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PMP201
Patient-Centred Learning I (PCLI)
The PMP201 is the first of the three Patient-Centred Learning (PCL) modules delivered in Years 2 &3 of the B230, M.Pharm Pharmacy (Hons) programme. This semester-long (11 weeks) module encompasses 4 vertically integrated study units (ISU), including cardiovascular (CVS), respiratory (RES), Infection (INF) and gastrointestinal (GIS). Further, PMP201 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) to the patient and people-centred professional scenarios. 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.
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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.
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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.
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PMP303
New Knowledge (NK60)
PMP303 New Knowledge is the dissertation research project for the MPharm Pharmacy (Hons) programme, conducted in semester 2 of year 3. This semester-long (11 weeks) module comprises largely of independent experimental/research work and production of a written dissertation demonstrating in-depth knowledge of research methodology and enquiry through designing and conducting a research project (under the direction of one or more project supervisors) in areas of the science or practice of pharmacy including but not limited to clinical pharmacy, digital pharmacy, drug delivery, pharmaceutical chemistry, microbiology, cell and molecular biology, immunology, pharmacology, data science, pharmacy education and public health.
The aim of this module is to provide the opportunity for students to explore a specific issue of improving the science or practice of pharmacy including health and well-being of the patients through participating in their own enquiry-based research project. The research project maybe completed individually or are completed collaboratively in small groups (4-5 students; students will be responsible for their own area of a larger research project) under the direction of one or more project supervisors (e.g., university academic and external supervisor e.g. a hospital or community pharmacist). The focus of the projects varies but the science or practice of pharmacy remains at the core of all projects. Like in previous modules PMP302 also horizontally spirals up with the 7 subject themes: pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical chemistry, cellular & molecular biosciences, anatomy & physiology, pharmacology & therapeutics, clinical pharmacy, and pharmacy practice ¿ forming the basis of student research projects with the inclusion of additional themes (where appropriate) for example, data science (prescribing) and pharmacy education.
Where projects are external to the university, they have been pre-agreed between the university and the project placement site. The project may be laboratory or non-laboratory based, but it will always involve a research question that is drawn from the literature and focused on a topic relevant to Pharmacy. It will ask a novel research question and involve the critical analysis of research findings.
Students have dedicated time to spend on their project. This time is allocated to tasks such as project planning, literature review, developing a specific tool/resource, collecting data, analysing data that they collect or that has been collected by others (data science), meeting with supervisors, meeting with wider research team, reflecting on findings and problem-solving. Students will refine their project management, and oral and written communication skills to FHEQ Level 6 through creating a project overview and Gantt chart on scoping the project background, an appropriate PICO based research question, study methodology including research ethics/governance and timeline; and presentation of an academic poster summarising their research at an in-house `MPharm conference¿ and a written dissertation on their research including conclusion and suggested further research. Successful projects will require significant self-directed learning and the ability to work well in a team.
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PMP303C
Gwybodaeth Newydd (NK60)
PMP303 Gwybodaeth Newydd yw'r prosiect ymchwil traethawd hir ar gyfer y rhaglen MPharm Fferylliaeth (Anrh), a gynhelir yn semester 2 blwyddyn 3. Mae'r modiwl hwn, a gynhelir dros gyfnod o semester (11 wythnos), yn seiliedig yn bennaf ar waith arbrofol/ymchwil annibynnol ac ysgrifennu traethawd hir ysgrifenedig. Y nod yw dangos gwybodaeth fanwl am fethodoleg ymchwil drwy gynllunio a chynnal prosiect ymchwil (dan gyfarwyddyd un goruchwyliwr prosiect neu fwy) mewn meysydd sy'n gysylltiedig â gwyddor neu ymarfer fferylliaeth gan gynnwys fferylliaeth glinigol, fferylliaeth ddigidol, cyflenwi cyffuriau, cemeg fferyllol, microbioleg, bioleg celloedd a moleciwlaidd, imiwnoleg, ffarmacoleg, gwyddor data, addysg ym maes fferylliaeth ac iechyd cyhoeddus, ond heb fod yn gyfyngedig i¿r meysydd hyn. Nod y modiwl hwn yw rhoi'r cyfle i fyfyrwyr archwilio agwedd benodol ar wella gwyddor neu ymarfer fferylliaeth, gan gynnwys iechyd a lles y cleifion, drwy ymgymryd â phrosiect ymchwil sy'n seiliedig ar eu hymholiadau eu hunain. Gall y prosiect ymchwil gael ei gwblhau'n unigol neu ar y cyd mewn grwpiau bach (4-5 myfyriwr; bydd myfyrwyr yn gyfrifol am eu rhan benodol o brosiect ymchwil ehangach) dan gyfarwyddyd un goruchwyliwr prosiect neu fwy (e.e. goruchwyliwr academaidd yn y Brifysgol a goruchwyliwr allanol e.e. fferyllydd mewn ysbyty neu yn y gymuned). Mae ffocws y prosiectau'n amrywio ond mae gwyddor neu ymarfer fferylliaeth yn parhau i fod yn rhan greiddiol o'r holl brosiectau. Fel yn achos modiwlau blaenorol, mae PMP302 hefyd yn cyd-fynd â 7 thema'r pwnc: fferylleg, cemeg fferyllol, y biowyddorau cellog a moleciwlaidd, anatomeg a ffisioleg, ffarmacoleg a therapiwteg, fferylliaeth glinigol, ac ymarfer fferylliaeth - sy'n darparu'r sail i brosiectau ymchwil y myfyrwyr, gan gynnwys themâu ychwanegol (pan fo'n berthnasol) er enghraifft, gwyddor data (rhagnodi) ac addysg fferylliaeth. Pan fo prosiectau'n cael eu cynnal y tu allan i'r Brifysgol, rhaid i¿r Brifysgol a lleoliad gwaith y prosiect gytuno arnynt ymlaen llaw. Gall y prosiect fod yn un sy'n cael ei gynnal yn y labordy neu¿r tu allan iddo, ond bydd bob amser yn cynnwys cwestiwn ymchwil sy¿n deillio o'r llenyddiaeth ac sy'n canolbwyntio ar bwnc sy'n berthnasol i Fferylliaeth. Bydd yn gofyn cwestiwn ymchwil gwreiddiol ac yn cynnwys dadansoddiad beirniadol o ganfyddiadau'r ymchwil. Mae gan fyfyrwyr amser dynodedig i¿w dreulio ar eu prosiect. Caiff yr amser ei ddyrannu i dasgau megis cynllunio'r prosiect, adolygiad llenyddol, datblygu offeryn/adnodd penodol, casglu data, dadansoddi'r data a gasglwyd ganddyn nhw neu gan eraill (gwyddor data), cyfarfod â goruchwylwyr, cyfarfod â'r tîm ymchwil ehangach, myfyrio ar ganlyniadau a datrys problemau. Bydd myfyrwyr yn mireinio eu sgiliau rheoli prosiect a'u sgiliau cyfathrebu ar lafar ac yn ysgrifenedig i FHEQ Lefel 6 drwy greu trosolwg o¿r prosiect a siart Gantt sy'n cwmpasu cefndir y prosiect, cwestiwn ymchwil perthnasol sy'n seiliedig ar PICO, methodoleg astudiaeth gan gynnwys moeseg/llywodraethiant ymchwil ac amserlen. Byddant hefyd yn cyflwyno poster academaidd sy'n crynhoi eu hymchwil mewn cynhadledd MPharm fewnol, ynghyd â thraethawd hir ysgrifenedig ar eu hymchwil gan gynnwys casgliad ac awgrym ar gyfer gwaith ymchwil pellach. Bydd elfen sylweddol o ddysgu hunangyfeiriedig a'r gallu i weithio'n effeithiol mewn tîm yn hanfodol ar gyfer cyflawni prosiectau llwyddiannus.
