Unit Outline

Evidence based Medication Safety Innovation will help you identify and analyse medication-safety issues encountered in a variety of clinical settings.

You will initially learn about and appraise existing issues and interventions that attempt to improve the Quality Use of Medicines or address medication-safety issues. You will then devise innovative ideas to overcome these issues and develop evidence-based solutions that could be implemented in the real world.

Particular emphasis is placed on the combined skills of practice-based mitigation of medication-safety risks, while using research skills and knowledge, to intervene in identified problematic areas in an evidence-based manner.

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 evaluate factors contributing to medication-related incidents.
2	Formulate strategies to reduce medication-related harm in clinical practice setting.
3	Critically analyse approaches to improving medication safety.

Requisites


REQUISITE TYPE	REQUISITES
Pre-requisite	CSA731 Evidence Based Pharmacotherapeutic Practice

Alterations as a result of student feedback

This is a new unit so 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:	Written Assessment - Medication Safety Scenario	Week 6	30 %	LO1, LO2, LO3
Assessment Task 2:	Written Assessment - QUM Evaluation	Week 10	30 %	LO2, LO3
Assessment Task 3:	The Pitch	Week 13	40 %	LO1, LO2, LO3

Assessment details

Assessment Task 1: Written Assessment - Medication Safety Scenario

Task Description:

You will complete a written assessment critically evaluating factors associated with a medication safety scenario within a community setting and formulate evidence-based recommendations on how this could be resolved.

Generative AI can be used in this assessment. Please refer to MyLO for more information. Prompts used must be included in your assessment, following references.

Task Length:

1000 words

Due Date:

Week 6

Weight:

30 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Justification for area of intervention	LO1, LO2
2	Describe and justify the intervention methodology.	LO2
3	Justify, utilising published and/or grey literature, which of the solutions would be most likely to work.	LO3

Assessment Task 2: Written Assessment - QUM Evaluation

Task Description:

You will complete a written assessment critically evaluating a health professional led quality use of medicine activity.

Generative AI can be used in this assessment. Please refer to MyLO for more information. Prompts used must be included in your assessment, following references

Task Length:

1000 words

Due Date:

Week 10

Weight:

30 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Critically appraise a health care professional-led quality use of medicine activities.	LO3
2	Justify the strengths and limitations to incorporating the activity.	LO3
3	Formulate solutions to overcome the identified limitations.	LO2

Assessment Task 3: The Pitch

Task Description:

You will pitch an innovative intervention to improve medicines safety in a critical area of Australia’s health care system.
Appropriate evidence should be used when describing why the intervention is needed, how the intervention should be implemented to be effective, safe and practical, and what outcomes should be measured to determine the success of the intervention.

Generative AI can be used in this assessment. Please refer to MyLO for more information. Prompts used must be included in your assessment, following references.

Task Length:

10 minutes

Due Date:

Week 13

Weight:

40 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Select with justification an area requiring intervention.	LO1
2	Critique what factors are associated with this medication safety issue	LO1
3	Design an effective, safe and practical intervention methodology.	LO2
4	Justify the project outcome measures, based on the literature and practicality.	LO3

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.