Pharmacy

The programme is integrated to include the synthesis, analysis, formulation, presentation, action and uses of drugs combined with clinical application as well as the social aspects of delivering care.

You will learn how drugs are discovered and how they are formulated as safe and effective medication. You will study the effects that drugs have on the human body, and how the human body deals with drugs. You will understand how to choose the best medicine for a patient, as well as how to communicate with patients and other healthcare professionals.

The programme builds from Level 1, delivering an underpinning chemical and physiological base interwoven with pharmacy practice using problem based learning, workshops, seminars and laboratory work.

Progressing through each year, the emphasis is placed on how we deliver drugs to the body and the clinical and professional practice aspects of pharmacy, while ensuring throughout that you will develop the communication skills necessary for your role as a pharmacist.

You will have the opportunity to research specific areas of pharmacy in the final year, developing your skills in identifying and analysing data. Visits to community and hospital pharmacies are provided at all levels of the programme and are integrated into the Pharmacy Practice Modules.

This is a very important aspect of the programme in terms of helping you to develop context for the academic knowledge you have gained. Placements can include integrated learning with other health care undergraduates such as doctors, nurses and physiotherapists.

After successfully completing this four-year degree programme, you will be able to undertake the compulsory one-year postgraduate period of pre-registration training, usually in a community pharmacy or a hospital or a combination of both. It is possible to complete your pre-registration training in an industrial setting, usually in combination with a hospital to ensure that you gain sufficient clinical experience.