(1) Course orientation: Standards and Ethics of Pharmacy Practice

Summary

The video introduces a course on standards and ethics in pharmacy practice. It presents pharmacy practice as patient care that requires appropriate qualifications, professional knowledge and expertise, and adherence to standards.

Main Topics and Objectives

The course aims to:

• Explain the importance of professionalism in pharmacy and identify what makes someone a professional.
• Introduce pharmacy ethics, including how people distinguish right from wrong and the principles behind those judgments.
• Explore ethical reasoning and the philosophical background to ethical decision-making.
• Teach a process for reaching well-reasoned ethical decisions in healthcare situations.
• Address health communication, health-promotion materials, and broader healthcare-system topics.
• Consider what pharmacy codes of ethics should have in common.

Course Format and Participation

The instructor plans to provide recorded lectures, lecture PDFs or text, activities, assignments, questionnaires, and online commentary through Moodle. Activities may be completed individually, in groups, or as a class.

Students are asked to check the course Moodle page at least once a day for lectures, activities, and updates. The instructor describes the course as engaging and emphasizes participation and creating a supportive learning environment.

References and Contact

The instructor plans to provide selected readings and recommends books on pharmacy ethics and ethical decision-making. No specific titles are clearly identifiable in the subtitles.

Students can contact the instructor through several channels, including LinkedIn and Moodle.

Speakers and Sources

• Speaker: The course instructor, identified in the video context as Dr. Mohamed Issa.
• Other sources or speakers: No other speakers are clearly identifiable. Background music is audible.