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PHR5162 · Foundation practice 2
2026 Handbook6 credit pointsLevel 5Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Last checked: 23 Aug 2026 UTCOverview
Foundation Practice 2 is undertaken during a period of supervised practice in the pharmacy internship year. The internship year is designed to provide intern pharmacists the opportunity to develop competence to practice as independent pharmacists. As part of this unit, you will work in a Monash Credentialed Workplace, be supervised by a Monash Credentialed Pharmacy Clinical Educator and work through Monash Credentialed Workplace Learning. A Workplace Learning Plan, developed by your clinical educator with guidance and input from the unit coordinator, will be used to guide and assess workplace activities undertaken during supervised practice. Liaison visits by University staff to meet with you and your clinical educator will provide opportunities to review progress towards meeting learning outcomes, and to facilitate the integration of theory and practice.
Offerings
| Campus | Teaching period | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Parkville | Second semester | Teaching mostly conducted outside of a classroom/campus environment and in a block (IMMERS-BLK) |
Assessment
The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.
| # | Assessment | Type | Weight | Hurdle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satisfactory completion of workplace activities agreed in the Workplace Learning Plan | Work integrated | — | Competency |
| 2 | Completion of at least 380 hours of supervised practice | Work integrated | — | Competency |
| 3 | Satisfactory completion and submission of an interview activity | Written | — | Competency |
| 4 | Satisfactory completion and submission of a project poster | Project | — | Competency |
| 5 | Continuing professional development learning plan and written reflection | Written | — | Competency |
You will be assessed using the Monash Competency Grading Schema for this unit. All tasks are competency hurdles which you must complete to be able to pass the unit. You have one attempt, plus an additional assessment, to demonstrate your competency in each competency hurdle assessment task. If you fail to meet the hurdle requirement, you will receive a fail grade for the unit.
Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.
Requisites
prerequisite
- PHR5161 — Foundation practice 1
corequisite
- PHR5062 — Applied pharmacy practice 2
prohibitions
- PGP5022 — Foundation practice 2
Learning outcomes
- Demonstrate practice in accordance with current National Competency Standards for Pharmacists in Australia.
- Demonstrate development of professional skills associated with being a pharmacist.
- Critically analyse and integrate complex information, concepts or problems relating to research, and subsequently disseminate findings.
- Address personal learning needs through critical reflection of gaps in skills and knowledge.
- Develop and implement a personalised learning plan to achieve career goals and expectations.
- Demonstrate commitment to life-long learning.
Workload
This unit requires the student to be working full time under the supervision of an approved preceptor for at least 10 weeks of the 12 week semester.
| Activity | Duration |
|---|---|
| Workshops | 1 hours |
| Assessments | 2 hours |
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