MSc Clinical Pharmacy / Course details

Year of entry: 2025

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Course unit details:
Paediatrics

Course unit fact file
Unit code	PHAR63041
Credit rating	15
Unit level	FHEQ level 7 – master's degree or fourth year of an integrated master's degree
Teaching period(s)	Semester 1
Available as a free choice unit?	No

Overview

This unit will enhance students’ practice in paediatrics through developing both knowledge of common disease processes and paediatric drug handling in addition to broader skills essential to providing paediatric pharmaceutical care in a safe and effective manner. The unit covers basic, general and specialist management of paediatric patients.

The unit will combine e-lectures, reading and practical work-based tasks to develop this knowledge and skills which will be assessed using self-assessment, reflective practice and in-depth case study review.

Pre/co-requisites

Unit title	Unit code	Requirement type	Description
Medicines Optimisation & Therapeutics 1	PHAR60411	Pre-Requisite	Compulsory
Foundations of Clinical Pharmacy	PHAR63001	Pre-Requisite	Compulsory
Evidence Based Practice	PHAR63002	Pre-Requisite	Compulsory
Medicines Optimisation and Therapeutics 2	PHAR63012	Pre-Requisite	Compulsory

A minimum of 2 years post-registration patient-facing experience is required if pre-requisite units have not been completed.

Aims

The unit aims to develop students’ knowledge of commonly encountered paediatric conditions, general and specialist management of paediatric patients; to develop skills in the pharmaceutical care to children and their carers; and to improve students’ clinical practice regarding the management of the unwell child.

Learning outcomes

Key: top line of italic codes denote mapping against the RPS Foundation Practice Framework, second line of italic codes codes denote mapping against the RPS Advanced Practice Framework.

Teaching and learning methods

This course unit is delivered online using Blackboard. All learning material is presented in week-by-week folders to help students manage their time. Each week will contain four main elements:

background reflective tasks
learning in the form of an e-lecture, embedded video or webinar
further reading
a task to consolidate learning (e.g. completion of coursework, formative quiz or participation in a group discussion).

Knowledge and understanding

Describe the legal and ethical framework that supports children and young people in their encounters with healthcare

[1.3,1.5,2.1,4.1,4.2]
[1.1,1.2,1.4,3.1,3.2,4.3]

Explain the differences between children and adults in terms of drug handling, adherence issues and communication

[1.1,1.2,1.3,1.4,1.5,1.6,1.7,1.8,1.9,2.3,2.4,3.1,3.2,3.3,3.4,3.5,4.2]
[1.1,1.2,1.3,2.1,2.2,3.1,4.1,4.2,4.3,6.1]

Describe and demonstrate the pharmacological and nonpharmacological management of commonly encountered conditions in children and young people

[1.2,1.3,1.4,1.5,1.6,1.7,1.8,1.9,3.1,3.2,3.3,2.4,3.5,3.6,4.1,4.2]
[1.1,1.2,1.3,2.2,3.1,3.2,4.1,4.2,4.3,4.9,5.4,6.1]

Describe and demonstrate, using advanced clinical decision-making skills, the specialist management of children and young people

[1.2,1.3,1.4,1.5,1.6,1.7,1.8,1.9,3.1,3.2,3.3,2.4,3.5,3.6,4.1,4.2]
[1.1,1.2,1.3,2.2,3.1,3.2,4.1,4.2,4.3,4.9,5.4,6.1]

Discuss the contributions that the pharmacy team can make to the care of children and young people with acute and long term conditions

[1.2,1.3,1.4,1.5,1.6,1.7,1.8,1.9,3.1,3.2,3.3,2.4,2.5,3.5,3.6,4.1,4.2]
[1.1,1.2,1.3,1.4,2.1,2.2,3.1,3.2,3.4,3.5,4.1,4.2,4.3,4.9,5.4,6.1]

Intellectual skills

Integrate theory and research of disease pathology and disease management in children and young people with patient information to apply the best evidence to practice

[1.2,1.3,1.4,1.5,1.6,1.7,1.8,1.9,3.1,3.2,3.3,3.4,3.5,3.6,2.4,2.5,3.5,3.6,4.1,4.2]
[1.1,1.2,1.3,1.4,3.1,3.2,3.4,3.5,4.1,4.2,4.3,4.9,5.4,6.16.2]

Critically analyse and evaluate clinical literature in therapeutics relevant to paediatrics

[3.1,3.3,3.6]
[1.3,4.1,6.1,6.2,6.5]

Use critical reasoning to synthesise, analyse and evaluate clinical and contextual data in order to apply this to resolve individual patient drug-related problems

[1.1,1.2,1.3,1.4,1.5,1.6,1.7,1.8,1.9.3.1,3.2,3.3,3.4,3.5,3.6]
[1.1,1.2,1.3,2.1,3.4,6.1]

Evaluate and critically analyse the ethical and legal implications of treatment options in children and young people

[1.5,2.1,3.1,3.3,3.6,4.1]
[1.1,1.3,1.4,3.2,4.1,4.3,6.1,6.2]

Practical skills

Facilitate continuity of care for children moving between primary, secondary and tertiary care

[1.5,1.6,1.7,1.8,1.9,2.2,2.3,2.4,3.5,4.1,4.2,4.3]
[1.1,1.2,1.3,1.4,2.1,2.2,3.1,3.2,3.5,4.1,4.2,4.9]

Use a range of electronic resources to identify and select appropriate information about the optimal clinical management of a paediatric patient

[3.1,3.3,3.6]
[1.1,1.3,4.26.1,6.2,6.5]

Carry out constructive peer review

[2.1,2.2,2.3,2.4,2.5,3.3]
[2.1,2.2,3.6,4.3,4.5,5.2,5.4,6.1]

Demonstrate competency in consultations with children

[1.1,1.6,2.1,2.2,2.3,2.4,2.5,3.4]
[1.1,1.2,2.1,2.2,4.35.1,5.2]

Transferable skills and personal qualities

Evaluate their own academic and personal progression

[2.1]
[3.6]

Manage effective team working by participating in small group tasks

[2.1,2.2,2.3,2.4,2.5,4.6]
[2.1,2.2,3.6,4.3,4.5,5.2,5.4,6.1]

Communicate effectively with paediatric patients and their carers

[1.1,1.6,2.1,2.2,2.3,2.4,2.5,3.4]
[1.1,1.2,2.1,2.2,4.35.1,5.2]

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

[2.1,2.2]
[5.4]

Assessment methods

Assessment task	Length	How and when feedback is provided	Weighting within unit (if relevant)
Three multiple choice question (MCQ) self-assessments (Pass/fail – 70% required to pass each test)	30-60 minutes each	Automatically by Blackboard upon submission	N/A
CPPE Consulting with children and young people e-learning: E-learning completion Self-reflection checklist CPD record	2 hours 30minutes 30 minutes	Via CPPE	N/A
Pre-set case study: Written account Oral presentation NB both elements must be passed independently of each other, irrespective of the unit mark.	Suggested max 1000 words 20 minutes	Individualised written feedback via Blackboard after the examination board at the end of semester.	30% 70%

Study hours

Scheduled activity hours
Assessment written exam	2
eAssessment	4
Lectures	12
Seminars	8
Tutorials	2

Independent study hours
Independent study	144

Teaching staff

Staff member	Role
Christopher Paget	Unit coordinator

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