UNIVERSITY OF KENT
Degree and Programme Title
1. Awarding Institution/Body
Universities of Kent and Greenwich
2. Teaching Institution
Medway School of Pharmacy
3. Teaching Site
Medway
4. Programme accredited by
N/A
5. Final Award
Postgraduate certificate in
Pharmacotherapy and Service
Development
6. Programme
Pharmacy
7. UCAS Code (or other code)
N/A
8. Relevant QAA subject benchmarking
Pharmacy
group(s)
9. Date of production/revision
01.4.11
10. Applicable cohort(s)
From September 2011
11. Educational Aims of the Programme
The programme aims to:
To equip health care professionals with the skills and knowledge to contribute effectively to
medicines management services and to individual drug therapy decisions in primary and
secondary care.
To enables students to incorporate their learning directly into their workplace and to rise to
the challenges presented by the new, patient centred NHS
12. Programme Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Teaching/learning and assessment
methods and strategies used to enable
outcomes to be achieved and
demonstrated
A. Knowledge and Understanding of:
For all knowledge and understanding:
Distance learning materials, online
materials. Assessed through case
studies, work based assignments
Assessments include a combination of
problem solving exercises, case studies,
MCQs and reflective assignments. The
nature of the assignments is appropriate
to the subject areas and learning
outcomes.
1. Applied therapeutics
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2. Medicines management
3. Adherence, Concordance and
compliance
4. Effective methods of working with
patients and other health care
professionals
5. Pharmaceutical care planning and
medication review
6. Individualising therapy in a variety
of patient settings and conditions
7. Drug monitoring in the context of
co-morbidities
8. Clinical governance in the context
of medicines management
9. Health Economics
10. Management
Skills and Other Attributes
B. Intellectual Skills:
Methods used to assess intellectual skills
include case study analysis, MCQs and
short written assignments.
1. Review and critically evaluate
best available evidence relevant
to a specified area of prescribing
practice, synthesising information
from key sources and databases.
2. Integrate previous learning with
professional skills and expertise
to synthesise innovative
approaches medicines
management
3. Make sound judgements about
medication issues in the absence
of complete data and
communicate conclusions clearly
to specialist and non-specialist
audiences
4. Strategic planning
C. Subject-specific Skills:
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Practical skills are assessed through a
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variety of assessment methods such as
short written assignments, case study
analysis, MCQs and problem solving
exercises.
1. Interpretation of medical
documentation with an
understanding of risks and
benefits of incomplete data
2. Monitoring patient response
against objectives set within
management plans
3. Management of teams, working
with other organisations, selfmanagement
D. Transferable Skills:
A variety of assessment methods are
used to assess transferable skills. These
include problem solving exercises and
reflection upon work-based practice.
1. Show evidence of critical selfreflection and the ability to
enhance professional
competence on the basis of
feedback from self and others.
2. Communicate with clarity in both
the academic and professional
setting to a range of audiences
and using a variety of
approaches.
3. Show ability to effectively manage
and present complex information
using a comprehensive range of
learning resources
For more information on which modules provide which skills, see the module mapping
13. Programme Structures and Requirements, Levels, Modules, Credits and Awards
Code
Title
Level
Credits
Term(s)
Year 1.2.3
Required Modules
PHAM
Consultation and
Communication in
practice: Patients as
partners
M
10
1, 2 and 3
PHAM
Medicines Management M
in Practice
10
1, 2 and 3
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Optional Modules – students must complete 80 additional credits to achieve the award
made up from any combination of the following modules in any order
Alcohol Use and Misuse
PHAM 1115
M
5
PHAM 1116
Substance Misuse
M
5
PHAM1001
Skills for MURs: Medicines
Use Reviews
Skills for the Future 2 : MURs
in Practice
Minor ailments: Infections and
Infestations
Minor ailments: pain
M
5
M
5
M
10
M
5
M
5
M
5
PHAM1070
Specialist Certificate in
Pharmacotherapy: Topic
signifier
General Certificate in
Pharmacotherapy: Topic
signifier
Patient Monitoring In Practice
M
10
PHAM1077
Asthma
M
5
PHAM 1107
5
PHAM 1117
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary M
Disease
Hypertension
M
Ischaemic Heart Disease
M
PHAM 1116
Heart Failure
M
5
PHAM 1118
Type 1 Diabetes
M
5
PHAM1079
Type 2 Diabetes
M
5
PHAM 1092
M
5
PHAM 1105
Upper Gastro-intestinal
Disease
Depression
M
5
PHAM 1106
Bipolar Affective Disorder
M
5
PHAM1083
Pharmacy Management Part1
M
5
PHAM1084
Pharmacy Management Part2
M
5
PHAM1091
Skills for Public health
M
5
PHAM1108
Building Working Relationships
M
15
PHAM1109
Expert Professional Practice
M
15
PHAM1110
M
10
PHAM1111
Challenges in Epilepsy
Practice
Expert Practice in Epilepsy
M
10
PHAM1114
The Management of Epilepsy
M
10
PHAM 1030
M
15
PHAM 1032
Non-medical Prescribing in
Context
Safe and Effective Prescribing
M
15
PHAM 1033
Consultation and Decision
M
15
PHAM1068
PHAM1062
PHAM1063
PHAM1065
PHAM1066
PHAM1078
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5
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PHAM 1034
Making
Putting Prescribing into
Practice
M
15
14. Work-Based Learning
Where relevant to the programme of study, provide details of any work-based learning
element, inclusive of employer details, delivery, assessment and support for students.

There is no requirement for work based elements or support for students specifically
in this programme
15. Support for Students and their Learning

Students registered on the programme have an academic tutor and access to
online resources. Students completing individual CPD modules will eb provided
with distance learning support materials
16. Entry Profile
Entry Route

Students must be health care professionals working in a setting appropriate to
the module of study undertaken
What does this programme have to offer?

This programme offers the student a flexible approach to the accumulation of
credits and a short course pathway to a PgCert. We hope this programme will
encourage students who would not otherwise embark on a formal academic
qualification to register for the full award of PGCert.
Students can be issued with certificates of completion for individual modules or
combination of modules which will confirm credits completed. This will be
beneficial for health care professionals who are compiling evidence of learning
undertaken and for those modules which link to NHS services.
Personal Profile
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17. Methods for Evaluating and Enhancing the Quality and Standards of Teaching
and Learning
Mechanisms for review and evaluation of teaching, learning, assessment, the
curriculum and outcome standards

Students complete module materials evaluation and an end of programme
evaluation
Committees with responsibility for monitoring and evaluating quality and standards

This programme is overseen by the taught postgraduate studies committee
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within the School of Pharmacy. The programme is monitored by an external
examiner who also covers the MSc medicines management

Mechanisms for gaining student feedback on the quality of teaching and their
learning experience

Students complete module and study day and final programme evaluations (if
appropriate).
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Staff Development priorities include:

None
18. Indicators of Quality and Standards
There is an ongoing programme of revision and peer review of the modules
The following reference points were used in creating these specifications:
GPhC continuing professional development standards for pharmacists
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