PMMPS1-Professional skills for healthcare practice

Module Provider: Pharmacy
Number of credits: 20 [10 ECTS credits]
Level:7
Terms in which taught: Spring term module
Pre-requisites:
Non-modular pre-requisites:
Co-requisites:
Modules excluded:
Current from: 2023/4

Module Convenor: Miss Kate Fletcher
Email: k.e.fletcher@reading.ac.uk

Type of module:

Summary module description:

This module aims to prepare international students enrolled on the MSc in Clinical Pharmacy Practice with an overview of healthcare practice in the UK.  Students will undertake 50% of the module as experiential learning to embed communication, consultation and medicines optimisation knowledge, skills and behaviours.  Students will be supported to reflect on their experiences by developing a professional portfolio of experiential learning which will be used throughout the MSc programme.  This module will be studied at the University of Reading and within local clinical pharmacy healthcare providers.

Aims:

This module aims to prepare international students enrolled on the MSc in Clinical Pharmacy Practice with an overview of healthcare practice in the UK.  Students will undertake 50% of the module as experiential learning to embed communication, consultation and medicines optimisation knowledge, skills and behaviours.

Assessable learning outcomes:

Knowledge:

1. Compare and contrast the structure of the UK healthcare system to the student’s own area of practice


2. Compare and contrast the culture of healthcare practice in the UK to the student’s own area of practice


3. Describe different consultation styles and how they can be utilised in healthcare practice


4. Discuss the role of personal beliefs in healthcare practice, with reference to shared decision making


5. Explain terminology related to shared decision making, including adherence, compliance and concordance

 

Skills

1. Demonstrate safe and effective communication skills with patients and other healthcare professionals


2. Demonstrate ability to prioritise and justify treatment recommendations


3. Demonstrate ability to suggest counselling and medicines information recommendations to improve medicines optimisation


4. Demonstrate oral presentation skills to peers

 

Behaviours

1. Demonstrate a willingness to communicate effectively with patients and other healthcare professionals in a non-discriminatory manner


2. Demonstrate a proactive attitude to learning opportunities and working as part of a team


3. Demonstrate a reflective approach to case presentations, collaboratively supporting peers and receiving constructive criticism openly


4. Recognise own limitations and escalate concerns regarding a patient’s care to the appropriate named individual in a timely manner

Additional outcomes:

Outline content:

This module will focus on contrasting student’s experiences of their own healthcare practice to the UK model of clinical pharmacy practice.  Content will highlight UK healthcare practice, communication skills and consultation models.

Global context:

This module will highlight the differences in international healthcare practice, supporting students to consider the International Pharmaceutical Federation’s (IPF) Global Competency Framework in their local context.

Brief description of teaching and learning methods:

This module will use a range of teaching and learning methods including face to face lectures, workshops and tutorials.  In addition, there will be simulated learning to support communication skills development.  The remaining 50% of the time will be experiential learning, embedded in local healthcare providers, observing healthcare practice, researching pharmaceutical care plans and then reflecting on these patient cases with tutors, peers and/or other clinicians.

Contact hours:

	Autumn	Spring	Summer
Lectures		20
Seminars		10
Practicals classes and workshops		60
External visits		7
Guided independent study:
Wider reading (independent)		10
Wider reading (directed)		10
Advance preparation for classes		10
Preparation for tutorials		20
Completion of formative assessment tasks		20
Group study tasks		13
Reflection		20
Total hours by term	0	200	0
Total hours for module	200

Summative Assessment Methods:

Method	Percentage
Project output other than dissertation	50
Practical skills assessment	50

Summative assessment- Examinations:

1. Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)

Summative assessment- Coursework and in-class tests:

1. Experiential learning portfolio

Formative assessment methods:

1. Presentation of pharmaceutical care plans prior to inclusion in experiential learning portfolio


2. Workplace-based assessments during experiential learning


3. Workplace-based assessments during simulated learning

Penalties for late submission:

The below information applies to students on taught programmes except those on Postgraduate Flexible programmes. Penalties for late submission, and the associated procedures, which apply to Postgraduate Flexible programmes are specified in the policy 'Penalties for late submission for Postgraduate Flexible programmes', which can be found here: https://www.reading.ac.uk/cqsd/-/media/project/functions/cqsd/documents/cqsd-old-site-documents/penaltiesforlatesubmissionpgflexible.pdf
The Support Centres will apply the following penalties for work submitted late:

• where the piece of work is submitted after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): 10% of the total marks available for that piece of work will be deducted from the mark for each working day (or part thereof) following the deadline up to a total of five working days;
• where the piece of work is submitted more than five working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): a mark of zero will be recorded.

The University policy statement on penalties for late submission can be found at: https://www.reading.ac.uk/cqsd/-/media/project/functions/cqsd/documents/cqsd-old-site-documents/penaltiesforlatesubmission.pdf
You are strongly advised to ensure that coursework is submitted by the relevant deadline. You should note that it is advisable to submit work in an unfinished state rather than to fail to submit any work.

Assessment requirements for a pass:

1. The OSCE examination must be passed at 50% with all essential criteria met


2. The experiential learning portfolio must be passed at 50% and contain all mandatory content

Reassessment arrangements:

Reassessment will be arranged promptly to not delay the next module’s experiential learning component.  Individualised timings may be required depending on the specific requirements for reassessment.

Additional Costs (specified where applicable):

Last updated: 30 March 2023