator options | (In person) Casio FX82 series only or UQ approved and labelled calculator |
Open/closed book | Closed Book examination - no written materials permitted |
Exam platform | Other |
Invigilation | Invigilated in person |
Submission guidelines
Submission: The OSCE will be completed in person at the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences during the end of semester exam period
Resubmission: If a student attempts but fails the initial OSCE, they will have one additional opportunity to re-sit the OSCE the following week to achieve a pass. The maximum mark for passing a re-sit will be 50% for the OSCE.
Deferral or extension
You may be able to defer this exam.
The re-sit exam cannot be deferred.
End of Semester Written Exam
- Hurdle
- Identity Verified
- In-person
- Mode
- Written
- Category
- Examination
- Weight
- 25%
- Due date
End of Semester Exam Period
7/06/2025 - 21/06/2025
- Other conditions
- Time limited.
- Learning outcomes
- L01, L02, L03, L05, L06
Task description
- This exam is an invigilated exam that students will complete using their own device. This assessment task is to be completed in person.
- The exam will be undertaken via the Inspera eAssessment platform (as will any deferred or supplementary written exams). Go to the Inspera Assessment Information page link to navigate to the Library Services web page which provides further information on: how to access Inspera, on-campus invigilated exams in Inspera, device requirements, familiarisation opportunities, submitting assessment and access to the Student Laptop Scheme and short-term laptop-loans.
- This written exam will include scenario-based cases and will examine your understanding, knowledge and application of the relevant physiological, pathophysiological, and pharmacological concepts and information underpinning the pharmacotherapeutic management of the health conditions studied in this course. It will assess content from UQ Extend, Engagement Tasks, Workshops, Practical and Tutorials. The final exam will assess both knowledge (content) and application of learnt knowledge.
- Students will not know in advance which particular conditions will be the focus of the exam. Aspects of managing various conditions will be examined. This may include the use of clinical scenarios.
- There will be a mixture of question types, mirroring the learning tasks and activities in UQ Extend and Engagement Tasks, e.g. multiple choice questions (MCQ), multiple response questions, matching/pairing, true/false questions, calculations (e.g. doses, BMIs), hotspot, drag and drop, graphic matching, short-answer explanatory questions, problem-solving questions, and therapeutic management plans.
Hurdle requirements
You must pass the written exam (gain marks equivalent to 50% or more) to pass the course.Exam details
Planning time | 10 minutes |
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Duration | 120 minutes |
Calculator options | (In person) Casio FX82 series only or UQ approved and labelled calculator |
Open/closed book | Closed Book examination - no written materials permitted |
Exam platform | Inspera |
Invigilation | Invigilated in person |
Submission guidelines
Deferral or extension
You may be able to defer this exam.
Course grading
Full criteria for each grade is available in the Assessment Procedure.
Grade | Cut off Percent | Description |
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1 (Low Fail) | 1 - 29 |
Absence of evidence of achievement of course learning outcomes. |
2 (Fail) | 30 - 44 |
Minimal evidence of achievement of course learning outcomes. |
3 (Marginal Fail) | 45 - 49 |
Demonstrated evidence of developing achievement of course learning outcomes |
4 (Pass) | 50 - 64 |
Demonstrated evidence of functional achievement of course learning outcomes. |
5 (Credit) | 65 - 74 |
Demonstrated evidence of proficient achievement of course learning outcomes. |
6 (Distinction) | 75 - 84 |
Demonstrated evidence of advanced achievement of course learning outcomes. |
7 (High Distinction) | 85 - 100 |
Demonstrated evidence of exceptional achievement of course learning outcomes. |
Supplementary assessment
Supplementary assessment is available for this course.
Additional assessment information
To pass PHRM2101,ᅠstudents are required to pass:
- Professional Practice Portfolio 2; AND
- Professional skills exam; AND
- End-of-semester OSCE; AND
- End-of-semester written exam; AND
- Achieve a mark of AT LEAST 50% OVERALL across all PHRM2101 assessment
Learning resources
You'll need the following resources to successfully complete the course. We've indicated below if you need a personal copy of the reading materials or your own item.
Library resources
Find the required and recommended resources for this course on the UQ Library website.
Other course materials
If we've listed something under further requirement, you'll need to provide your own.
Required
Item | Description | Further Requirement |
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Laptop computer | You will be required to bring your own laptop computer for the end of semester invigilated in-person exam | own item needed |
Learning activities
The learning activities for this course are outlined below. Learn more about the learning outcomes that apply to this course.
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Learning period | Activity type | Topic |
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Multiple weeks From Week 1 To Week 13 |
Workshop |
Workshop Topics Each week you will have an on-campus workshop (2hrs) that is related to the corresponding UQ Extend module. You should complete the active online learning via UQ Extend BEFORE attending the weekly workshop.
Learning outcomes: L01, L02, L06, L08 |
Tutorial |
Tutorial Topics Each week you will have an on-campus tutorial (2hrs) that is related to the corresponding UQ Extend module and workshop. Face-to-face tutorials enable the practical application of your learning to the clinical context (e.g., case-based clinical scenarios), extending and reinforcing the learning alongside skill development and refinement (e.g., communication, dispensing, service delivery via simulated practice such as role-play, demonstration). A Professional Practice Portfolio is used in this course to help to document the development of your professional skills and provides an opportunity for feedback and reflection. Simulated scenario-based cases will be used to undertake communication and dispensing tasks (as a form of work integrated learning). This will enable you to practice labelling products, writing directions on a dispensed product label (best practice), and identifying appropriate pre-dispensing questions (information gathering, medication-history taking) as well as medication counselling.
Learning outcomes: L01, L02, L03, L04, L05, L06, L07, L08 |
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Team Based Learning |
TBL Description After each weekly workshop, there will be a 2-hour team-based learning session (TBL) to ensure students have a time when they are all available to participate in group work for general study, and group based assessment. TBL sessions are offered in-person at the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Auditorium which will often be facilitated by the course coordinator or other lecturers. However, as the focus of the session is working with peers, it is up to you and your group/s to decide how to utilise the session. Learning outcomes: L01, L02, L03, L04, L05, L06, L07, L08 |
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Not Timetabled |
UQ Extend Active online learning via the UQ Extend platform will provide critical concepts and information. The focal therapeutic topics in this course are nutrition, pain management, endocrine disorders (thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, pancreatic), reproductive health (including the use of medicines in pregnancy and lactation), gastrointestinal diseases (including upper and lower gastrointestinal tract disorders, and hepatic conditions), and mental health (including sleep, mood, and psychotic disorders). Learning outcomes: L01, L02, L04, L05, L06, L08 |
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Week 5 (24 Mar - 30 Mar) |
Practical |
Practical In Week 5, during your timetabled practical time, you will undertake a dedicated practical to explore and utilise diagnostic tests related to diabetes. Learning outcomes: L01, L07, L08 |
Policies and procedures
University policies and procedures apply to all aspects of student life. As a UQ student, you must comply with University-wide and program-specific requirements, including the:
- Student Code of Conduct Policy
- Student Integrity and Misconduct Policy and Procedure
- Assessment Procedure
- Examinations Procedure
- Reasonable Adjustments - Students Policy and Procedure
Learn more about UQ policies on my.UQ and the Policy and Procedure Library.