Bachelor Of Pharmacy (bphar) in Charles Darwin University, Australia

Bachelor Of Pharmacy (bphar) in Charles Darwin University

As a pharmacist, you are responsible for providing information, advice, and education on medicines and health issues, supplying medicine and medicinal products to help patients achieve optimal health care. You also advise medical practitioners and other healthcare professionals on the interactions and side effects of medications, medication selection and dosage, and a range of other health-related issues.

During your course, you will develop your knowledge and skills in the basic sciences plus:

• pharmaceutics
• pharmaco-therapeutics and pharmacy practice
• decision-making skills to identify and manage complex therapeutic problems within a multi-disciplinary health-care team
• the ability to develop an individual health-care plan for patients with complex conditions, focusing on self-management
• practical communication skills for professional pharmacy practice
• enabling essential information transfer between pharmacists and their patients, and their colleagues, and other health-care professionals, to achieve positive health outcomes for individuals and communities according to 'best practice' standards.

You will also receive a nationally recognised Mental Health First Aid AustraliaTM certificate, and (in anticipation of expected changes in Australian regulations) trained in the administration of injections and vaccination.

This course meets the demands for Pharmacy services and research in Australia with additional focus on rural and remote practice to meet the unique and diverse needs of communities in these regions.

If you wish to strengthen your application for enrolment, we encourage you to submit an optional supporting statement. The supporting statement must be no longer than one page and should explain:

• why you would like to study pharmacy; and
• why you should be selected for entry into Bachelor of Pharmacy at Charles Darwin University

Course Structure

This is a four-year course of study, which encompasses the sciences that underpin the study of pharmacy itself; including chemistry, anatomy, physiology, and microbiology. There are also pharmacy specific areas such as pharmaceutics, pharmacy practice, pharmaco-kinetics, pharmacology, therapeutics, and others, that run throughout the course. During the course, there are professional placements in community and hospital pharmacies, and placements in rural and/or remote pharmacies or health care centres. Professional placements provide an understanding of and an experience of the processes involved in providing primary health care, clinical pharmacy services, and drug information in different practice and work environments.

First year addresses the basic sciences, including chemistry, anatomy and physiology, and microbiology; there is also an introduction to pharmacy practice and pharmaceutics. Second year includes the study of drugs and pharmaceutical sciences, including pharmacology, pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical chemistry, medicinal chemistry, and pharmaco-genetics together with biochemistry and Indigenous perspectives. Third and fourth years have a strong focus on therapeutics, advanced pharmaceutics and pharmacy practice, with compulsory placements in community pharmacies, hospitals, and rural or remote primary health care centres. The placements provide an understanding of the processes involved in providing primary health care, drug information, and clinical pharmacy services in different practice environments.

Charles Darwin University also offers a Bachelor of Pharmacy Honours which is only available to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Pharmacy. Prior to commencing the final year students with a GPA of credit or above will be eligible to apply for transfer to the Bachelor of Pharmacy Honours.

 

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Tuition Fees in Australia (1st Year Average)	BE/Btech: AUD 29109 | MBA: AUD 35139 | MS: AUD 36803 | BBA: AUD 28693 | MEng: AUD 39298 | BSc: AUD 34307 | MIM: AUD 39298 | MFin: AUD 35347 | MArch: AUD 37218 | BHM: AUD 28693 | MIS: AUD 35347 | MEM: AUD 43040
Average Accomodation & Food Costs in Australia	AUD 1680 Per Month Approx
Entrance Exams in Australia	TOEFL: 77 | IELTS: 6.5 | PTE: 57 | GRE: 300 | GMAT: 600
Work and Study in Australia	Permitted for 20 hours/week with a valid study permit.
Post Study Work Permit in Australia	2 Year after graduation depending on the course.
Cost of Student Visa in Australia	AUD 620
Student Visa in Australia	The subclasses for the visa were reduced to two from the eight for convenience. The two visa subclasses are Subclass 500 (for students) and Subclass 590 (For Student Guardian).
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