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The course provides students with the knowledge and understanding of the responsibilities of the hospital pharmacist. It discusses several relevant topics to the hospital pharmacy practice in order to ensure adequate and appropriate healthcare to patients and support to healthcare professionals. It also focuses on developing and enhancing the student’s effective communication skills with all parties involved in the hospital pharmacy practice. Students will be offered a learning experience about hospital pharmacy practice through visits to regional hospitals and/or hospital pharmacy simulations at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Topics include hospital pharmacy organization, laws and regulations of hospital pharmacy practice, pharmacy and therapeutic committee, safe use of medications in the hospital, crash cart medications, specialisation in pharmacy practice, preparing and administering parenteral medications, and communication skills (nonverbal communication, barriers to communication, ethical patient care, assertiveness).
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