Course coordinator
Associate Professor William Cottrell
Course overview
- Study period
- Semester 2, 2024 (05/08/2024 - 16/11/2024)
- Study level
- Undergraduate
- Location
- Dutton Park
- Attendance mode
- In Person
- Units
- 4
- Administrative campus
- Dutton Park
- Coordinating unit
- Pharmacy School
Build and integrate the knowledge and skills from different courses in the program and apply these in the optimisation of medicine use in the individual patient. New knowledge is acquired through evaluating evidence for drug use in all aspects of pharmacy and then integrated to develop the skills to identify and resolve drug related problems in consumers in a problem-based learning format. This course commences in week 5 of semester.
Participants in PHRM4012 will apply their knowledge about medicines and pharmacy to the care of individual patients. The course will expose participants to a range of clinical scenarios that reflect contemporary and future pharmacy practice. Participants will be required to demonstrate their ability to communicate, problem solve and integrate and apply knowledge from previous years of the Pharmacy program to optimise the use of medicines in patients in all aspects of care including demonstrating patient-centred clinical, ethical and legal knowledge. This approach will help with the transition from student graduate to a competent intern pharmacist who practices safely.
Course requirements
Assumed background
Participants in PHRM4012 will know the medicines used to manage common ailments and diseases covered in fourth year (PHRM4011 so far) and in all previous years of the Pharmacy program.
Prerequisites
You'll need to complete the following courses before enrolling in this one:
PHRM4011
Incompatible
You can't enrol in this course if you've already completed the following:
PHRM4010, PHRM4030
Restrictions
Restricted to Bachelor of Pharmacy students
Course contact
Lecturer
Associate Professor William Cottrell
Course staff
Tutor
Mr Will Olsen
Miss Youmna Elsedfy
Mrs Vivienne Klyza
Ms Hannah Knowles
Mrs Kate Ziser
Associate Professor Adam La Caze
Mr Timothy Tanzer
Timetable
The timetable for this course is available on the UQ Public Timetable.
Additional timetable information
A fullﾠtimetable will be available on Blackboard before classes commence in week five.
Aims and outcomes
To optimise medicines use in patients through integration and application of pharmacy knowledge and skills in a range of over-the-counter and prescription medicine scenarios that reflect contemporary and future pharmacy practice.
Learning outcomes
After successfully completing this course you should be able to:
LO1.
Apply expert knowledge of medicines gained throughout the program to improve person-centred health outcomes and reduce the risk of medicine-related harm to patients
LO2.
Use effective communication skills to comprehensively consult patients and clinicians (healthcare professionals) with patient-centred medicine information and care in a range of simulated pharmacy practice scenarios
LO3.
Identify, evaluate and justify the clinical significance of medication related problems in complex patient case scenarios
LO4.
Develop patient-centred medication management plans to resolve medication-related problems in complex patient case scenarios by referring to evidence-based clinical evidence (literature and tools) and the patient's context and goals
LO5.
Contribute to team-based care by expertly communicating and working with other members of the healthcare team in complex patient case scenarios
LO6.
Apply a model of ethical decision making to identify and propose practical, patient-centred solutions to ethical problems in complex patient case scenarios
Assessment
Assessment summary
| Category | Assessment task | Weight | Due date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Examination |
In-semester patient-centred case examination
|
30% |
17/09/2024
Exam will take place in your timetabled tutorial class. |
| Quiz |
Ethics Quiz
|
5% |
4/10/2024 2:00 pm
The quiz will open at the beginning of week 10 and you will have five days to complete the quiz prior to this deadline. |
| Quiz |
Calculations Quiz
|
5% |
11/10/2024 2:00 pm
The quiz will open at the beginning of week 11 and you will have five days to complete the quiz prior to this deadline. |
| Presentation |
Student grand round presentations
|
20% |
14/10/2024 4:00 pm
Your presentation will occur during your timetabled tutorial class on Tuesday in week 12. |
| Examination, Role play/ Simulation |
OSCE oral exam
|
20% |
End of Semester Exam Period 2/11/2024 - 16/11/2024 |
| Examination, Presentation |
Patient centred case oral examination
|
20% |
End of Semester Exam Period 2/11/2024 - 16/11/2024 |
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
In-semester patient-centred case examination
- Identity Verified
- In-person
- Mode
- Written
- Category
- Examination
- Weight
- 30%
- Due date
17/09/2024
Exam will take place in your timetabled tutorial class.
- Learning outcomes
- L01, L03, L04, L05
Task description
In-semester in-class written examination of 90 minutes duration in Inspera.
This is an open book exam.
Provide a structured response to two patient-centred integrated cases.
You will need to identify and prioritise any medication-related problems for the patient and provide a cohesive, detailed plan with appropriate monitoring to resolve the medication-related problems in a patient-centred, holistic approach. The document you are providing will be written to communicate these clinical recommendations you would like another health professional and/or a team of health professionals to implement in practice.
Exam details
| Planning time | 10 minutes |
|---|---|
| Duration | 90 minutes |
| Calculator options | No calculators permitted |
| Open/closed book | Open Book examination |
| Materials | No student notes or written materials are permitted. |
| Exam platform | Other |
| Invigilation | Invigilated in person |
Submission guidelines
Exam will take place in your timetabled tutorial class.
Deferral or extension
You may be able to defer this exam.
Deferred exams will take place in week 10.
Ethics Quiz
- Online
- Mode
- Written
- Category
- Quiz
- Weight
- 5%
- Due date
4/10/2024 2:00 pm
The quiz will open at the beginning of week 10 and you will have five days to complete the quiz prior to this deadline.
- Learning outcomes
- L06
Task description
This will be an online quiz that will be open during week 10 in the eLearning platform (Blackboard).
The quiz will consist of 10 questions.
In answering the questions, you will apply an ethical decision-making framework as covered in PHRM4012 .
This task has been designed to be challenging, authentic and complex. Whilst students may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Translation (MT) technologies, successful completion of the assessment will require students to critically engage in specific contexts and tasks for which AI will provide only limited support and guidance. To pass this assessment, students will be required to demonstrate detailed comprehension of their written submission independent of AI and MT tools.
Submission guidelines
Instructions on how to access the quiz and how to submit will be posted on the PHRM4012 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.
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.
Calculations Quiz
- Online
- Mode
- Written
- Category
- Quiz
- Weight
- 5%
- Due date
11/10/2024 2:00 pm
The quiz will open at the beginning of week 11 and you will have five days to complete the quiz prior to this deadline.
- Learning outcomes
- L01
Task description
This will be an online Blackboard quiz that will open on Monday in week 11 and close on Friday in week 11.
The quiz will consist of 10 questions.
The questions will focus on common calculations pharmacists make in practice.
This task has been designed to be challenging, authentic and complex. Whilst students may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Translation (MT) technologies, successful completion of the assessment will require students to critically engage in specific contexts and tasks for which AI will provide only limited support and guidance. To pass this assessment, students will be required to demonstrate detailed comprehension of their written submission independent of AI and MT tools.
Submission guidelines
Instructions on how to access the quiz and how to submit will be posted on the PHRM4012 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.
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.
Student grand round presentations
- Team or group-based
- In-person
- Mode
- Oral
- Category
- Presentation
- Weight
- 20%
- Due date
14/10/2024 4:00 pm
Your presentation will occur during your timetabled tutorial class on Tuesday in week 12.
- Other conditions
- Peer assessment factor.
- Learning outcomes
- L02, L03, L04
Task description
This is a team assignment with a team mark awarded. Tutorial groups will be split into teams of 4 to 5 students. Each student team will be assigned an integrated case for which they will outline medication-related problems and their resolution. The assigned cases will be posted on Blackboard during week 9, after the mid-semester examination.
Each team of students will be expected to present a 10-minute presentation of their case. The expectation is each student will speak during the presentation.
Guidance regarding how to structure the student grand round team presentation and marking rubric will be provided on Blackboard. You will have the opportunity to ask questions about your cases and the student grand round during the tutorials in weeks 10 and 11.
Students are required to upload their presentation to their tutorial padlet links no later than 4:00pm on Monday in week 12.
Students' presentations will be assessed using the marking rubric by the course-coordinator, conjoint staff and group peer assessment of team members' contributions.
This Presentation will be recorded, and the resulting recording 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.
This task has been designed to be challenging, authentic and complex. Whilst students may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Translation (MT) technologies, successful completion of the assessment will require students to critically engage in specific contexts and tasks for which AI will provide only limited support and guidance. To pass this assessment, students will be required to demonstrate detailed comprehension of their written submission independent of AI and MT tools.
Submission guidelines
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.
You can request an extension on behalf of your group for a group assessment item, provided that at least 50% of your group members also agree to the request for an extension.
Download and complete the form below, and attach this form to your extension request:
Extension of Group Assessment - Group Member Acknowledgement (PDF, 144.9 KB)
OSCE oral exam
- Hurdle
- Identity Verified
- In-person
- Mode
- Oral
- Category
- Examination, Role play/ Simulation
- Weight
- 20%
- Due date
End of Semester Exam Period
2/11/2024 - 16/11/2024
- Learning outcomes
- L02, L06
Task description
The PHRM4012 OSCE oral exam will consist of 3 OSCE stations:
- Over-the-counter counselling station, product request (5 minutes)
- Over-the-counter counselling station, symptom-based request (5 minutes)
- Ethics station (10 min)
Further descriptions and guidance describing these stations will be available on the PHRM4012 Blackboard site.
The PHRM4012 OSCE stations will be based on concepts, medicine disease states, medicines, scenarios, skills and knowledge you have attained during PHRM4012, PHRM4011 and your pharmacy degree to date.
You must pass at least 2 of the three stations to pass PHRM4012.
This Oral Exam will be recorded, and the resulting recording 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 oral exam to pass PHRM4012. To pass the OSCE examination in PHRM4012 you must achieve a passing grade (50% or greater) in two of the three OSCE stations.Exam details
| Planning time | no planning time minutes |
|---|---|
| Duration | 25 minutes |
| Calculator options | No calculators permitted |
| Open/closed book | Closed Book examination - no written materials permitted |
| Materials | Australian Medicines Handbook and Australian Pharmaceutical Formulary and Handbook will be provided. Students are not allowed to bring any written material. |
| Exam platform | Other |
| Invigilation | Invigilated in person |
Submission guidelines
Submission: The exam will be conducted during the end of semester exam period.
Resubmission: Students who do not achieve a passing grade in the OSCE oral exam will be offered an opportunity to re-sit the exam. Re-sit exams are held in the week following the exam period. The maximum result for the re-sit is a pass (i.e. 50% of available marks) for the OSCE oral exam. No extension or deferral is available on the due date for the re-sit OSCE exam.
Deferral or extension
You may be able to defer this exam.
Patient centred case oral examination
- Identity Verified
- In-person
- Mode
- Oral
- Category
- Examination, Presentation
- Weight
- 20%
- Due date
End of Semester Exam Period
2/11/2024 - 16/11/2024
- Learning outcomes
- L01, L03, L05
Task description
The oral examination will assess knowledge and application to identify medication related problems and discuss therapeutic decision making in choosing options to resolve the medication related problems.
This will be an oral VIVA of a patient case during the end of semester examination period.
The viva will be 30 minutes in duration including 15 minutes reading and preparation time.
During the preparation and reading time only, you will have access to the AMH and eTGs.
After 15 minutes you will commence the oral examination, discussing the medication related problem(s) you have identified and plan to resolve these with the examiner who will then also ask you questions about your case and recommendations.
This Oral Exam will be recorded, and the resulting recording 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.
Exam details
| Planning time | 15 minutes |
|---|---|
| Duration | 15 minutes |
| Calculator options | No calculators permitted |
| Open/closed book | Closed Book examination - no written materials permitted |
| Materials | Australian Medicines Handbook and eMIMs will be provided. Students are not allowed to bring in their own resource. |
| Exam platform | Other |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
Additional course grading information
To pass this course, students are required to pass the Oral Consultation Exam and achieve marks equivalent to 50% or greater for the sum of all graded assessments.
Supplementary assessment
Supplementary assessment is available for this course.
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
Multiple weeks From Week 5 To Week 12 |
Tutorial |
Practice roleplay (OTC) simulation (Mondays) Every week in the simulation tutorials, students are expected to take turns to role play the pharmacist and a patient during the class. Across the semester all students will take turns at being 'pharmacists' or 'patients' and provide feedback to each other to improve patient-centred counselling and medication history skills. The role play activities will allow students to practice and hone their skills in medication history taking and counselling for over-the-counter ailments and products in roleplay activities with their peers. Learning outcomes: L01, L02 |
Tutorial |
Patient Centred Integrated Cases (Tuesdays) Participants will work in small groups on complex patient cases to identify and assess medication-related problems, the reason for the problem, develop and review a management plan for the patient including research of evidence in the literature to consider other options to resolve the problem and justify your management plan. Participants will also be expected to discuss the role of other key healthcare professionals and communicate medication-related problems and solutions to improve the care of the patient in the case. Learning outcomes: L01, L03, L04, L05 |
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Multiple weeks From Week 5 To Week 10 |
Tutorial |
Skills Modules (Mondays) In the skills modules there will be opportunity to demonstrate your pharmacy practice skills in a variety of professional contexts. These include assertive communication strategies in difficult professional situations, educating patients on medicines and devices, discussing ethical dilemmas applying an ethical framework to decision making and applying knowledge of pharmacy calculations to derive appropriate formulations and safe dosing recommendations. Learning outcomes: L01, L02, L06 |
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.