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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.
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PMP102
Drugs & Medicines
This module aims to develop your knowledge in the areas of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry: Following the entire medicine development process, learners will be introduced to the principles of drug discovery and development, from identification of drug targets to medicine licensing. An introduction to the fundamentals of chemical and pharmaceutical science concepts that underpin the design and manufacture of medicines will be given. The module demonstrates the role of chemistry in the development of drugs and how physicochemical aspects of molecules influence their behaviour. Different sources and purification of substances used in medicines will be described together with a variety of analytical instruments and their pharmaceutical applications. Principles of medicine formulation and systems for medicine delivery in the body will be presented together with how medicines¿ quality is assured and controlled to ensure patient safety and improved outcomes. Integration between basic science and pharmacy practice is introduced incrementally in Year 1 through integrated teaching, which link two or more 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 Practice of Pharmacy (PMP-103) and Health, Disease and Patient (PMP-101) 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.
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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.
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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 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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PMP401
Emerging Therapies and Complex Patients
In this module, students will focus on the broader definition of health, advanced therapies and the complexities of patient care.
The module will continue to build on the foundational-science-based knowledge and clinical skills developed in Years 1 to 3, and will delve deeper into population health, future medicines, and complex clinical scenarios.
This module encourages further development of transferable skills and application of prior knowledge into progressively complex scenarios. This learning will be supported by robust contextualisation of science into pharmacy practice and working with other healthcare professionals (interprofessional education) through multi-disciplinary teaching & learning.
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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.
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PYDM01
Pharmaceutical Sciences, formulation and drug delivery
This module provides an advanced understanding of pharmaceutical formulation and drug delivery, emphasising the integration of fundamental scientific principles with real-world industrial applications. Students will explore the design, development, and optimisation of various dosage forms, including solid (tablets, capsules), liquid (solutions, emulsions), and semi-solid (creams, gels) formulations.
Key topics include the physicochemical and biopharmaceutical factors influencing drug stability, bioavailability, and therapeutic efficacy. Advanced drug delivery systems such as nanoparticles, liposomes, controlled-release formulations, and strategies for overcoming biological barriers (e.g., blood-brain barrier, gastrointestinal tract) will be examined.
The module also provides insight into sterile pharmaceutical manufacturing, industrial-scale production, and regulatory frameworks governing drug formulation and quality assurance. Through case studies, hands-on practical sessions, and discussions on emerging trends, students will develop critical analytical skills necessary for modern pharmaceutical research, development, and manufacturing.
