clinical skills for pharmacists:a patient-focused approach

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clinical skills for pharmacists:a patient-focused approach

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Skills for Pharmacists: A Patient-Focused Approach

Skills for Pharmacists: a patient-focused approach explores current pharmacy practice and extends into skills for emerging practice areas.\ud \ud The fundamentals of patient-centred care are addressed including communication skills, ethics and evidence-based practice, as well as skills to enhance patient interactions including planning and monitoring drug therapies, physical assessment skills and reviewing laboratory and diagnostic tests.\ud \ud This first Australian edition of the successful US title Clinical Skills for Pharmacists: a patient-focused approach 3e by Karen Tietze builds on the strengths of the original edition while reflecting the needs of undergraduate and postgraduate pharmacy students in Australia, as well as practising pharmacists

Development, integration and assessment of oral communication skills in an entry-level and a nontraditional Doctor of Pharmacy program

Oral communication skills were the top priority for assessment during the 2000-01 academic year. The development, integration and assessment of those skills were examined in the college’s entry-level and nontraditional PharmD programs. The entry-level PharmD program is designed to develop students’ oral communication skills in an integrated manner with the development of professional abilities. One-on-one oral communication skills are developed and assessed during introductory pharmacy skills (P1), patient communication (counseling) (P2), introductory pharmacy practice experience (P2), and therapeutics laboratory (P3) courses. Small group communication skills are developed during drug literature evaluation (P2), ethics (P2), and case studies (P3) courses. Public speaking skills are developed and assessed through introductory communication (P1) and professional seminar (P3) courses. Development and assessment of the students’ oral communication skills culminates during advanced pharmacy practice experiences (P4). Students in the non-traditional program specifically develop and are assessed in public speaking during professional seminar and drug literature evaluation courses. One-on-one and small group interactions are developed and assessed during continuity of care and acute care clerkships. Oral communications skills are developed in both communications and discipline-specific courses in both curricula. Competency in oral communication skills is documented using a variety of methods, but standardization of student assessment methods and more objective documentation of student progression should be considered

Development, integration and assessment of oral communication skills in an entry-level and a nontraditional Doctor of Pharmacy program

Oral communication skills were the top priority for assessment during the 2000-01 academic year. The development, integration and assessment of those skills were examined in the college’s entry-level and nontraditional PharmD programs. The entry-level PharmD program is designed to develop students’ oral communication skills in an integrated manner with the development of professional abilities. One-on-one oral communication skills are developed and assessed during introductory pharmacy skills (P1), patient communication (counseling) (P2), introductory pharmacy practice experience (P2), and therapeutics laboratory (P3) courses. Small group communication skills are developed during drug literature evaluation (P2), ethics (P2), and case studies (P3) courses. Public speaking skills are developed and assessed through introductory communication (P1) and professional seminar (P3) courses. Development and assessment of the students’ oral communication skills culminates during advanced pharmacy practice experiences (P4). Students in the non-traditional program specifically develop and are assessed in public speaking during professional seminar and drug literature evaluation courses. One-on-one and small group interactions are developed and assessed during continuity of care and acute care clerkships. Oral communications skills are developed in both communications and discipline-specific courses in both curricula. Competency in oral communication skills is documented using a variety of methods, but standardization of student assessment methods and more objective documentation of student progression should be considered