Advanced Diploma in Pharmacy Practice
Curriculum
The course of study for the Advanced Diploma in Pharmacy Practice (ADPP) leads to the following qualification:
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Advanced Diploma in Pharmacy Practice, from RP
The ADPP comprises four modules which are described below.
A474 Pharmaceutical Retail and Merchandising
In this module, students will be exposed to practical issues related to retail management and merchandising in a pharmacy setting. They will explore issues encountered in the running of a retail pharmacy outlet, such as the management of staff, stock control and marketing.
They will also experience first-hand the merchandising of goods and services available at a retail outlet. Issues, problems and practices involved in managing a pharmacy retailing business, the role of the retailing industry in distribution, its structure and dynamics, retail merchandise planning, buying and control will be examined.
A475 Good Dispensing Practice
This module aims to give practical experience in pharmacy practice, dispensing and patient counseling techniques, patient-oriented services such as consultation on the use of prescription and non-prescription medications, monitoring patient profiles, obtaining patient medical history and drug information retrieval. In addition, this module will equip students with effective communication skills for interacting with patients, caregivers and other health professionals. Students will learn how to respond to patients, deal with people from culturally diverse backgrounds and conduct patient education. Good pharmacy practice relating to the dispensing and reformulation of commercial pharmaceutical products will also be examined, including the Code of Ethics, and the impact of legal and ethical issues on drug management.
A476 Pharmaceutical Compounding
This module aims to provide hands-on sessions for students to integrate the scientific principles of pharmaceutics and a practical knowledge applied to the preparation and compounding of medicines for dispensing. These include various oral solid and liquid (aqueous and non-aqueous) dosage forms, ophthalmic and parenteral preparations.
The application of concepts of Aseptic Dispensing techniques and Specialty Compounding will be carried out in a cleanroom, equipped with Class 100 Laminar flow cabinet and an isolator (for cytotoxic preparations). Students will learn to prepare total parenteral and enteral nutrition, IV admixtures, cytotoxic drug preparation, as well as some unique and difficult pharmaceutical preparations and formulations.
A477 Clinical Skills in Pharmacy Practice
This module introduces the rational selection and the effect of drugs on individual patients and patient groups. Students will learn to review therapeutic case studies, evaluate journal literature, and clinical pharmacy site experiences. The clinical pharmacy site experiences will enhance the application of quantitative clinical data in the optimisation of drug therapy.
The exposure to pertinent clinical therapeutic material will enable them to optimise patient therapies in a wide range of disorders. Students will learn to identify patient-specific parameters relevant in initiating drug therapy, and conduct therapeutic monitoring (including alternative drug therapy, time-course of clinical and laboratory indices of therapeutic response and adverse effects); explain clinical interpretation of selected laboratory results in the context of patient monitoring; and understand the use of pharmacokinetic parameters to optimise drug dosing. |
