anonymus2003
Bored User
Hey, fellas i don't get the time to come on BoS as often, but since there aren't that many people from the new curriculum on BoS i feel it is my prime duty to bring you younglings into light about the new course so you can be better prepared?
Well so far its only been 3 days into the course, but from what it looks like the new course is set along these lines
WEEKS 1-6
3811 - Cardiovascular and Renal
3812 - Respiratory
Usually about 12 hours of lectures per week for 6 weeks, and then you do the final exam on these two subs. You pretty much go hard out on these two subjects, as well as have 2x2 hour tutorials on them in which you do PBL (quite intense with lots of research). Plus 1x4 hour lab session every week. Exam week is week 7 and then you repeat for the next 2 subjects, till you do all your 8 subs till the end of the year.
Weeks 8-13
3813 - Endocrine
3814 - Gastrointestinal
Do exams for these two subs in week 14.
On top of this you will also be doing a separate subject Which is called Dispensing, and another called Pharmaceutical Chemistry Labs which are sorta blended in this but have their own labs and some lectures and run all the way throughout the year. They also have their own exams toward the middle of the year. These two subjects largely have a lot of their own little assessments and assignments like for dispensing you have to make creams every week or so and get them assessed and also assess other people's work. For pharmaceutical chem labs you need to do a drug profile, similar to the one done in 2nd year but a lot more trickier with some more research.
On top of this you will also be doing Herbal Medicines and Traditional Chinese Medicines...which also has its own exam, or it might be integrated into the others this has not yet been clarified. This subject content also has its own workshop in semester 2.
Running alongside this is a 2 hour/per week for 10 weeks, a community pharmacy extern ship which you are required to find on your own, so i guess you should look for a place to work or similar sometime end of second year.
At the end of the 10 weeks you need to submit a portfolio which i think also gets marked. After 10 weeks you are given a 1 week fulltime placement either in a hospital, rural or company. If they cant find you one they will send you to another community pharmacy and you will probably get to go to the former in 4th year.
Also at the end you do an OSCE exam (Objective Structured Clincal Exam) which is only worth 10% but they can ask you on anything you did in 3rd year or previous years. Fun Fun!
So thats what i know so far on the 3rd year. This was mainly written for Lala and Danz90 who im sure will be eager to know whats happening with the new curriculum! and if anyone else has questions ill be sure to answer them. Ill try to keep posting something here every now and then if i find out something else new.
Adios!
P.S Can i get a booyeah! if you liked the post
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Well so far its only been 3 days into the course, but from what it looks like the new course is set along these lines
WEEKS 1-6
3811 - Cardiovascular and Renal
3812 - Respiratory
Usually about 12 hours of lectures per week for 6 weeks, and then you do the final exam on these two subs. You pretty much go hard out on these two subjects, as well as have 2x2 hour tutorials on them in which you do PBL (quite intense with lots of research). Plus 1x4 hour lab session every week. Exam week is week 7 and then you repeat for the next 2 subjects, till you do all your 8 subs till the end of the year.
Weeks 8-13
3813 - Endocrine
3814 - Gastrointestinal
Do exams for these two subs in week 14.
On top of this you will also be doing a separate subject Which is called Dispensing, and another called Pharmaceutical Chemistry Labs which are sorta blended in this but have their own labs and some lectures and run all the way throughout the year. They also have their own exams toward the middle of the year. These two subjects largely have a lot of their own little assessments and assignments like for dispensing you have to make creams every week or so and get them assessed and also assess other people's work. For pharmaceutical chem labs you need to do a drug profile, similar to the one done in 2nd year but a lot more trickier with some more research.
On top of this you will also be doing Herbal Medicines and Traditional Chinese Medicines...which also has its own exam, or it might be integrated into the others this has not yet been clarified. This subject content also has its own workshop in semester 2.
Running alongside this is a 2 hour/per week for 10 weeks, a community pharmacy extern ship which you are required to find on your own, so i guess you should look for a place to work or similar sometime end of second year.
At the end of the 10 weeks you need to submit a portfolio which i think also gets marked. After 10 weeks you are given a 1 week fulltime placement either in a hospital, rural or company. If they cant find you one they will send you to another community pharmacy and you will probably get to go to the former in 4th year.
Also at the end you do an OSCE exam (Objective Structured Clincal Exam) which is only worth 10% but they can ask you on anything you did in 3rd year or previous years. Fun Fun!
So thats what i know so far on the 3rd year. This was mainly written for Lala and Danz90 who im sure will be eager to know whats happening with the new curriculum! and if anyone else has questions ill be sure to answer them. Ill try to keep posting something here every now and then if i find out something else new.
Adios!
P.S Can i get a booyeah! if you liked the post
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