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INTEGRATED PHARMACEUTICAL KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND
SKILLS - 2
PY251
5
20 Points
CH141, CH142, CH143, BY130, PY141, PY142
Extensive, Semesters 1 and 2
For students to gain skills, attitudes and empathy necessary for effective
healthcare. To encourage the integration of pharmaceutical knowledge
from a variety of sources in case-based problem solving.
On completion of this module the student should be able to:
1. demonstrate an understanding of the process of evidence-based
practice.
2. read and interpret appropriately a scientific / clinical paper
3. appreciate the importance of microbial control in a healthcare setting
4. undertake a clinical assessment of cardiovascular and respiratory
function in an appropriate, professional manner.
5. appreciate the many facets of disease and its treatment: carer
perspective versus patient perspective.
6. integrate pharmaceutical knowledge from a variety of sources in
problem solving.
7. discuss the properties, uses and relative benefits of a given range of
medicines (formulary)
Indicative content for this module would be:
Academic tutorials
 Evidenced-Based Science
 How To Read A Scientific Paper
 Evidence-Based Medicine
 NICE
 Acid-Base: biological relevance
Clinical symposia
 Haemolytic Anaemias and their Treatment
o Haemolytic infections
o Chronic glomerular nephritis
o Iron chelators
 Cystic Fibrosis and its Treatment
o Aetiology
o Genetics
o Ethics and counselling
o Patient experience
 Diabetes Mellitus and its Treatment
o Insulin formulations
o Drug delivery
o Adherence to medication
 Cigarette smoke and its Biological Effects
o Analytical chemistry
o Biology
o Behavioural psychology
 Administration of antibiotics to patients in need
o Routes of administration
o Formulation
o Pharmacoeconomics
 Sulfonylureas. Sulfonamides and Thiazides
o Chemical comparison
o Pharmacological comparison
o Therapeutic implications
Coursework exercises
 Case-based seminar on peptic-ulcer disease and anaemia
 Case-based monitoring of infections
 Case-based seminar on insulin therapy and pharmaceutical
calculations
 Infection control
 The Healthy Heart: blood glucose, cholesterol and blood
pressure
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Compulsory experiential visits
 3 x 4hr visits to Leaf Hospital, anticoagulant clinic and/or wards
The material will be presented by academic tutorials (typically 5 hrs),
clinical symposia (typically 5 x 3hrs), coursework exercises (typically 5 x
4hrs) and experiential visits (typically 12hrs). 148 hours of independent
study and assessment.
Texts (current editions)
Pharmaceutical Practice, Winfield, A J and Richard R M E, Churchill
Livingstone,
Pharmacy Practice, ed Taylor, K and Harding, G, Taylor and Francis,
Medicines, Ethics and Practice: A Guide for Pharmacists.
Health Psychology, Ogden J, Open University Press
British National Formulary, BMA & RPSGB
Aulton: Pharmaceutics - The Science of Dosage Form Design, ChurchillLivingstone.
Chemistry for Pharmacy students, Sarker S. and Nahar, L., John Wiley,
Chichester.
Pharmacology, Rang, H P, Dale, M M and Ritter, J M, Churchill
Livingstone.
1. 1500 word essay (LOs 1&2, 20%).
2. 2-hr OSCE examination (typically 4 stations including a viva voce
case-based assessment) (LOs3-7, 80%).
3. Students are also required to maintain a reflective log book
recording aspects of clinical experience, and to complete a
formulary proforma. The formulary will be assessed as part of the
OSCE. The experiential visits and completion of log-book will be a
pass/fail assessment (LOs1-7).
This module will provide students with experience of physical
assessment and patient care. It will also address issues of perceptions
of illness, attitudes to healthcare and evidence-based practice. Is
intended to enable students to integrate pharmaceutical knowledge,
attitudes and skills from a variety of sources and to apply the knowledge
in the solution of healthcare-related problems.
Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Dr P R Gard and other School staff
1 and 2
Moulsecoomb
2008
2008
January 2011
2
n/a
MPharm. Compulsory.
module is acceptable and
status in that course
School home
External examiner
Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences
Professor J Neill