Miss Gwenno Williams

Senior Lecturer

Pharmacy

+44 (0) 1792 602918

gwenno.williams@swansea.ac.uk

Fluent Welsh Speaker

About

Gwenno is a Teacher Practitioner at Swansea University’s School of Pharmacy.

Following the completion of her pre-registration training at Glangwili General Hospital, Gwenno qualified as a pharmacist in 2018. She undertook a clinical diploma at the hospital, rotating through specialities including paediatrics, renal medicine and critical care. She also gained experience within the primary care sector during this time.

Subsequently, Gwenno received a rotational post in cardiology before going on to cover the role of Lead Pharmacist for Women and Children’s Health for Hywel Dda University Health Board, which developed her interest in education and interprofessional teaching.

Gwenno continues her career in hospital pharmacy as an advanced pharmacist alongside her role of teacher practitioner, with a focus on paediatrics and obstetrics in addition to pharmacy education and training as a tutor for both trainee and diploma pharmacists. As a fluent Welsh speaker, Gwenno strives to help develop a future pharmacist workforce that can confidently use the language in the workplace.

Areas Of Expertise

Pharmacy practice
Pharmacy education
Hospital pharmacy- general medicine and paediatrics

Career Highlights

Teaching Interests

Pharmacy practice

Welsh-medium pharmacy education

Interprofessional education

Pharmaceutical calculations

Taught Modules

PMP000 Foundations in Pharmacy

This module aims to develop student foundation knowledge in Pharmacy Practice. It aims to provide students with a working knowledge of legal, ethical, professional and clinical frameworks and requirements relevant to pharmacy. The module also develops students into pharmacy professionals who are able to apply knowledge to patient care.
PMP103 Practice of Pharmacy

This module aims to develop your knowledge in the areas of Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Pharmacy: This module introduces the varied roles of pharmacists and their place within healthcare systems and wider society. Students will be introduced to the concept of patient-centered care and health-related quality of life. This module focusses on important skills and competencies such as communication, pharmaceutical calculations, making differential diagnoses and respond to symptoms in the community. Social and behavioural aspects of pharmacy are also introduced, relating how these factors can impact on the health and wellbeing of a community. The concept of pharmacists as lifelong learners is considered with the use of reflective practice to inform future learning objectives and the continuation of professional development. Content will include pharmacy practice, pharmacy law and pharmaceutical ethics, and placements. The concept of integration is introduced incrementally in Year 1 through integrated case studies, which will link two or more of the modules. Due to the integrated, spiral nature of the curriculum, learning outcomes from this module will also be reinforced and contextualised by learning delivered within the Health, Disease and Patient (PMP-101) and Drugs and Medicines (PMP-102) modules. Likewise, learning outcomes primarily delivered within those modules may also be covered during this module to ensure that students' scientific knowledge related to and informs their clinical practice. Skills in professionalism will be reinforced and contextualised by learning delivered within the Pharmacist as a Professional (PMP-100) module.
PMP200 Pharmacist as a Professional II (PPII)

This module aims to develop your knowledge in the areas of ¿Pharmacy¿ as a profession and the ¿Pharmacist¿ as a professional: This module builds on the skills in professionalism and pharmaceutical numeracy gained from ¿Pharmacist as a Professional I¿ and aims to equip learners with the skills, attitudes and behaviours of a pharmacy professional. This module supports students to develop through continuing professional development and reflective practice as life-long learners. Assessment will be via a range of assignment including Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs), CPD and Peer Discussions, and a calculations assessment.
PMP202 Patient-Centred Learning II (PCLII)

PMP202 is the second of three Patient-Centred Learning (PCL) modules delivered in Years 2 and 3 of the MPharm Pharmacy (Hons) programme. This semester-long (11 weeks) module encompasses 6 vertically integrated study units (ISUs), including central nervous system (CNS), pain, musculoskeletal system (MSS), eyes, ears, nose and throat (EENT), kidney and liver (K&L) and skin. PMP202 also horizontally spirals up with the 7 subject themes: pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical chemistry, cellular & molecular biosciences, anatomy & physiology, pharmacology & therapeutics, clinical pharmacy, and pharmacy practice. The module aims to enable students to reasonably apply their fundamental knowledge (drugs & medicines, health, disease and patient, and practice of pharmacy) acquired from the Year 1 module (PMP101, PMP102 and PMP103) along with the skills developed in PMP201, to the patient and people-centred professional scenarios explored in PMP202. The module aims to enable students to transfer knowledge from educational and psychological, pharmaceutical, and pharmacological theories into solving problems and making decisions in new previously unseen patient-related situations. In addition, the learning will be supported by robust contextualisation of science into pharmacy practice, emerging developments with precision/ personalised pharmacy and working with other healthcare professionals (interprofessional education) through multi-disciplinary teaching & learning, and extensive clinical exposure with simulated patients and professional scenarios via in-person community, hospital and GP pharmacy placements. Thus, this module also envisages a progressive development of transferable skills, including recognition, responsible action, problem-solving, ethical, and emotional intelligence, decision making and others.
PMP300 Pharmacist as a Professional III (PPIII)

This module builds on the professionalism skills gained from ¿Pharmacist as a Professional I & II¿ and aims to develop your knowledge in the areas of ¿Advanced Pharmacy¿ and the more advanced roles of the ¿Pharmacist¿ as a professional and to further your pharmaceutical numeracy skills. This module focusses on professional skills required by a pharmacist to run a business of pharmacy, manage a team of pharmacy professionals, conduct and lead research, develop social and behavioural skills including advanced communication skills required in complex situations such as in end-of-life care and in the area of substance misuse. Assessment will be through a range of assignments including CPD and Peer Discussions, and a calculations examination.
PMP301 Patient Centred Learning III (PCLIII)

PMP301 is the third of three Patient-Centred Learning (PCL) modules delivered in Years 2 and 3 of the MPharm Pharmacy (Hons) programme. This semester-long, 11 week-module, encompasses 6 vertically integrated study units (ISUs), Endocrinology, Nutrition, Cancer, Genitourinary, Vaccines, Injury and Trauma. The ISUs in PMP301 spirally integrate the 7 subject themes: pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical chemistry, cellular & molecular biosciences, anatomy & physiology, pharmacology & therapeutics, clinical pharmacy, and pharmacy practice. The module aims to enable students to apply their fundamental knowledge acquired from the Year 1 modules (PMP101, PMP102 and PMP103) along with the skills developed in PMP201 and PMP202, to the patient and people-centred professional scenarios explored in PMP301. The module aims to enable students to apply their knowledge from educational, psychological, pharmaceutical, and pharmacological theories to solving problems and making decisions in previously unseen patient-related scenarios. These scenarios will be of increasing complexity when compared to PCLI (PMP 201) and PCLII (PMP202). Student-learning will be supported by robust contextualisation of science into pharmacy practice. It will cover both the emerging developments in precision/ personalised pharmacy and working with other healthcare professionals (interprofessional education) through multi-disciplinary teaching & learning. There will be extensive clinical exposure via simulated patients, patient or patient-representatives and SPEs. Thus, this module will encourage a progressive development of transferable skills, including recognition, responsible action, problem-solving, ethical and emotional intelligence, decision making and others.
PMP402 Preparation for Practice & Prescribing

In this module students focus on managing complex clinical settings taking into consideration digital elements, management, behavioural and psychological sciences in conjunction with advances in pharmacy practice and pharmaceutical care. The module will continue to build on the foundational-science-based knowledge and clinical skills developed in Years 1 - 3. The module enables students to apply translational pharmacy (from bench-side to bedside). The module aims to encourage students to transfer knowledge from solving problems and making decisions into new previously unseen complex scenarios. This learning will be supported by robust contextualisation of science into pharmacy practice and working along other professionals including healthcare professionals through trans-disciplinary teaching and learning and extensive clinical exposure in practice and in the Pharmacy Skills Suite.

Career History

Senior Pharmacist and Practitioner Professor, Hywel Dda University Health Board and Swansea University

November 2021 - Present
Interim Lead Pharmacist for Women's and Child Health, Hywel Dda University Health Board

October 2020 - November 2021
Rotational Clinical Pharmacist, Glangwili General Hospital

August 2020 - October 2020
Clinical Diploma Pharmacist, Glangwili General Hospital

August 2018 - August 2020

Miss Gwenno Williams

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About

Areas Of Expertise

Career Highlights

Taught Modules

PMP000 Foundations in Pharmacy

PMP103 Practice of Pharmacy

PMP200 Pharmacist as a Professional II (PPII)

PMP202 Patient-Centred Learning II (PCLII)

PMP300 Pharmacist as a Professional III (PPIII)

PMP301 Patient Centred Learning III (PCLIII)

PMP402 Preparation for Practice & Prescribing

Career History

Senior Pharmacist and Practitioner Professor, Hywel Dda University Health Board and Swansea University

Interim Lead Pharmacist for Women's and Child Health, Hywel Dda University Health Board

Rotational Clinical Pharmacist, Glangwili General Hospital

Clinical Diploma Pharmacist, Glangwili General Hospital