Get a feel for where and when you'll carry out each placement throughout your MPharm. Placements are organised by the School, but you're free to arrange additional placements in areas of your choice, and we'll be on hand to help.
| Year and term of study |
Location |
Duration |
Details |
|
Year 1
Autumn or Spring enhancement week
|
Oxford Road Community Pharmacy, Reading |
1 hour |
An introduction to the role of community pharmacists.
|
|
Year 1
Autumn or Spring enhancement week
|
Royal Berkshire Hospital |
3 hours |
An introduction to hospital pharmacy. You will visit the dispensary, stores, aseptic production, clinical trials, medicines information and a hospital ward.
|
|
Year 2
Autumn and Spring term
|
Royal Berkshire Hospital |
2x 4 hours |
Visit the hospital wards to gain experience of screening drug charts, extracting information from medical notes, performing clinical calculations, counselling patients on medication and writing a pharmaceutical care plan.
|
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Year 2
Spring enhancement week
|
Community pharmacy |
1 day |
Gain a better understanding of how community pharmacy contributes to patient care, and the professional skills required of pharmacists. Gain experience of using the electronic and documented systems in place for day-to-day operations in the pharmacy.
|
|
Year 3
Autumn and Spring term
|
Royal Berkshire Hospital |
2x 4 hours |
Gain further experience on the hospital wards; talking to patients and obtaining their medication history, writing a care plan and suggesting changes in order to optimise a patient's medication regimen based on evidence-based choice, patient safety and patient preference.
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Year 3
Summer term
|
Community or hospital pharmacy, or GP placement |
1 week
|
In-depth experience of working in a community, hospital pharmacy or GP practice.
|
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Year 4
Spring term
|
On-site clinical placement: Healthy living assessments
|
2 hours
|
Students undertake 11 diagnostic tests (e.g. blood pressure, body composition) on volunteer patients and give healthy living advice.
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