PM0PHS-Foundation in Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences

Module Provider: Pharmacy
Number of credits: 20 [10 ECTS credits]
Level:F
Terms in which taught: Autumn / Spring / Summer module
Pre-requisites:
Non-modular pre-requisites:
Co-requisites:
Modules excluded:
Current from: 2021/2

Module Convenor: Prof Becky Green
Email: rebecca.green@reading.ac.uk

Type of module:

Summary module description:

The module is aimed at Foundation level students who want to learn more about and develop the skills needed in pharmaceutical and health sciences education. This module provides students with an introduction to pharmacy and other health-related professions and focuses on supporting the development of knowledge and skills necessary for students studying on healthcare and health sciences programmes.

Aims:

This module aims to:

• Develop skills in basic numeracy and pharmaceutical calculations


• Develop knowledge of the roles of various healthcare and health-related professionals, their professional responsibilities and healthcare values.


• Develop knowledge about the different pharmacy workplace settings.


• Develop a basic knowledge of public health issues, health behaviours and health promotion


• Develop a basic understanding of medical terminology


• Introduce basic principles of how diseases can be prevented or managed using medicines


• Introduce concepts of professionalism and through discussion of ethical dilemmas in healthcare and as students

At the end of the module students will be able to demonstrate understanding of the roles, values and professional responsibilities of various healthcare professionals. Students will be able to describe common health challenges that face our society and discuss how diseases might be prevented and/or treated. Numeracy skills and ability to perform basic pharmaceutical and healthcare-related calculations will be assessed.

Assessable learning outcomes:

At the end of the module students will be able to demonstrate understanding of the roles, values and professional responsibilities of various healthcare professionals. Students will be able describe common health challenges that face our society and discuss how diseases might be prevented and/or treated. The numeracy skills and ability to perform basic pharmaceutical and healthcare-related calculations will also be assessed.

On successful completion of this module, student s will be able to:

• Describe the roles and responsibilities of different healthcare professionals


• Demonstrate basic knowledge of public health issues and patient behaviours necessary for good health


• Describe how medicines are used to prevent or treat diseases


• Demonstrate competency in basic numeracy skills and use these skills to perform basic pharmaceutical calculations.


• Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of ethics in healthcare

Additional outcomes:

Students will develop communication and reflection skills through participation in critical discussions that focus on effective communication skills and ethical dilemmas. Students will also learn about the values and responsibilities of various healthcare professionals and consider the ethical implications of their professional practice.

Outline content:

Numeracy Topics:

• Diagnostic Assessment of numeracy Skills


• Topic 1: General numeracy skills including fractions, estimation and unit conversion


• Topic 2: ÌýPharmaceutical Calculations 1 involving units, amounts and dose calculations


• Topic 3: Algebraic Skills – basic algebraic skills that include introduction to logarithms


• Topic 4: Pharmaceutical Calculations 2 – dosage calculations, simple dilutions, unit conversions

Pharmacy and health science professional topics:

• Topic 1: Roles and responsibilities of health care professionals


• Topic 2: Professional behaviours and communication skills


• Topic 3: Public health and health promotion


• Topic 4: Ethical dilemmas – professional behaviours and values in healthcare professional


• Topic 5: Case study int roducing concepts of tr