Pharmacy mpharm (with integrated foundation year)

Year 1

Your first year consists of 10 cases specifically designed to allow you to gain an understanding of minor ailments and their treatments using medicines that can be purchased from a community pharmacy. Cases cover subjects such as digestive ailments, skin conditions and eye conditions. Your learning will be supported by a placement in a community pharmacy.

• Integrated Pharmaceutical Knowledge Attributes and Skills 1

  In this module you will bring together the skills, attributes and knowledge learnt across your year 1 cases. The module focuses on your development of appropriate study skills, professionalism, communication skills, pharmaceutical numeracy and aspects of pharmaceutical practice, including reflective practice.

• Introductory Pharmacy 1

  This module will introduce you to pharmacy, including the place of pharmacists in the healthcare system. Underpinning this will be an understanding of fundamental chemical and microbiological principles integrating them into the practice of pharmacy.

• Introductory Pharmacy 2

  In this module you will explore the areas of pharmaceutical sciences: cell biology; pharmacology; and pharmaceutical practice, by studying cases on lung cancer, pain, health during pregnancy and pet medicines.

• Introductory Pharmacy 3

  In this module you will explore the areas of pharmaceutical sciences, therapeutics and pharmaceutical practice with particular emphasis on drug stability, topical formulations, microbial infections and OTC medicines and other products.