MSc Clinical Pharmacy / Course details

This unit will promote the student’s skills and behaviours required to advance their own, and their teams’ professional development.

The principles of teaching and learning will be explored with particular reference to the development of the pharmacy team; this will include the evaluation of educational interventions and their application.

The process of assessment and feedback and the skills required to deliver quality teaching sessions and meet learning objectives will be explored, with the student being encouraged to design and deliver appropriate teaching sessions within their workplace.

Models of behaviour will be discussed and the impact of personality types on team dynamics and learning. Students will be encouraged to reflect upon their own personality types and learning styles and those of their team.

The unit will be assessed through an extended CPD reflective report and a teaching and learning portfolio.

On completion of the unit students will be able to: 

• Discuss the key skills and behaviours required for the roles of mentor, coach and tutor.
• Evaluate educational interventions and their use in pharmacy practice.
• Develop teaching plans using a variety of educational methods.
• Discuss the use of assessment methods and their application to pharmacy practice. 
• Demonstrate their ability to provide feedback to learners.

The unit is assessed using the submission of a teaching portfolio and a reflective account of educational practice.

This course unit is delivered online using Blackboard. All learning material is presented in week-by-week folders to help students manage their time. The course unit is split into four themes (theory, methods, assessment, evaluation & feedback) that each span three weeks of learning. Each theme will contain four main learning elements; background reflective tasks, learning in the form of an e-lecture, embedded video or webinar, further reading and finally tasks to consolidate learning (e.g. completion of portfolio items or participation in a group discussion).

The unit will promote the student’s skills and behaviours required to advance their own, and their teams’ professional development.

The principles of teaching and learning will be explored with particular reference to the development of the pharmacy team; this will include the evaluation of educational interventions and their application.

The process of assessment and feedback and the skills required to deliver quality teaching sessions and meet learning objectives will be explored, with the student being encouraged to design and deliver appropriate teaching sessions within their workplace.

Models of behaviour will be discussed and the impact of personality types on team dynamics and learning.

Students will be encouraged to reflect upon their own personality types and learning styles and those of their team.

The online workshops and tutorials included in the course allow students the opportunities to broaden their knowledge and provide the opportunity for group discussion.  They also provide an opportunity to develop the student’s communication and consultation skills.

• Demonstrate conceptual and critical understanding of educational issues in healthcare
• Describe the key skills and behaviours required for the roles of mentor, coach and tutor
• Critically evaluate the use of a variety of assessment methods and their application to pharmacy practice
• Critically appraise key learning theories and their implications for clinical education
• Discuss and demonstrate teaching methods, evaluation of teaching, and assessment methods.

• Critically analyse and evaluate the relevant educational literature
• Evaluate educational interventions and their use in pharmacy practice.

• Carry out constructive peer review
• Develop teaching plans using a variety of educational methods
• Demonstrate their ability to provide feedback to learners (which involves the gathering and synthesis, analysis and evaluation of objective data in order to provide meaningful constructive feedback)
• Demonstrate teaching others.

• Evaluate their own academic and personal progression
• Engage in reflective practice to drive further learning  
• Learn effectively for the purpose of continuing professional development and in a wider context throughout their career including identifying competency against a professional competency framework.

An up-to-date reading list for the unit is available on Reading lists online via Blackboard.

Other scheduled teaching and learning activities: Fully online (14 hours)

• 2 x 1-hour tutorial with Education Supervisor using a nominated online communication tool, e.g. Zoom
• 2 x 1-hour online group tutorial for microteaching exercise
• 2 hour's participation in reflective exercises
• 7 hour's participation in online discussion boards, wiki tasks and webinars
• 1-hour reflective blog.