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PHARM 129Professional Practice 1

Units
0.50
Faculty
Science
Subject
Pharmacy

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 2 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: scheduled, 1 lecture section. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

This course introduces students to the building blocks of pharmacy practice including medication dispensing, jurisprudence, drug information, and patient safety. Patient care focuses on self-care and providing students with processes for assessing, educating, and counselling patients about non-prescription medications.

Prerequisites

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

Winter 2027 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 0016739131 / 135Th 13:00–15:50

Reviewed on UW Flow

71% liked it10% easy100% useful

From 7 ratings and 4 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • This course is the most useful of all of the 1A courses, unfortunately, you're expected to remember every minuscule detail of the CTMA to get a good grade. Minor ailment content is very helpful and applicable but again some topics go into more detail than what's required of a pharmacist. Unfortunately, you;re unable to actually review your tests and know the correct answers so that you don't repeat your mistakes on subsequent tests; only general breakdowns of how you did are provided

    Apr 2021 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Very practically useful course but the exams were very hard and tricky. Study hard on this!

    Apr 2018 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • midterm and exams were hard and very tricky

    May 2017 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Pay attention in class and take good notes

    Mar 2016 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

2 posts and comments in 1 thread mention PHARM 129, October 2024 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.

Fall 2024

pharm 129 textbook requirement? 2 points, 1 comment

u/Minute_Law8151: “is the textbook (Compendium of Therapeutics for Minor Ailments (most recent edition)) mandatory? dont wanna drop so much money for it. also asking this for a friend. thanks!”

u/MysteriousAura: “I'm going to assume that you and/or your friend are incoming pharmacy students next winter as PHARM 129 is taken during the 1A term. If you're asking whether you need a physical copy of the CTMA for the course, the answer is no. …”

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