CSN500 Clinical Therapeutics for Health
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| Unit code: | CSN500 |
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| Credit points: | 24 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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| Domestic tuition unit fee | $5,952 |
| International unit fee | $8,472 |
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2024, Online
| Unit code: | CSN500 |
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| Credit points: | 24 |
| Assumed Knowledge: | Nil |
| Coordinator: | Steven Walmsley | steven.walmsley@qut.edu.au |
Overview
The Clinical Therapeutics for Health unit provides you with specialised knowledge of biomedical science, pharmacology and clinical therapeutics in the context of professional clinical practice. More specifically, the unit focuses on advanced knowledge and skills for the safe and effective use of therapeutics and medicines using a Quality Use Medicines (QUM) framework relevant to your scope of practice as a health practitioner.
The unit provides essential foundational knowledge in clinical therapeutics for health and QUM principles as per Australia's National Medicines Policy. It utilises contemporary resources such as NPS MedicineWise as well as relevant clinical, legal and professional guidelines, including National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Critically apply clinical guidelines from key evidence-based resources in the context of person-centred care and QUM principles within professional and legislative frameworks [NPS Prescribing Competency Area (CA)1; CA2]
- Safely apply an understanding of clinical pathways for diagnosing or understanding a diagnosis of complex health conditions [CA2].
- Independently plan therapeutic management using guidelines for pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments, considering person-centred care for improved health outcomes, including managing potential adverse reactions [CA1; CA2]
- Implement principles of reflective practice and quality improvement to protect and enhance patient safety and address issues of bias.
Content
Content in this subject covers:
- Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics of medicines for management of health conditions. These may include: anti-microbials, anti-inflammatories, anti-emetics, analgesics, anaesthetics, complementary and other medicines.
- Diagnostic testing interpretation, application and integration into therapeutic management plans
- Medication history taking, person-centred prescribing and prescription writing.
- Profession-specific scheduled medicines with Endorsement.
- Clinical reasoning and application of clinical pathways for: diagnosing or understanding a diagnosis of complex clinical health conditions; therapeutic management using guidelines for pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments, underpinned by QUM principles; and management of potential adverse reactions.
- Ethical, legal and professional standards and responsibilities, including an overview of state, national and international frameworks.
- Indigenous health and culturally safe prescribing
Learning Approaches
The course has a flexible, online asynchronous delivery including learning activities such as: lectures, readings and interprofessional online workshop discussions.
The application of knowledge acquired will be consolidated and expanded through guided online readings and learning activities relating to clinical decision making and problem solving.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Formative feedback will be provided to you for each assessment task. Peer feedback will be shared via online workshops.
Assessment
Overview
Each assessment type in this unit will be subject to internal/external moderation, such as cross-unit discussions and regular meetings of assessors, to ensure that marks awarded by different teaching staff are internally consistent and meet appropriate academic standards (MOPP C/5.2 QUT Grading system).
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Evaluation of medicines in practice
Critical review of the evidence related to medicines in your scope of practice using a person-centered approach aligned to the QUM framework, and reflect on how this informs your future clinical practice.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Assessment: Quiz
This online quiz assesses knowledge and application of skills across the introductory unit content.
Assessment: Viva Voce
An allied healthcare practitioner with Endorsement for Scheduled Medficines is required to practice in accordance with the competencies outlined in the NPS Prescribing Competencies Framework. In this assessment, you will be participate in a viva voce based on a simulated patient case to demonstrate the principles of competent and safe person-centred prescribing practice.
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Requirements to Study
Requirements
It is a requirement for enrolment in this unit that you have a recognised bachelor degree or equivalent in a relevant health field, examples include but are not limited to Podiatry, Physiotherapy, and Pharmacy.
Resources
Examples of key learning resources are listed below. Additional learning resources will be provided throughout the semester via the unit Canvas site.
Resource Materials
Prescribed text(s)
MIMS (Current edition). Sydney: MIMS Australia and UBM Media Pty Ltd. (electronic version available via QUT Library)
Australian Medicines Handbook (current edition). Adelaide, S.A.: AMH Pty Ltd. (electronic version available via QUT Library).
NPS MedicineWise Prescribing Competencies (current edition).
Queensland Medicines and Poisons (Medicines Regulation) 2021. Available at: https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/whole/html/inforce/current/sl-2021-0140
eTG complete. Therapeutic Guidelines. Melbourne: Therapeutic Guidelines Limited. (electronic version available via QUT Library).
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out-of-the ordinary risks in this unit except for those associated with substantial computer-based work. You should ensure that you take regular rest breaks when engaging in prolonged computer-based work.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.CS30 Graduate Certificate in Podiatric Therapeutics
- Critically apply advanced specialised knowledge of biomedical sciences, pharmacology, pharmacotherapeutics, safe prescribing, quality use of podiatric medicines and therapeutics within the legislated scope of podiatric practice;
Relates to: Evaluation of medicines in practice , Quiz - Apply critical thinking and communication skills to generate, analyse, interpret and evaluate complex information in the exploration of possible diagnoses;
Relates to: Evaluation of medicines in practice , Quiz - Exercise high level independent judgments to initiate, plan, implement and evaluate a patient-focused management plan which includes therapeutic interventions based on best-practice;
Relates to: Evaluation of medicines in practice , Quiz - Communicate and collaborate effectively to transfer complex knowledge to patients and other health professionals to achieve optimal outcomes;
Relates to: Evaluation of medicines in practice , Quiz