Unit Outline

Medication Management in Multidisciplinary Teams expands on the pharmacy practice content learned throughout the degree to explore the roles pharmacists have within wider health care. In this unit, you will undertake an elective placement. Elective options include extended community practice, aged care, general practice and a range of other health or industry-related placements. The University teaching-intensive weeks will focus on the development of knowledge and skills in medication management and extending knowledge in developing areas of pharmacy practice.

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	Communicate and collaborate with health care professionals to facilitate patient-centred care within the management of acute and chronic disease.
2	Identify critical issues and use relevant information to formulate a range of solutions in the provision of medicines or health advice.
3	Analyse activities and settings where a pharmacist may have an impact on patient outcomes.
4	Explain and/or design preventative health care services.

Requisites


REQUISITE TYPE	REQUISITES
Pre-requisite	CSA457 and CSA414 and CSA406
Co-requisite	CSA417 and CSA418

Alterations as a result of student feedback

No alterations have been made as a result of student feedback. As always, the teaching team will greatly appreciate your feedback both informally during the delivery of the unit in 2025, and formally through the University of Tasmania’s Unit Survey following your completion of the unit.

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:	Multidisciplinary teams quiz	See the MyLO site for the due date	10 %	LO2, LO3, LO4
Assessment Task 2:	Leadership in multidisciplinary teams assignment	See the MyLO site for the due date	40 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
Assessment Task 3:	Home Medicines Review	See the MyLO site for the due date	50 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4

Assessment details

Assessment Task 1: Multidisciplinary teams quiz

Task Description:

You will sit an on campus multiple-choice quiz to assess medication management skills and knowledge gained from your studies and health care professionals during block week teaching.

Task Length:

30 minutes quiz

Due Date:

See the MyLO site for the due date

Weight:

10 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Apply your learnings from the teaching weeks to answer questions about pharmacists within a multidisciplinary team and extended roles.	LO3, LO4
2	Resolve medication related problems in the context of multidisciplinary teams.	LO2

Assessment Task 2: Leadership in multidisciplinary teams assignment

Task Description:

A written assignment to demonstrate a pharmacist-led, evidence-based, preventative health care service alongside other healthcare professionals inspired by your elective placement.

Task Length:

1500 words

Due Date:

See the MyLO site for the due date

Weight:

40 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Identify and describe a scenario where a pharmacist could work within a multidisciplinary team.	LO2
2	Design a preventative health care service.	LO4
3	Describe and relate how you would lead or manage the service.	LO3
4	Communicate health intervention information in a written format using appropriate academic writing, Vancouver referencing conventions, professional/biomedical language and terminologies.	LO1
5	Justify an approach to analysing the impact of the service.	LO2, LO3

Assessment Task 3: Home Medicines Review

Task Description:

You will be given details of a patient referred for a Home Medicines Review (HMR) and are required to perform an HMR for the patient in consideration of the patient’s needs or concerns, medication-related problems and medication management issues.

Task Length:

2500 words

Due Date:

See the MyLO site for the due date

Weight:

50 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Identify missing information required to complete the medication review and suggest methods to obtain that information.	LO2
2	Identify actual, or potential medication and disease-related problems, relevant to the patient.	LO2
3	Apply clinical judgment to provide prioritised recommendations to a general practitioner.	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
4	Articulate appropriate knowledge and/or use of references to support decision-making.	LO1, LO2
5	Apply written communication skills in a letter or report to a general practitioner.	LO1

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.

Academic progress review

The results for this unit may be included in a review of your academic progress. For information about progress reviews and what they mean for all students, see Academic Progress Review in the Student Portal.

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.