Overview of the Integrated Pharmacy Practice Course
| Component | Details | |
| Pharmacotherapeutics | ||
| Teaching | Lectures | 2 lectures of 1 hour each for 10 weeks of semester |
| Tutorials | 19 tutorials of 2 hours each covering 8 PBLa cases (16 sessions) + 1 practice case (2 sessions) + 1 tutorial session to introduce PBL | |
| Assessment | PBL Tutorial Participation | Compulsory attendance. Participation does not carry a mark, but is graded as satisfactory or unsatisfactory. Students with more than 3 unsatisfactory grades will not be allowed to take the examination. |
| PBL Tutorial Case Presentations (4 cases). | 5 grades for each case x 4 cases =20% | |
| Final Examination | Half of the examination questions or activities related to Pharmacotherapeutics accounts for 20% of course grade | |
| Clinical Placements | ||
| Teaching | Two blocks of clinical placementb | 5 hours per week for 5 weeks for each block |
| Assessment | Clinical Placement -preceptor assessment of performance | 5 grades by each preceptor, 5 × 2 =10% |
| Clinical Portfolios | 10% submitted at end of semester | |
| Clinical Placement Debrief Presentation | 10% at end of semester | |
| Final Examination | Half of the examination questions or activities related to Pharmacotherapeutics accounts for 20% of course grade | |
| Clinical Chemistry | ||
| Teaching | Lectures | 4 lectures throughout sSemester |
| Workshops | 6 hours of laboratory techniques in 2 workshops of 3 hours each | |
| Assessment | Clinical Placement Debriefing Presentation | 10% at end of semester in the second workshops |