| Module |
Credits |
Compulsory/optional |
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Service Review and Improvement
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30 Credits |
Compulsory |
| The aims of this module are to advance the practitioner’s knowledge in the provision of pharmaceutical care. A particular focus of this module is service provision for patients and stakeholders. Students are expected to consider the provision of pharmaceutical and patient care services and the theoretical application of frameworks relevant to monitor and improve the provision of these services. Service review and evaluation applies to both clinical and non-clinical service provisions. Students are expected to develop their knowledge, refine their skills and apply evidence based knowledge/practice in the management of issues concerned with their patients. There is also an expectation that students will consider the workforce and how processes can be improved to facilitate the efficient and effective delivery of services by staff. Students will be expected to undertake a service review/evaluation as well as propose a service improvement strategy relevant to their area of practice. Leadership and management strategies are covered to make students aware of factors which may be influential at organisational levels. |
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Applied Therapeutics
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30 Credits |
Compulsory |
| The aim of this module is to provide a detailed understanding of applied therapeutics that will enable the student to pharmaceutically manage acute and long-term disease conditions.
The module will cover an in-depth understanding of the process of care for common acute and long-term conditions in the area the student practices in, utilising evidence based practice to assist in rational drug therapy and medicines optimisation, taking into account patient factors and economic considerations. Academic tutors work with work based tutors to ensure students are supported in this module through the use of various learning and teaching styles and the use of work based assessments. Feedback is sought from colleagues within the multidisciplinary team students work in to further identify areas of development for the student to improve their practice.
The module embraces and promotes clinical leadership behaviours including demonstrating personal qualities, working with others, managing services, improving services and setting direction. |
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Professional Development in the NHS (Work Based)
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30 Credits |
Compulsory |
| The aim of this module is to develop the student's professional practice.
The module will cover the skills required to have an effective pharmacist' patient relationship such as communication skills, consultation models, motivational interviewing, medication taking behaviour, health behaviours and beliefs.
The module will explore the structure of health care sectors and the issues associated with patients moving across the interfaces of health care sectors and the pharmacist s role at the interface, care pathways and discharge planning.
The module will also cover clinical governance and risk management
In addition national and local agendas in relation to pharmacy practice will be covered and will include the application of pharmacoeconomics and health economics in pharmacy practice at a national and local level.
Tutors from other disciplines such as dietetics and pharmacists practicing in the community and primary care
also contribute to the delivery of the module. Feedback is sought from students, colleagues within the multi
disciplinary team they work in.
The module embraces and promotes clinical leadership behaviours including demonstrating personal qualities,
working with others, managing services, improving services and setting direction. |
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Pharmaceutical Care (Work Based)
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30 Credits |
Compulsory |
| The aim of this module is to develop the student's clinical pharmacy skills to enable them to apply pharmaceutical knowledge to patient care. The module will develop the student to have a systematic approach to clinical problem solving.
The module will cover interpretation of laboratory, clinical investigations and near patient data such as the reporting of biochemical tests, plasma electrolytes, renal function tests, thyroid function tests, calcium, phosphate and magnesium and other common tests, drug assays, haematological tests, pathogenicity, identification and classification of common pathogens, systematic antibiotic selection, antibiotic resistance and antibiotic policies.
The module will also cover routes of drug administration, availability of route, therapeutic use, drug absorption profiles and bioavailability problems, patient acceptability. In addition the classification, reporting and management of adverse drug reactions will be covered.
The module will further cover the pharmacokinetic principles that will allow the student to individualise drug therapy, identify drug interactions and adjust drug therapy as necessary. |
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Health Disciplines Project
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30 Credits |
Optional |
| This module enables students to engage in independent study and apply further skills to address practice development needs related to their discipline of study. It is designed to allow clinicians to work through the technical stages of project design as well as the more practical realities of project management.
Students are required to design a project plan which will be of value in their own area of work. They need to analyse a practice issue related to their professional discipline, which requires them to explore critically the relevant literature and develop skills to manage project processes effectively and efficiently. This module will develop critical-thinking and analytical decision-making capabilities allowing student to investigate complex clinical problems and propose realistic project-based solutions. Students may use a current or prospective approach to develop new insights and perspectives related to the topic of choice. |
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Evidence Based Practice
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30 Credits |
Optional |
| Students will construct a research question and search strategy, conduct systematic searches of on-line databases, internet and other sources of information; appraise the evidence base of health and social care practice and interventions through the use of a range of tools; apply and critically explore, through discussion and debate, the contextual factors which influence application of evidence to practice. |
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Project (ACPP)
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60 Credits |
Optional |
| This module develops the students’ ability to design and execute a research project in an area of relevance to pharmacy under the supervision of an academic supervisor. During the first weeks of the module, the students will review the related literature and generate a research question. A summative literature review and research proposal will be submitted to the project supervisor for feedback and guidance. The data collection and analysis will be based on the agreed proposal, followed by the production of the dissertation demonstrating the student’s critical understanding and interpretation of the methodologies and results of their research. The results should be disseminated through a poster presentation. |
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Pharmacist Independent Prescribing L7
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30 Credits |
Optional |
| This Level 7 Module is designed to enable pharmacists to develop the necessary knowledge, skills and attributes to undertake safe, appropriate and cost-effective independent prescribing practice in partnership with patients, carers and members of the multi-disciplinary prescribing team. Students will develop a critical understanding of the pathophysiology of conditions within their intended area of prescribing practice, systematic approaches to assessment and diagnosis, drug actions and the use of evidence based information sources to guide the selection of the appropriate pharmacological product. The legal, professional and ethical issues involved in prescribing practice will be analysed to ensure that practitioners work at all times within the framework ensuring professional accountability in practice.
The module involves a blended learning approach incorporating the Universitys managed learning environment, StudyNet. Inter-professional learning occurs with prescribing students from the Allied Health Professions and nurse/midwife prescribing students. |
