Professional practice 4

Upon completing this unit, you are expected to be able to describe new and extended roles for pharmacists within various healthcare environments. The unit introduces the fundamental principles of evidence-based practice, including the skills related to retrieving, appraising and applying research findings for informed clinical decisions. You will engage in learning how to interpret data from clinical trials and how clinical guidelines are developed. Additionally, the unit explores the contribution of observational studies to producing data that is both relevant to real-world scenarios and centered on patient needs. You will learn how an evidence-based practice approach, with careful evaluation of costs and outcomes, is being increasingly applied at a patient and health system level. The unit covers patient-centred and system-based approaches to the development and delivery of clinical services. The unit builds on content taught in Professional Practice 1, 2 and 3 so that you are able to formulate and communicate a disease management care plan through integration of evidence. The unit will cover safe and systematic procedures for the supply of medicines and provisional advice, including communication and other non-cognitive skills. The unit will include two 1-week placements.