Course and Module Catalogue

This module has a strong emphasis on preparing students to make the transition to practice. The module content completes the underpinning knowledge and skills to prepare the students for pre-registration.  Alongside the knowledge the learning reflects the necessary skills which will act as pre-cursors for the General Level Framework for … For more content click the Read More button below. The module includes clinical problem solving alongside leadership skills and an update on issues of current debate in the profession of pharmacy, health and social policy and NHS structure and organisation. The module is delivered around the three themes of : i) legal, ethical and professional decision making; ii) Leading oneself and others; iii) Medicines from the population level. 

The learning experience will continue to be very professionally focussed and relevant to the everyday practice of pharmacy to provide students with an opportunity to develop their skills in a safe learning environment. As final year students our students will be expected to prepare or the workplace where they will … For more content click the Read More button below.

Prescribing skills and responsibilities of prescribersAdvanced consultation skills for prescribing, the provision of pharmacy services, medicines reconciliation and drug history takingInfluences on prescribing and choice of product including evaluation of information from different sources and the application of both clinical and prescribing guidelinesThe current and emerging political agenda in relation … For more content click the Read More button below.   Role and relationships of NHS and social care organisationsThe Law relating to Pharmacy/senior roles in pharmacyCurrent affairs; including recent changes in the Law, professional issues and ethical reasoningFurther dispensing including complex prescriptions and calculationsEmergency care, out of hours provision and problem solving (including ethical and legal considerations)Palliative care, and provision of terminal careConsent, confidentiality and data protection (update)Advanced communication skills including giving complex information, handling difficult situations and bereavement.Management and leadership skills – supervisory skills, interview technique and the role of appraisal, financial awareness   Portfolio presentation – to demonstrate skills for revalidation; reflective practice, identification of learning needs and meeting the learning outcomes of the moduleExperiential learning opportunities will enhance the learning and provide opportunities for students to develop a greater understanding of the role of the pharmacist in the healthcare team.

There are several parts to the module assessment The following assessments will take place as coursework assessments before the main exam period and there will be a maximum of two attempts for each student to pass each assessment.   No further attempts will normally be allowed in the resit period. An … For more content click the Read More button below. Each of these assessment is recorded as PASS / FAIL and the mark does to contribute to the module mark. The two further assessments contribute equally to the module mark. Portfolio of coursework, professional development and directed study. Pass mark 50%A 3-hour summative examination in the formal exam period. Pass mark 50% Students must pass all components of assessment.  The module handbook will provide additional guidance for students on the specific assessment criteria and marking schedules applied to individual pieces of work.