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Unit Overview
- Description
The unit will provide an understanding of people living in residential aged care facilities to prepare pharmacists to work as pharmacists in aged care. People who have completed this unit will be credentialled to work as aged care onsite pharmacists in residential aged care facilities.
Learners will use evidence based materials to develop the the necessary clinical knowledge to work in RACFs. Principles of geriatric medication management will be covered including evidence-based approaches to undertake interventions to optimise medicines including deprescribing and medicines simplification.
Learners will be given practical training and tools to implement organisational change and undertake quality improvement activities. The Towards Organisational Culture Change (TOrCCh) Toolkit will be used as an evidence-based approach to support learners to undertake changes in the workplace linked to a quality improvement cycle.
Leveraging the Towards Organisational Culture Change (TOrCCh) Toolkit, participants will gain a systematic approach to effecting positive changes in workplace practices and undertake quality improvement activities to enhance resident care outcomes.
- Credit
- 6 points
- Offering
Availability Location Mode Not available in 2026 Online Online only -
The timetable for this teaching period is not currently available. Please see the Important Dates page for the timetable release date and other key date information.
- Outcomes
Students are able to (1) synthesis of the investigation, diagnosis and management of health conditions for people in residential aged care facilties; (2) describe the governance and process structures that apply in residential aged care facilties; and (3) design interventions to improve quality use of medicines in residential aged care facilities.
- Assessment
Indicative assessments in this unit are as follows: (1) community engagement activity; (2) clinical quality improvement activity; (3) case studies; and (4) completion of elearning modules/activities. Further information is available in the unit outline.
To pass this unit, a student must: (a) achieve an overall mark of 50 per cent or higher for the unit; and (b) achieve the requisite requirements(s) or a mark of 50 per cent or greater, whichever is higher and specified in the unit outline, for the community engagement activity, case studies, and completion of elearning modules/activities components.
Student may be offered supplementary assessment in this unit if they meet the eligibility criteria.
- Unit Coordinator(s)
- Dr Amy Page
- Unit rules
- Prerequisites
- Enrolment in
- Co-requisites
- Enrolment inPHCY5156 Medication Management Reviews
- Incompatibility
- Enrolment inPHCYN503 Medication Management Reviews and Aged Care Pharmacy
or PHCYM503 Medication Management Review and Aged Care Pharmacists
- Incidental fees
- Incidental student fees and charges are costs incurred by students as part of their studies at UWA that are in addition to their tuition fees (further information is available "
Participation in this unit will incur the following incidental fee(s):Vaccination training (estimated cost - $400 exc GST). - Contact hours
- This unit is available online in asynchronous format of learning.
It includes a compulsory experiential learning.
It has 6 x 2 hour scheduled tutorials conducted online - Note
- Professional Recognition
This program is seeking, but has not yet been granted, accreditation from the Australian Pharmacy Council.
Requirements for enrolment:
- All students must be generally registered pharmacists with AHPRA.
- Provisionally registered pharmacists registered with AHPRA must provide evidence of support from the preceptor. The preceptor must be able to demonstrate that they are a registered pharmacist credentialled for medication management reviews.
- All students must have vaccination training prior to commencing the unit or be concurrently completing their vaccination training.
Students will be required to attend 6 synchronous tutorials at scheduled times and to undertake in person work integrated learning.
Preparatory activites required at the commencement of this unit include:
- UWA Clinical Yarning
- Dementia Training Australia's polypharmacy and deprescribing modules
- Vaccination training, completed or concurrent completion.
- Evidence of AHPRA registration as a generally registered practicing pharmacist
Available on the LMS after enrolment:
- Required declarations
- Depth of Field
- The availability of units in Semester 1, 2, etc. was correct at the time of publication but may be subject to change.
- All students are responsible for identifying when they need assistance to improve their academic learning, research, English language and numeracy skills; seeking out the services and resources available to help them; and applying what they learn. Students are encouraged to register for free online support through GETSmart; to help themselves to the extensive range of resources on UWA's STUDYSmarter website; and to participate in WRITESmart and (ma+hs)Smart drop-ins and workshops.
- Visit the Essential Textbooks website to see if any textbooks are required for this Unit. The website is updated regularly so content may change. Students are recommended to purchase Essential Textbooks, but a limited number of copies of all Essential Textbooks are held in the Library in print, and as an ebook where possible. Recommended readings for the unit can be accessed in Unit Readings directly through the Learning Management System (LMS).
- Contact hours provide an indication of the type and extent of in-class activities this unit may contain. The total amount of student work (including contact hours, assessment time, and self-study) will approximate 150 hours per 6 credit points.
Face to face
Predominantly face-to-face. On campus attendance required to complete this unit. May have accompanying resources online.
Online flexible
100% Online Unit. NO campus face-to-face attendance is required to complete this unit. All study requirements are online only. Unit is asynchronous delivery, with NO requirement for students to participate online at specific times.
Online timetabled
100% Online Unit. NO campus face-to-face attendance is required to complete this unit. All study requirements are online only. Unit includes some synchronous components, with a requirement for students to participate online at specific times.
Online Restricted
Not available for self-enrolment. Students access this mode by contacting their student office through AskUWA. 100% Online Unit.
NO campus face-to-face attendance. All study and assessment requirements are online only. Unit includes some timetabled activities, with a requirement for students to participate online at specific times. In exceptional cases (noted in the Handbook) students may be required to participate in face-to-face laboratory classes when a return to UWA’s Crawley campus becomes possible in order to be awarded a final grade.
External
No attendance or regular contact is required, and all study requirements are completed either via correspondence and/or online submission.
Off-campus
Regular attendance is not required, but student attends the institution face to face on an agreed schedule for purposes of supervision and/or instruction.
Multi-mode
Multiple modes of delivery. Unit includes a mix of online and on-campus study requirements. On campus attendance for some activities is required to complete this unit.