DIGITAL HEALTH IN PHARMACY

PHA2DHP

2020

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

Digital health peers into the future of healthcare in Australia, promising to revolutionise almost every aspect of healthcare delivery. Students are the workforce of the future and so must be Future Ready. Digital health in Pharmacy will allow students to explore the role that digitisation is playing in streamlining and shaking up the delivery of healthcare in Australia. Students will be encouraged to consider how digital tools can be used effectively to improve not only their own practice, but also on a national and international scale.

School: Molecular Sciences (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Nick Standen

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: No

Subject year level: Year Level 2 - UG

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: N/A

Capstone subject: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: N/A

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Quota Management Strategy: N/A

Quota-conditions or rules: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Minimum credit point requirement: N/A

Assumed knowledge: N/A

Learning resources

Using My Health Record System for Pharmacists

Resource Type: Web resource

Resource Requirement: Prescribed

Author: Australian Digital Health Agency

Year: 2018

Edition/Volume: N/A

Publisher: Australian Government

ISBN: N/A

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Career Ready

Career-focused: No

Work-based learning: No

Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A

Entire subject or partial subject: N/A

Total hours/days required: N/A

Location of WBL activity (region): N/A

WBL addtional requirements: N/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Creativity and Innovation
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Research and Evidence-Based Inquiry
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Adaptability and Self-Management
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Leadership and Teamwork

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Appraise the current digital landscape and its application in contemporary pharmacy practice
02. Analyse and advise on the implications of digitising health using technologies currently in use, for health professionals working in the Australian healthcare
03. Relate concepts of digital health to a patient at a level appropriate for the patient's digital, cultural and health literacy
04. Critique the technological, clinical, social, legal and ethical impacts of the digitisation of health care
05. Appraise the potential roles for digitization in enhancing or streamlining pharmacy practice

Bendigo, 2020, Semester 2, Blended

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Nick Standen

Class requirements

Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 31 - 43
Three 1.00 hour unscheduled online class every two weeks on any day including weekend during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via online.

WorkShopWeek: 31 - 43
One 2.00 hours workshop every two weeks on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.

Assessments

Assessment elementCommentsCategoryContributionHurdle%ILO*

Team oral presentation (1000 words equiv/person, 10-minute verbal presentation per student)Groups of maximum 4 studentsStudents to research and present a novel digital health strategy and how it might be used in practice

N/AN/AN/ANo25SILO1, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5

Individual written assessment (equivalent to 1800 words)The role of pharmacy and the pharmacist in the current digital context.

N/AN/AN/ANo40SILO1, SILO2, SILO4, SILO5

1 hour end-of-semester written examination (equivalent 1000 words)

N/AN/AN/ANo25SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5

Online Quiz (equivalent to 500 words, 30 minutes)

N/AN/AN/ANo10SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5