Evidence Based Medication Safety Innovation unit (CSA732)

Introduction

Evidence based Medication Safety Innovation will help you identify and analyse medication-safety issues encountered in a variety of clinical settings. 

You will initially learn about and appraise existing issues and interventions that attempt to improve the Quality Use of Medicines or address medication-safety issues. You will then devise innovative ideas to overcome these issues and develop evidence-based solutions that could be implemented in the real world.

Particular emphasis is placed on the combined skills of practice-based mitigation of medication-safety risks, while using research skills and knowledge, to intervene in identified problematic areas in an evidence-based manner.

Summary

Unit name	Evidence Based Medication Safety Innovation
Unit code	CSA732
Credit points	12.5
College/School	Health School of Pharmacy and Pharmacology
Discipline	Pharmacy
Coordinator	Doctor Woldesellassie Bezabhe
Delivered By	University of Tasmania
Level	Postgraduate

Availability

Specific information on 2027 unit availability will be available in August

Learning Outcomes

• Critically evaluate factors contributing to medication-related incidents.
• Formulate strategies to reduce medication-related harm in clinical practice setting.
• Critically analyse approaches to improving medication safety.

Fee Information

2027 fee information will be available in August.

Requisites

Prerequisites

CSA731 Evidence Based Pharmacotherapeutic Practice

Teaching

Teaching Pattern	Independent Learning (online modules) – 10hrs per week
Assessment	Written Assessment - Medication Safety Scenario (30%)|Written Assessment - QUM Evaluation (30%)|The Pitch (40%)
Timetable	View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable

Textbooks

Required	Required Readings will be provided by your Unit Coordinator.
Recommended	Recommended Readings will be provided by your Unit Coordinator via the Reading List link in MyLO, or the unit Reading List on the University Library website.

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