Pharmacy MPharm

Course at a Glance Year 1

Journey of a medicine

• Target identification
• Identification of lead compounds
• The physicochemical properties of molecules that influence
  - Formulation
  - ADME
  - Bringing a medicine to the market
  - Patient–specific factors around taking medicines
• Pharmaceutical calculations

Health and Disease

• Basic cell biology
• Molecular biology
• Major organ systems
  - Anatomy
  - Physiology
  - Homeostasis
• Infection and Immunity
• Anti-infectives (structure activity)
• Inflammation and repair

Foundations in Pharmacy Practice

• Skills essential for practice
  - Communication
  - Consultation
  - Clinical reasoning
  - Handling prescriptions
• Law and ethics
• Determinants of health
• Health behaviours
• Roles and responsibilities of healthcare professionals
• Personal and professional development

Year 2

Systems-Based Patient Care 1

• Aetiology, pathophysiology and epidemiology of conditions
• Clinical presentation
• Diagnosis of disease
• Therapeutic management of the conditions
• Pharmacology of drugs used in the therapeutic management
• Side effects of drugs, and an introduction to the sources of drug interactions 
• Introduction to clinical guidelines

Year 3

Systems-Based Patient Care 2

• Differential diagnosis
• Treatment regimens - evidence based and guidelines approach
• Clinical management
• Monitoring, including therapeutic drug monitoring 
• Management of polypharmacy & drug interactions
• Risks of disease and role of pharmacist to modify/manage risk
• Medicines optimisation
• Long term management of patients including complications of disease

Year 4

Preparation for Professional Practice

• Women who are pregnant and/or breastfeeding
• People who are hepatically or renally impaired
• People who are Immunocompromised/immunosuppressed
• The young and the old
• People with cancer
• Screening, health prevention and intervention services
• Pharmacoeconomics & commissioning 
• Ethical decision-making