PM1PY1: Professional Practice 1

Module code: PM1PY1

Module provider: Pharmacy; School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy

Credits: 40

Level: Level 1 (Certificate)

When you'll be taught: Semester 1 / 2

Module convenor: Dr Sam Bizley, email: s.c.bizley@reading.ac.uk

Pre-requisite module(s):

Co-requisite module(s): IN THE SAME YEAR AS TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST TAKE PM1PY2 AND TAKE PM1PY3 AND TAKE PM1PY4 AND TAKE PM1PY5 (Compulsory)

Pre-requisite or Co-requisite module(s):

Module(s) excluded:

Placement information: Micro placement

Academic year: 2024/5

Available to visiting students: No

Talis reading list: Yes

Last updated: 21 May 2024

Overview

Module aims and purpose

This module will help the students develop safe professional behaviours, appropriate communication skills, appropriate numeracy and pharmaceutical calculations skills, and the clinical and legal knowledge required to undertake the basic tasks required to work in a community pharmacy.  Students will be introduced to the various roles of a pharmacist and the professional responsibilities that go with it.  Their professional development will be evidenced in the Personal and Academic Portfolio which will require students to reflect upon their own experiences, practice and development needs. Students will be taught the fundamentals of leadership and people management within a pharmacy context as well as the importance of cultural, diversity and behaviours for cultural competence.  

Students will see the relevance of the learning from the other Part 1 modules in the practice of pharmacy. A community placement in a concentrated block supplemented with simulation  will allow the students to develop their basic dispensing skills and responding to symptoms consultations, whilst recognising all patient needs.T

Module learning outcomes

1. Describe the role, regulation and professional responsibilities of the pharmacist (including safeguarding and sustainability) and how they work in the wider healthcare team in order to achieve high quality person-centred care
2. Describe the aspects of legislation relating to Pharmacy including prescription and labelling requirements, legal classification of medicines, confidentiality and consent
3. Undertake consultations demonstrating effective communication skills in a variety of situations including counselling on medicines, responding to symptoms, basic physical assessment whilst respecting diversity and cultural differences
4. Undertake essential services under the Pharmacy Contract including safe and accurate dispensing and health promotion
5. Demonstrate competency in pharmaceutical calculations

Module content

This module will help the students develop safe professional behaviours, appropriate communication skills, appropriate numeracy and pharmaceutical calculations skills, and the clinical and legal knowledge required to undertake the basic tasks required to work in a community pharmacy. Students will be introduced to the various roles of a pharmacist and the professional responsibilities that go with it. Their professional development will be evidenced in the Personal and Academic Portfolio which will require students to reflect upon their own experiences, practice and development needs. Students will be taught the fundamentals of leadership and people management within a pharmacy context as well as the importance of cultural, diversity and behaviours for cultural competence.  

Students will see the relevance of the learning from the other Part 1 modules in the practice of pharmacy. A community placement in a concentrated block supplemented with simulation  will allow the students to develop their basic dispensing skills and responding to symptoms consultations, whilst recognising all patient needs. 

Structure

Teaching and learning methods

The course content will be delivered through a range of teaching methods including lectures, directed private study, self-directed learning, placements, workshops, and practicals. Students will be signposted to additional resources to supplement the lecture material. Attendance to all teaching sessions is required and poor attendance will be recorded in the student’s personal file. Students failing to complete and engage in pharmacy visits, placements and interprofessional education sessions will not be permitted to complete the programme. Appropriate supplementary information and reading lists will be provided.

Study hours

At least 131 hours of scheduled teaching and learning activities will be delivered in person, with the remaining hours for scheduled and self-scheduled teaching and learning activities delivered either in person or online. You will receive further details about how these hours will be delivered before the start of the module.

Please note the independent study hours above are notional numbers of hours; each student will approach studying in different ways. We would advise you to reflect on your learning and the number of hours you are allocating to these tasks.

Semester 1 The hours in this column may include hours during the Christmas holiday period.

Semester 2 The hours in this column may include hours during the Easter holiday period.

Summer The hours in this column will take place during the summer holidays and may be at the start and/or end of the module.

Assessment

Requirements for a pass

Students need to achieve all of the following to pass this module:

1. A mark of 40% in each assessment (or a "pass" in any pass/fail assessments)
2. An overall module mark of 40%

Summative assessment

Penalties for late submission of summative assessment

The Support Centres will apply the following penalties for work submitted late:

Assessments with numerical marks

• 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 three working days;
• the mark awarded due to the imposition of the penalty shall not fall below the threshold pass mark, namely 40% in the case of modules at Levels 4-6 (i.e. undergraduate modules for Parts 1-3) and 50% in the case of Level 7 modules offered as part of an Integrated Masters or taught postgraduate degree programme;
• where the piece of work is awarded a mark below the threshold pass mark prior to any penalty being imposed, and is submitted up to three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline), no penalty shall be imposed;
• where the piece of work is submitted more than three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): a mark of zero will be recorded.

Assessments marked Pass/Fail

• where the piece of work is submitted within three working days of the deadline (or any formally agreed extension of the deadline): no penalty will be applied;
• where the piece of work is submitted more than three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension of the deadline): a grade of Fail will be awarded.

The University policy statement on penalties for late submission can be found at: https://www.reading.ac.uk/cqsd/-/media/project/functions/cqsd/documents/qap/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.

Formative assessment

Formative assessment is any task or activity which creates feedback (or feedforward) for you about your learning, but which does not contribute towards your overall module mark.

Formative assessment will be undertaken during workshops and on placement and will reinforce several of the learning outcomes of the module. These will be staff, workplace supervisor or peer assessed and will be related to communication skills, dispensing and responding to symptoms.

Students will have a formative assessment of professionalism and basic communication skills prior to attending the placement to ensure they are adequately prepared.  This will also help in their preparation for summative assessments in other modules.

The workplace-based assessments undertaken whilst on placement will provide students with feedback on their achievement of the learning outcomes and there will be a requirement to submit them in their portfolio. It will also help to prepare them for the summative assessments in other modules.

Reassessment

Additional costs