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Undergraduate Courses
At present, there are several courses which are under
the DSAP and some which have Soacial & Administrative Pharmacy
components:
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Statistics for Pharmacy
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Public Health Pharmacy
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Communication Skill in Pharmacy
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Drugs and Society
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Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
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Pharmaceutical Management
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Pharmaceutical Marketing
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Pharmacoinformatics
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Pharmacy Practice III
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Clinical Pharmacy Concept
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Pharmacoepidemiology
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Pharmacoeconomics
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Pharmacy Forensic & Ethics
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Research Exercise
FAR 151/4: Statistics for Pharmacy (Core Course; Year 1: Semester 1)
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table]
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- Group]
This course introduces students to study designs and the basic concepts
of statistics and to show them how these concepts can be used in making
inferences from experimental data and from sample surveys. The medical
biostatistics sections particularly the vital statistics and
epidemiology are also incorporated in the syllabus. In addition, the
course would emphasize understanding of statistical procedures, how to
choose correct statistical procedures, identify violations of
statistical assumptions and how to interpret statistical results.
Although computer softwares are commonly used to carry out statistical
analyses (e.g. SPSS, Minitab, SAS), the methods used to generate
statistical output should be fully understood. This course is taught by
different approaches e.g. lectures, reading materials, case studies,
project, presentation and discussion.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the students will be able to:
1. understand the research process and the various research designs
applicable to
pharmacy and medical research
2. apply the knowledge and skills of research methods on a research
topic
3. understand the basic statistical concepts and principles
4. understand the application of various statistical procedures in
pharmacy and medical
research
5. apply and use correctly the statistical procedures in research and
practice
FAR 152/2: PUBLIC HEALTH PHARMACY (Core Course; Year 1: Semester 1)
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table]
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- Group]
Profession and practice of pharmacy focus directly (i.e clinical) and
indirectly (i.e policy and regulation) on health and wellness of
patients and society. Physical sciences, biology (biomedical) and
socio-behavioral sciences need to be emphasized to achieve both aspects
of health and wellness. Understanding of behavioral aspect and
responsibility of patients and health professionals to the healthcare
system are therefore importance. This course will expose students to the
sociology principles and their medical behaviour and importance in
healthcare and practice of pharmacy. The course includes; lectures,
reading materials, case studies, community projects and discussions.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students will be able to:
1. Understand the contribution of pharmacists in public health and
health promotion.
2. Explain the social and behavioral aspect of patients and consumers of
healthcare
3. Describe the organization of healthcare system in Malaysia.
FEL 272/2: Pharmacy Management (Elective Course; Year 2: Semester 1)
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table]
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- Group]
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of topics for Project]
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The ability of pharmacy profession and pharmacist to provide
pharmaceutical services which are accessible and affordable by all
patients is very important for the sustenance of the profession and the
well being of the society. The service must be transparent to the
society and the provider if it is to be accepted and supported by them.
This is almost impossible to achieve if pharmacists do not have the
time, money, motivation and staff. Pharmacist must be able to integrate
their knowledge and skills in economy and management with professional
responsibilities and ethics. This course aims to provide students with
knowledge of concepts and principles of management within the economic
and professional pharmacy environment. This course is taught by
different approaches e.g. lectures, reading materials, case studies,
project, presentation and discussion.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the students will be able to:
1. understand the basic concepts and principles of management
2. understand the management processes involve in pharmacy practice
3. apply the management principles, processes and activities in pharmacy
practice
FEL 372/2 PHARMACEUTICAL MARKETING (Elective Course; Year 3: Semester
1)
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table]
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- Group]
This course is specifically designed for pharmacy students requiring
comprehensive understanding about the problems, practices and
application of marketing aspect in pharmacy profession. Concepts,
principles and examples used in the teaching are specific and related to
the practice of pharmacy. The course will include lectures, case
studies, individual assignments and discussions.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the students will be able to:
1. Describe the basic concepts of pharmacy marketing and its
relationship to the socio-
behaviour of consumers and health
professionals.
2. Formulate market segmentation for the list of pharmaceutical products
using the
concept of effective segmentation.
3. Design a marketing research to evaluate the characteristic and
potential market,
marketing environment and information system in the
formulation of decision making.
FEL 471/2 PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY (Elective Course; Year 4: Semester 1)
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table]
The course mainly provides the students to the knowledge and exposure to
this new and rapidly growing discipline. Students will be introduced to
various aspects of pharmacoepidemiology that play important role in
therapeutics, medicine and public health. Topics discussed are the
meaning of pharmacoepidemiology, its rational and the significance of
the pharmacoepidemiology research; several perspectives on
pharmacoepidemiology; pharmacoepidemiology study designs and statistics;
drug approval process for drug marketing; quality of life research as
well as pharmacoepidemiology research applications and its effect on
pharmacy.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the students will be able to:
1. Explain the definition of pharmacoepidemiology, its contribution,
reasons for
performing, the drug approval process and the risk
tolerance.
2. Describe the perspectives on pharmacoepidemiology from the view of
the
pharmaceutical industry and the regulatory agencies.
3. Discuss the challenges and the future of pharmacoepidemiology.
4. Explain and differentiate the different research methods used in pharmacoepidemiology
such epidemiologic study design, experimental study
design, pre and post-marketing
monitoring strategies as well as the meta¬analysis.
5. Explain the statistical methods used in pharmacoepidemiologic study
that include the
basic measurements used, causality assessment as well
as the sensitivity and
specificity tests in pharmacy practice.
6. Describe and explain the quality of life (QOL) studies as an
application of
pharmacoepidemiology.
7. Describe and explain some special application of pharmacoepidemiology
such as
pharmacoeconomics, drug use evaluation (DUE) and study of
therapeutic effects of
drugs.
FEL474/2 – PHARMACOECONOMICS (Elective Course; Year 4: Semester 2)
The module provides an introduction to the basic principles of
pharmacoeconomics and how they are used in the economic evaluation of
health care policies and programmes. It begins by introducing basic
principles of economics including resources, market forces, scarcity and
opportunity cost. Other topics discussed include reasons for market
failure, the needs for economic evaluation in the health care sector,
the techniques of economic evaluation, and assessment and measurement of
health outcomes. This course will include lectures, reading materials,
case studies and discussion.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course the students will be able to:
1. Explain the basic theory, concepts and principles of economics and
its applications in
pharmacoeconomic
2. Explain the definition and purposes of pharmacoeconomic
3. Describe the applications of pharmacoeconomics in various aspects of
pharmacy
practice
4. Understand the importance and future role of pharmacoeconomics in
health care
Other undergraduate courses which have the Social & Administrative
Pharmacy components and taught by the DSAP faculty members are:
Core Courses:
1. FAR 153/2 - Communication Skills in Pharmacy Practice
2. FAR 251/2 - Pharmacoinformatics
3. FAR 451/3 - Clinical Pharmacy Concepts
4. FAR 455/4 - Hospital Pharmacy Practice
Elective Courses:
1. FEL 271/2 - Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
2. FEL 472/4 - Research Exercise
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