Unit Outline

Students undertaking this unit are provided with opportunities to develop their knowledge and skills to identify the clinical and pharmacological perspectives of therapeutic medication management for non-medical prescribers, including the ethical, social, and political implications for advanced practice. The context is presented with an emphasis on integrating knowledge gained from successfully completing the course to develop individualised patient medication management plans and includes de-prescribing considerations as appropriate. Students enrolled in this unit are required to successfully complete a total of 25 credit points and must be actively employed for minimum of 20 hours per week in a clinical environment specific to their specialty practice area.

Intended Learning Outcomes

As per the Assessment and Results Policy 1.3, your results will reflect your achievement against specified learning outcomes.

On completion of this unit, you will be able to:


1.	Critically analyse current evidence-based knowledge and apply clinical reasoning skills to plan and deliver medication education to patient cohort/ significant others specific to your area of clinical specialty.
2.	Apply pharmacological interventions appropriately and responsibly to specific patient cohorts within your area of practice specialty.
3.	Communicate the role of the health professional in therapeutic medication management.
4.	Conduct a comprehensive and systematic advanced medication assessment for a patient specific to their clinical practice specialty area.

Requisites


REQUISITE TYPE	REQUISITES
Pre-requisite	CNA557 Pharmacological Perspectives of Therapeutic Medication Management

Alterations as a result of student feedback

How will I be Assessed?

For more detailed assessment information please see MyLO.

Assessment schedule


ASSESSMENT TASK #	ASSESSMENT TASK NAME	DATE DUE	WEIGHT	LINKS TO INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
Assessment Task 1:	Online Quiz	Week 4	30 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
Assessment Task 2:	Clinical Case Report	Week 8	30 %	LO1, LO2, LO3
Assessment Task 3:	Individual Oral Case Presentation	Week 13	40 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4

Assessment details

Assessment Task 1: Online Quiz

Task Description:

This assessment consists of discrete activities that combine reflection of your personal and professional development in critical reasoning and problem solving in the context of therapeutic medication management.

Week Due:
Quiz 1 - Week 4
Quiz 2 - Week 8
Quiz 3 - Week 11.

Task Length:

Each quiz consists of 10 questions over 20 minutes (3x 10%)

Due Date:

Week 4

Weight:

30 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Demonstrate comprehension of the requirements for safe and effective therapeutic medication management.	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
2	Evaluate clinical priorities relating to information presented in the case studies.	LO1, LO2, LO3

Assessment Task 2: Clinical Case Report

Task Description:

This assessment is a written clinical case report about a patient for whom you have provided advanced care, pharmacological interventions and patient education that requires you to develop a management and advanced care plan.

Task Length:

3000 words

Due Date:

Week 8

Weight:

30 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Conduct a comprehensive patient assessment, demonstrating consideration of social and cultural dimensions of health and wellness	LO2, LO3
2	Apply pharmacological interventions appropriately and responsibility to specific patient cohorts within area of practice specialty	LO1, LO2, LO3
3	Develop medication regimes based on advanced assessment within their area of specialty practice	LO1, LO2, LO3
4	Demonstrate academic writing skills and communicate effective evidenced-based clinical outcomes	LO1, LO2, LO3

Assessment Task 3: Individual Oral Case Presentation

Task Description:

This assessment requires you to develop and deliver an oral case study presentation about a patient (different from assessment 2) for whom you have provided advanced care and pharmacological interventions. This presentation should include a comprehensive and systematic advanced medication assessment and patient education.

Task Length:

20 minutes (15 minutes presentation and 5 mins questions from expert panel members)

Due Date:

Week 13

Weight:

40 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Conduct a comprehensive and systematic advanced medication assessment for a patient specific to their clinical practice specialty area	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
2	Deliver a quality presentation justifying their recommendation (or not) for prescribed medication regime.	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
3	Communicate findings in an appropriate, articulate and confident manner.	LO3, LO4

How your final result is determined

To pass this unit, you need to demonstrate your attainment of each of the Intended Learning Outcomes, achieve a final unit grade of 50% or greater, and pass any hurdle tasks.

Submission of assignments

Where practicable, assignments should be submitted to an assignment submission folder in MYLO. You must submit assignments by the due date or receive a penalty (unless an extension of time has been approved by the Unit Coordinator). Students submitting any assignment in hard copy, or because of a practicum finalisation, must attach a student cover sheet and signed declaration for the submission to be accepted for marking.

Academic integrity

Academic integrity is about acting responsibly, honestly, ethically, and collegially when using, producing, and communicating information with other students and staff members.

In written work, you must correctly reference the work of others to maintain academic integrity. To find out the referencing style for this unit, see the assessment information in the MyLO site, or contact your teaching staff. For more detail about Academic Integrity, see Important Guidelines & Support.

Requests for extensions

If you are unable to submit an assessment task by the due date, you should apply for an extension.

A request for an extension should first be discussed with your Unit Coordinator or teaching support team where possible. A request for an extension must be submitted by the assessment due date, except where you can provide evidence it was not possible to do so. Typically, an application for an extension will be supported by documentary evidence: however, where it is not possible for you to provide evidence please contact your Unit Coordinator.

The Unit Coordinator must notify you of the outcome of an extension request within 3 working days of receiving the request.

Late penalties

Assignments submitted after the deadline will receive a late penalty of 5% of the original available mark for each calendar day (or part day) that the assignment is late. Late submissions will not be accepted more than 10 calendar days after the due date, or after assignments have been returned to other students on a scheduled date, whichever occurs first. Further information on Late Penalties can be found on the Assessments and Results Procedure.

Review of results and appeals

You are entitled to ask for a review of the marking and grading of your assessment task if there is an irregularity in the marking standards or an error in the process for determining the outcome of an assessment. Details on how to request a review of a mark for an assignment are outlined in the Review and Appeal of Academic Decisions Procedure.

Required Resources

Required reading materials

You will need the following texts:

Bryant, B., Knights, K., Darroch, S., and Rowland, A. eds. 2019, Pharmacology for health professional, 5th Ed. Elsevier.

Ritter, J,M., Flower, R.J., Henderson, G., Loke, Y.K., MacEwan, D., Rang, H.P. 2020, Rang and Dale’s Pharmacology, 9th Ed. Elsevier.

Whittlesea, C., and Hodson, K. eds, 2019, Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics, 6th Ed. Elsevier.