Pharmacy Leadership and Management
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| PHAR4020 | Pharmacy | 4 | 40 | Full Year UK |
- Code
- PHAR4020
- School
- Pharmacy
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- 40
- Semesters
- Full Year UK
Summary
Teams of students will set up, design a management plan, market, and run a simulated pharmacy business though the year, competing with other student run pharmacy businesses using gamification. Students will be confronted with routine activities, work-based projects, and incidents. Students will be supported in developing their pharmacy by the PLM module team and eLearning packages.
Students may take part in simulated consultations with patients, prescribers, nursing homes, inspectors and so on. Challenges might be to prepare a presentation for a clinical commissioning group on a new pharmacy service, respond to an ethical dilemma, resolve queries with prescriptions, prepare health promotion campaigns in response to needs or deliver new services. Students will develop a team culture, leadership, management, and appraisal skills to support their future professional roles.
Each team will operate their pharmacy (mixture of physical and online) in a series of simulated blocks throughout the year, to receive patients and to work on tasks. There will be teaching and learning materials on leadership management, pharmacy and business skills provided throughout the Year. Students will also have accesses to other training materials to learn new skills or enhance existing skills. Businesses may also be required to attend contractual meetings.
Target Students
Only available for MPharm (Year 4) and MPharm 5 Year (Year 4) students
Classes
Directed study: Total 70 hours simulation. 100 hours Online learning. Note that the following is an estimate only: Total = 400 hours across both semesters.
Assessment
- 50% Specialist Examination: OSCE
- 30% Practical 1: Work based assessments. Observation in simulation with reflective discussion.
- 20% Exam 1 (1-hour): Online exam.
Assessed in both autumn & spring semest
Educational Aims
To bring together learning from across the whole MPharm course in order to run a business that provides patient care, essential, advanced and bespoke services.To further develop leadership, management, marketing, communication skills, problem-solving abilities and working in teams.In addition this module will allow students to capitalise on experiences gained outside the module such as vocational experiences both within thecourse and outside.Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcomes within the MPharm curriculum are aligned to those described by the General Pharmaceutical Council’s Standards for the Initial Education and Training for Pharmacists 2021. Further information on how this module contributes to attainment of these outcomes is detailed within the module information provided within Moodle.