Course Handbook Outline for Pmy 3400

1. University of Zambia
School of Medicine
Department of Pharmacy
Terms I – 4
Period: 2015/2016
PMY 3400 Course Syllabus
Course Information
Course Title PHARMACY PRACTICE - Foundation
Course Code PMY 3400
Prerequisites All Courses of 2nd
Year Pharmacy
Course Website TBS (To be sourced)
Course Coordinator ??
Total Teaching Hours 120 Hours
Total Contact Hours for Lab /
Clinical/Tutorials / Workshops
Sessions
120 Hours
Course Description - Pharmacy practice is a discipline that prepares pharmacy students for their professional roles
within the healthcare system.
- The understanding of the pharmacy profession and its responsibilities to patient care and
society at large gained by pharmacy graduates will equip them to provide optimal
pharmaceutical care.
- Foundation in Pharmacy Practice is an essential introductory text for first year students.
- Providing an overview of the principal pharmacy practice topics in a practical and succinct
manner, it serves as a starting point for further study.
- It is an essential teaching and learning resource for pharmacy students and their teachers.
- Facilitated by regular signposting and referencing to specific texts, it includes a useful and
easily navigated glossary of reference terms.
- The course facilitates the integration and application of all basic pharmaceutical, biomedical,
behavioral, administrative and clinical sciences to address pharmaceutical care needs of
patients and the community at large.
A. ………..Credit Units
B. AIM: To provide fundamental principles underlying effective pharmacy practice
C. The OBJECTIVES of the course are to:
i. Appreciate the scope of pharmacy as a profession, its history and evolution, its responsibility to society and its role in the health
system
ii. Demonstrate the basic elements of effective communication in the practice of pharmacy
iii. Describe the health team and the Zambian Health System
iv. Demonstrate an understanding of important factors in the sale and supply of medicines
v. Explain the fundamental concepts of professional ethics and their application to pharmacy practice
vi. Appreciate the principles of pharmacy law and ethics
TEXTBOOKS
1. Book Title FOUNDATION IN PHARMACY PRACTICE.
Author(s) Ben J Whalley, Kate E Fletcher, Sam E Weston, Rachel L Howard and Clare F Rawlinson
Publisher Pharmaceutical Press
Year 2008
Edition 1st
Edition
ISBN 9780853697473.4
2. Book Title APPLIED PHARMACEUTICAL PRACTICE
Editors Christopher A Langley & Dawn Belcher
Publisher Pharmaceutical Press
Year 2009
Edition 1st
Edition
ISBN 978 0 85369 746 6
3. Book Title UNDERSTANDING ETHICS - An Introduction to Moral Theory

2. Editors Torbjörn Tännsjö
Publisher Edinburgh University Press
Year 2002
Edition Series
ISBN 0 7486 1638 1 (paperback)
4. Book Title LECTURE NOTES IN PHARMACY PRACTICE
Authors Lilian M Azzopardi
Publisher Pharmaceutical Press
Year 2010
Edition 1st
Edition
ISBN 978 0 85369 766 4
5. Book Title PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOUNDING AND DISPENSING
Author Christopher A Langley and Dawn Belcher
Publisher Pharmaceutical Press
Year 2008
Edition 1st
Edition
ISBN 978 0 85369 700 8
Other references
6. Good Dispensing Practice Manual
7. Winfield A.J, Rees, J.A, Smith, I (2009). 4th
edition. Pharmaceutical practice.
8. Desselle, S, Zgarrick, D, and Alston, G (2012). 3rd
Edition. Pharmacy management: Essentials for
all practice settings.
9. Purtilo, R.B and Dohert, R (2010). 5th
edition. Ethical Dimensions in the Health Professions.
10. Veatch, R.M, Haddad, A.M, and English, D.C (2010). 1st
edition. Case studies in biomedical
ethics.
11. Beardsley, R.S, Kimberlin, C.L, and Tindall, W.M (2012). 6th
edition. Communication skills in
pharmacy practice.
12. Cipolle, R. J. Strand L.M. Morley P.C (2012). 3rd
edition. Pharmaceutical Care Practice: The
patient-centered approach to medication management. Azzopardi, L.M (2009). 1st
edition.
Lecture Notes in Pharmacy Practice. Pharmaceutical PracticeLachman L (2010). The theory &
practice of Industrial Pharmacy.
13. Robson A.S, Bawden D, Judd A (2001). Pharmaceutical & Medicines Information Management:
Principles & Practice.
14. Patient Assessment In Pharmacy Practice, Jones, Rhonda M., 2002
15. Pharmacy Law and Practice, Jonathan Merrills, 2006
16. Pharmacy Practice, Kevin M.G.Taylor, 2001
17. Dale and Appelbe's Pharmacy Law and Ethics, 2009
18. Symptoms in the Pharmacy - A Guide to the Management of Common Illness, 2009
Assessment
Assessment Due Date Percentage
Test 1 08/12/2016 15%
Test 2 20/04/2016 15%
Assignments TBC 5%
Laboratory Reports TBA 5%
Course Competences
THE EXPECTED COMPETENCES ARE:
1. Appreciates the scope of pharmacy as a profession, its history and evolution, its responsibility to society and its role in the
health system
2. Demonstrates the basic elements of effective communication in the practice of pharmacy
3. Describes the health team and the Zambian Health System
4. Describes the fundamental principles of dispensing medicines and related substances as a professional process
5. Appreciates the hierarchy of compliance, adherence and concordance
6. Demonstrates an understanding of important factors in the sale and supply of medicines
7. Explains the fundamental concepts of professional ethics and their application to pharmacy practice
8. Appreciates the principles of pharmacy law and ethics
Teaching & Learning Methods
1. Class lectures and lecture notes are designed to achieve the course objectives.
2. Students should read the assigned topics from recommended textbooks before class and participate in class.
3. Students should ask questions - Ask lots of questions.
4. Tutorials will be conducted to encourage discussions and further understanding of material taught in lectures.
5. Students are expected to have answers to tutorial questions for them to be allowed to attend.
6. Students are expected to attend ALL lectures. Students with less than 85% attendance will not be allowed to write end of year
examinations*
7. Students should undertake ALL laboratory practicals
8. You are responsible for all material covered in this course.
9. Please communicate any concerns or issues either in class, or during the tutorials

3. COURSE CONTENT
UNIT
TOPICS
TIME (hours) REFERENCE
1. Introduction to Pharmacy Historical Perspective
- Tracing the origins of pharmacy
- Early definition of the pharmacy Profession
- Development of medicines
- Development of pharmaceutical regulation
Pharmacy Practice and Healthcare System
- Impact of pharmacy on patient Care
- Pharmacist interventions in the healthcare system
- Patient pharmaceutical needs Assessment
- Identifying groups of patients with special needs
- Achieving cost-effective patient Care
- Quality assurance
- Quality improvement
- Total quality management (TQM)
- Measuring outcomes
- Assessing outcomes
- Difficulties in implementation of outcomes
management
Medicine Presentation and Administration
- Background
- Administration of medicines
- Pharmaceutical development
- Route of administration
20
1:
2:
2. Pharmacy Practice in Zambia Structure and function of the NHS in Zambia
- History of the NHS
- Structure of the NHS
- Revised changes to NHS
- Pharmacist roles within the NHS
An overview of community pharmacy
- past role of the community pharmacist
- Present community pharmacist
- Essential services
- Future community pharmacist
An overview of hospital pharmacy
- Traditional roles of the hospital pharmacist
- The structure of a typical hospital pharmacy
department
- Clinical pharmacy
- Teaching
- Specialisation in hospital pharmacy and future
pharmacy practice
An overview of industrial sector pharmacy
- Research and development
- Manufacturing
- Quality assurance
- Clinical trials
- Medicines information
- Sales and marketing
- Regulatory affairs
- General management and business
Structure and function of the Regulatory and Relevant
Professional Bodies in Zambia
- Health Professions Council of Zambia of its
structures and roles
- Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority of
Zambia of its structures and roles
- Nursing Professions Council of Zambia of its
structures and roles
- Pharmaceutical Society of Zambia of its
structures and roles
- Medical Association of Zambia of its structures
and roles
- World Health Organization Roles in Zambia
Essential communication skills for pharmacists
- Interacting with patients
- Interacting with other health professionals
Medicines Dispensing procession
- Types and legal requirements
(categories of medicine, Prescribers, Prescription
forms, Information required, Restriction)
- Understanding and interpreting prescriptions
(Good prescribing principles, Interpretation of
prescriptions)
- Packaging of medicines
(packaging material & form, Types
environment)
- Labelling of medicines
(importance of labelling, requirements)
- Compounding Pharmacy
30 1:
2:

4. (Gaseous, liquid and solid preparations)
- Major routes of drug administration
(Aims, Enteral, mucosal, topical, inhalation,
parenteral routes)
3. Professional Ethics - Practical and Normative Ethics
- Utilitarianism
- Egoism and Contractualism
- Deontological Ethics
- Moral Rights
- Virtue Ethics
- Feminist Ethics
- Environmental Ethics
- Core values for professional practice
- Foundation for ethical decision-making in
professional practice
- Ethical issues in professional relationships:
Application of ethical foundation
- Law and institutional policy issues from ethical
standards
10
3:
4. Dispensing Process of Medicines - General Introduction
- Principles of Good Dispensing
- Dispensing Environment and Stock Management
- The Dispenser
- Good Dispensing Process
- Packaging and labeling drugs for dispensing
- Quality assurance of the dispensing practice and
dispensed drugs
- Drug information
10 6: Document
Additional Notes
Examination
Format
Two papers: Paper I and Paper II: Exact format TBC to students at least 14 days before the date of
Examination
Supplementary
Exams
TBA by senate: Format will be similar to that of the main examination
Estimated end
Date
Lectures to end as soon as study period begins
Cheating /
Unusual activities
The University Zambia Policy on this issue, please read
Attendance 100% attendance in all activities is expected.
Continuous
Assessment [CA]
Please take CA very serious. Students with no CA will not be allowed to sit for final examinations