MPharm Pharmacy with a Foundation Year / Course details

Year of entry: 2022

Course unit details:
The Pharmacist (Year 1)

Course unit fact file
Unit code	PHAR10200
Credit rating	20
Unit level	Level 1
Teaching period(s)	Full year
Offered by	Pharmacy
Available as a free choice unit?	No

Introduce the use of reference sources, prescriptions, production of medicines and communication to students from the pharmacist perspective.

IPP calculations lecture and workshop

GCSE maths would help

At the end of the unit students will:

Understand of the basic principles of pharmacokinetics
Understand the basic principles of effective communication in healthcare
Understand the basic principles of pharmacy law and good practice relating to prescriptions and labelling
Understand the basic principles of different formulations and their advantages and disadvantages
Be able to use reference sources to find information about drugs in relation to prescriptions and make decisions about the prescriptions appropriateness
Be able to communicate effectively and safely the use of product to patients
Be able to accurately perform dose calculations using information from reference sources without a calculator
Be able to accurately make extemporaneously made products by following a provided method
Be able to accurately make records for extemporaneously made products
Be able to give constructive feedback on fellow students’ performance.
Have a basic understanding of how to administer first aid over a range of medical emergencies

First aid – online assessment at the end of semester 1 - pass/fail
Extemporaneous dispensing record keeping assessment (5 credits) at the end of semester 2 – pass/fail (pass mark 50%) – 3 attempts.
Extemporaneous dispensing practical assessment (5 credits) at the end of semester 2 – pass/fail (pass mark 50%) – 3 attempts.
OSCE (10 credits) – at the end of semester 2 – pass/fail – 3 attempts

NOTE: The Pharmacist content will also be assessed in the IPP unit (semester 1 and 2 integrated exam and all integrated assessed sessions)

Continuous formative feedback in eLearning sessions, workshops & practicals
Online formative assessments with automated feedback, including MyDispense
Peer and staff feedback in tutorials
Drop-in sessions for the OSCE and extemporaneous dispensing
Marked formative feedback on products made in extemporaneous dispensing practical classes and marked mock exam
Marked formative feedback on extemporaneous dispensing record keeping exercises and marked mock exam
Formative feedback on additional extemporaneous dispensing record keeping exercises with provision of model answers for self-reflection
Marked mock OSCE with personalised feedback

Scheduled activity hours
eAssessment	21
Practical classes & workshops	23
Tutorials	21

Independent study hours
Independent study	210

Staff member	Role
Richard Campbell	Unit coordinator
Mary Rhodes	Unit coordinator