Objectives
Upon completion of the course, students should be able to:1. Describe patient’s journey through acute illness and transition processes between care settings2. Perform patient assessment, which includes individual history-taking3. Draft pharmaceutical care plans, through performing pharmacotherapy work-up and identifying patient-specific care goals and plan4. Communicate (verbal/written) care plan to patient and/or recommendations to health care professionals5. Perform necessary documentation of patient encounter and care plan6. Conduct clinical case presentations
Who Should Attend
Pharmacy - direct community-based patient-care work
Entry Requirements
The candidate must have / be:(1) Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy (with or without Honours classification) or an equivalent qualification(2) Registered pharmacists with the Singapore Pharmacy Council (or overseas equivalent), and holding a current and valid practicing certificate(3) at least 2 years of working experience as a patient-care pharmacist post pre-registration training (preferably) (4) Completion of PR5134 Advanced Skills in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent training/work experience
Lesson Delivery
a) Class Facilitated Training - 2.5 hours
b) Supervised Field Training - 20 hours
c) Practical Training - 10 hours
d) Synchronous e-Learning - 5 hours
e) Assessment - 15.5 hours
Last updated: 22 September 2025
