PC5518 - Pharmaceutical Public Health - Management of Chronic Diseases 3

Pharmaceutical Public Health is a developing specialty which seeks to influence pharmaceutical health determinants on a population basis, rather than having a focus on the individual patient. However, in the implementation of pharmaceutical public health services it is still important for pharmacists to possess a current knowledge of the clinical management of key disease states. This is one of a series of subjects that review both the clinical management and the pharmacuetical public health issues associated with a range of key disease states. This subject focusses mainly on three pharmaceutical public health priority areas: Immunisation, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Respiratory disease. This subject introduces the student to the pharmaceutical public health issues associated with these diseases and some clinical management issues.

Learning Outcomes

• demonstrate a mastery and understanding of a body of theoretical knowledge relating to a number of pharmaceutical public health priority areas including principally; sexual and reproductive health, immunization and respiratory disease;
• demonstrate an ability to critically analyse and/or adapt, construct and develop strategies and guidelines to promote and optimise the provision of ethically and culturally appropriate pharmaceutical public health services in a number of pharmaceutical public health priority areas including principally; sexual and reproductive health, immnization and respiratory disease;
• demonstrate an ability to critically analyse, review, evaluate and develop strategies for the enhancement of the role of pharmacists and pharmacies in the provision of services in a number of pharmaceutical public health priority areas principally; sexual and reproductive health, immunization and respiratory disease;
• demonstrate an ability to interpret and aaccurately and appropriately communicate and disseminate a broad range of theoretical and actual pharmaceutcial public health concepts, chiefly in the areas of sexual and reproductive health, immunization and respiratory disease, to both specialist and non-specialist audiences.

Subject Assessment

• Assignment 1 - (20%)
• Assignment 2 - (40%)
• Assignment 3 - (40%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.