CPD Masters Certificate of Professional Development: Advanced Paediatric Pharmacy Practice | Level 7 (Postgraduate)

Course aim Provides clinical knowledge and skills that are relevant to the needs of healthcare professionals working with medicines in advanced paediatric practice and to facilitate professional development, including fostering development of an enquiring, open-minded attitude, tempered with scientific discipline for paediatric medicine, which encourages lifelong learning. See a taster of the course structure, platform and contents. Course content After completing the course you should be able to: Demonstrate knowledge of advanced neonatal and paediatric conditions and understanding of medicines use in those conditions, including advanced practical aspects of paediatric care Assess and manage the particular safety issues and pharmacological care relating to paediatric therapy for some advanced paediatric specific conditions Demonstrate commitment to continue to advance your own and others’ knowledge and understanding in paediatric pharmaceutical care and document continuing professional development in the field and develop a critically reflective approach to practice applied to real patient cases The final award is Continuing Professional Development in Advanced Paediatric Pharmacy Practice, 20 credits at Level 7. You will have access to LJMU's virtual learning environment Canvas and online library resources. Programme content is regularly updated on Canvas, including contemporary reading lists and references to journal articles. You will be assigned a Personal Tutor for support and guidance throughout the programme via email or online tutorials. You can also access the Module Leader via phone contact or email. The course features a variety of teaching approaches chosen to meet the stated learning objectives, including: Online lectures Online practical cases Pre-reading materials Quizzes Webinars Work-based examples Tutorials: You will guide the contact time with your distance learning tutor as directed in your learning contract. It is recommended that you attend the introductory webinar and to arrange, as a minimum, monthly contact time with your tutor throughout the course. Formative online and in-class tests : Online self-assessment questions will test your knowledge throughout the course. Course topics The programme covers a wide range of topics relevant to contemporary practice involving the use of medicines in children and neonates. You will be given background information, a set of objectives and appropriate directed study activities for each topic. A mixture of teaching and learning activities will be used to enrich the content and facilitate development of lifelong learning skills. The topics below are indicative of the areas covered in the programme (to be reviewed on an annual basis): Allometric dosing: suggest paediatric dosage regimes in the absence of evidence Estimation of renal and hepatic function and dose adjustments Paediatric clinical trials Paediatric post-operative care Diabetes and diabetic ketoacidosis Advanced paediatric

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