Required texts

Required Textbook:

• Knights K., Darroch S., Rowland A., and Bushell M. Pharmacology for Health Professionals (6th edition). 2023 Elsevier. Sydney (including Elsevier Adaptive Quizzing)

• Therapeutic Guidelines, Therapeutics Guidelines Limited, North Melbourne. (e-copy available online via UC library)
• Rossi S, ed. (current edition) Australian Medicines Handbook. Adelaide: Australian Medicines Handbook Pty Ltd. (e-copy available online via UC library)

Submission of assessment items

Extensions & Late submissions

Extensions to assignments, placements, deferred intra-semester tests and examinations

Students can apply for an extension to the due date for submission/completion of an assessment item on the grounds of illness or other unavoidable and verifiable personal circumstances. You must used the current approved version of the Assignment Extension Form (v2.1). This is available to download from the Assessment Information page in myUC and the Forms page in myUC.

Extensions must be applied for before the due date as outlined above. For illness on the day of the assessment, the Assignment Extension form with relevant documentation must be lodged to the Unit Convener within three days of the scheduled exam, test, assignment, placement or assessment submission. It should be noted that such documentation will be considered but will not guarantee that the extension application will be successful. The Unit Convener will decide whether to grant an extension and the length or availability of the extension.

Students are only permitted one extension per assignment and one deferral per examination/test/ placement (on the grounds of illness or other unavoidable and verifiable personal circumstances as per UC policies) unless otherwise approved. Students must make themselves available for deferred exams and tests which will be scheduled by the unit convenor no later than the Friday of Week 11. For placements, please refer to the unit's Canvas site for further details and requirements. Students are NOT PERMITTED to defer a deferred intra-semester exam, test or placement. Any student unable to undertake the deferred intra-semester exam, test, assignment or placement will receive a mark of zero or fail grade for the assessment task.

Students should note that this policy does not apply to deferred final exams which are centrally administered by the examinations office.

Special assessment requirements

To pass this unit, students must:

• Attend 80% of scheduled tutorials, and
• Achieve 50% overall.

Using generative AI

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools like ChatGPT can aid but should not replace independent thinking. If using GenAI tools for the major project (topic development, book chapter, multimedia presentation), acknowledge their use or provide an appropriate citation. Acknowledgement is not required for low-level tasks such as improving spelling, grammar, and quality of written expression.

You are responsible for content you submit. Be aware of limitations of GenAI tools such as inaccuracies, biases, and incomplete content. GenAI tools work best for topics you already understand, with carefully crafted prompting based on peer-reviewed research. Refine prompts for better results and fact-check generated content. Despite the risks, genAI tools can aid brainstorming, concept explanation, synthesis of ideas, and improve the readability and quality of written expression. For further information, please refer to the UC Library GenAI guide () and the Academic Integrity Module. 

The use of generative AI is not permitted in the early semester test or final examination, and its use in the case scenario-based written assignment is guided.

Contract cheating (academic outsourcing / ghost-writing) is a form of academic misconduct in which students submit written or creative work which has been drafted or produced by someone else and claim authorship for it.  It includes (but is not limited to) using a third party, offering their services for commercial or other benefits, to complete (either partially or fully) an assignment or other assessment items on behalf of the student. 

You are at risk of contract cheating if you ask someone to:

• complete an assignment for you
• substantially edit your assignment
• do your university work for you, with or without compensation
• check test or quiz answers
• sit a test or quiz for you
• provide someone with your UC login details

You may also be at risk of contract cheating if you provide information to people or organisations outside UC, such as:

• assignment questions and briefs
• lecture notes
• marking rubrics and marking guides

Students should note that sharing their assignments (current or previously submitted assignments) may result in referral to the Associate Dean of Education for investigation.

UC considers contract cheating serious misconduct which may attract suspension or exclusion from the university.  Furthermore, we, as your education provider, have mandatory reporting responsibilities under National Law.  We are required to notify the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA) if we believe that a registered health practitioner (including those with student registration) has behaved in a way that constitutes notifiable conduct including signature departure from accepted professional standards.  Contract cheating may also result in UC submitting a mandatory notification to AHPRA.

You can learn more about contract cheating in the Academic Integrity Module - which is a compulsory module that provides information about a range of issues including plagiarism and contract cheating.  UC provides a range of services to support student learning - further information regarding Study Skills, Studiosity and Medical & Counselling services are available in your unit's Canvas site.

Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.

Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.

UC students have to complete the annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).

UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.

Information is provided in the , , and 91Ö±²¥ (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.

Participation requirements

This Unit contains participatory elements which are vital to the external professional accreditation for the course. Except in the case of extenuating circumstances, students are expected to actively participate in at least 80% of the live tutorials.

It is expected that students unable to fulfil these participation requirements will inform the Unit Convener as soon as practical, by telephone or email. If attendance requirements cannot be regularly satisfied (e.g., timetable clash), it may be recommended that you schedule this unit for a future semester. Consideration will be given for illness; however, evidence such as a medical certificate will be required.

Required IT skills

Required IT Skills

Students should be conversant with searching for and accessing information via electronic means, using Canvas, and word processing, spreadsheet and presentation software.

Students must be familiar with the electronic submission process (e.g., the use of CANVAS and Turnitin). Students are reminded to ensure they plan well, enabling adequate time to submit assessments before the deadline to avoid a mark adjustment.

In-unit costs

The following costs are expected for this unit:

• Required textbook costs
• Elsevier adaptive quizzing access costs (comes with the purchase of the new textbook)
• Self-printing of the electronically provided material
• Potential costs associated with remote learning activities (e.g. reliable computer and internet connection).

Work placement, internships or practicums

N/A

Additional information

Style Guide for report formatting

Unless otherwise instructed (on Canvas or in writing), all written assessment pieces (formative and summative) must conform to the following requirements:

• Headings in bold, maximum font size 16 pt.
• Font size: 11 pt or 12 pt – Times New Roman, Arial, or Calibri. (consistent)
• Margins no less than 1.5 cm on all sides.
• Page number at the bottom right-hand corner of the footer.
• Student identification number (number only) at the top right-hand corner of the header.
• References are given in the NLM/Vancouver style (chronological numeric) ONLY. Information on these referencing styles can be found on the library website at 
• Assignment requirements (first page)
• Any word limits specified in assignments (in this Unit Outline or in task descriptions on Canvas) will INCLUDE all tables, figures and appendices but EXCLUDE references (unless otherwise stated).
• Submissions which exceed the specified word (or page) length will be truncated at the word (or page) limit and only assessed to this point.

• Semester 1, 2026, On-campus, UC - Sydney Hills Campus, Castle Hill, NSW (231875)
• Semester 1, 2026, On-campus, UC - 91Ö±²¥, Bruce (231874)
• Semester 2, 2025, On-campus, UC - Sydney Hills Campus, Castle Hill, NSW (226351)
• Semester 2, 2025, On-campus, UC - 91Ö±²¥, Bruce (226350)
• Semester 1, 2025, On-campus, UC - Sydney Hills Campus, Castle Hill, NSW (225085)
• Semester 1, 2025, On-campus, UC - 91Ö±²¥, Bruce (225084)
• Semester 2, 2024, On-campus, UC - 91Ö±²¥, Bruce (219608)
• Semester 2, 2024, On-campus, UC - Sydney Hills Campus, Castle Hill, NSW (221478)
• Semester 1, 2024, On-campus, UC - Sydney Hills Campus, Castle Hill, NSW (221476)
• Semester 1, 2024, On-campus, UC - 91Ö±²¥, Bruce (216275)
• Semester 2, 2023, On-campus, UC - 91Ö±²¥, Bruce (216273)
• Semester 2, 2023, On-campus, UC - Sydney Hills Campus, Castle Hill, NSW (220904)