18 PHRM3101/PHRM3102 Hospital Placement

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Purpose

You will have the opportunity to experience hospital pharmacy and to observe or be observed completing two to three entrustable professional activities (EPAs).

  • Taking a medication history
  • Educating a patient on their medication(s)
  • Chart review

Placement Structure

  • 1-week full-time placement.
  • You will shadow the hospital pharmacists and assist when practical.
  • You may be supervised by multiple pharmacy staff over the week.

Assessment

  • Complete a self-assessment of where you feel you could improve.
  • Based on feedback from your preceptor, plan two learning goals for the following semester.
  • Receive a level of entrustment from your preceptor based on their observation of your performance.
  • Students are assessed on their learning plan and reflections, not the level of entrustment.

To Know

  • Placements are sourced by the WIL Partnerships Coordinator and students are allocated based on their term address.
  • Students wishing to complete a rural placement should email placements@pharmacy.uq.edu.au in advance of placements being allocated to see whether this may be possible.
  • In ePortfolio please send your submission to your preceptor (the pharmacist you shadowed) rather than the hospital, as only 1 email address can be associated with each site. Note that your preceptor in ePortfolio may differ from the person listed in InPlace, who is typically the Clinical Educator.
  • Instructions for adding a preceptor can be found in the ‘How To Guide’ section of this handbook.

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