TUM202 Therapeutic Use of Medicines Assignment 2

Subject Code and Title :- TUM202 Therapeutic use of Medicines
Assessment :- Educational Poster
Individual/Group :- Individual
Length :- 1250 words (+/- 10%)
Weighting :- 35%
Assessment Task :-
In this assessment you will research and present your findings on a topic related to the therapeutic use of medicines.
This information will be presented in a digital educational poster format.
Please refer to the Task Instructions for details on how to complete this task.
TUM202 Therapeutic Use of Medicines Assignment 2

Context :-
Registered Nurses play an essential role in educating patients their carer’s the community and other health care professionals about the therapeutic use of medicines. By utilising evidence‐based resources relating to integrative pharmacology and considering the principals of health literacy the Registered Nurse can promote patient safety and present information to their audience in a meaningful way.

By educating others the Registered Nurse can assist in preventing medication related incidents by equipping the audience with the knowledge do to things including identifying preventing and managing polypharmacy potential adverse drug reactions interactions and toxicity.

Instructions :-
To complete this assessment task:
Students will be allocated one (1) topic for investigation and presentation, including the intended audience by the Subject Coordinator.

TUM202 Therapeutic Use of Medicines Assignment 2

Examples of topics students can expect to be allocated include but are not limited to:
• Adverse Drug Reactions
• Polypharmacy
• Drug – Drug Interactions
• Drug – Food Interactions
• Medication Adherence
• Antimicrobial Resistance
• Medication Errors
• Medication Quality and Safety Frameworks

Examples of potential audiences students can expect to design their posters for include but are not limited to:
• Undergraduate Nursing Students
• Health Care Professionals
• Patients
• Carers
• Communities
• Older People
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander Populations

You will visually present an educational poster of the allocated topic in poster format.
Whilst creating your poster you will need to consider the following:

Title: Choose a title that reflects the content of your poster.

TUM202 Therapeutic Use of Medicines Assignment 2

Discuss the following in relation to the given topic:
1. Provide an overview of context/background of the topic as a brief introduction
2. Discuss the key issues and clinical significance of the topic
3. Identify and outline the impact of the topic on both the 1) individual/patient and 2) the health care system
4. Propose strategies that can be implemented by the intended audience to identify prevent and manage the impact of the given topic
5. Suggest 4-5 suitable evidence based resources the intended audience can use to find out more information about the topic taking into account the health literacy of the intended audience

TUM202 Therapeutic Use of Medicines Assignment 2

Conclusion: Summarise your main points about the given topic.

Assessment format
You will visually present an educational poster of the allocated topic. The poster will be digital and can be created using a variety of programs.

Read Creating an Academic Poster’ for more instructions on developing a poster.
There is also an example template available for you to use, this template is optional and located in the Assessment 2 folder.