SCHOOL OF PHARMACY Faculty of Science and Engineering
THE UNIVERSIT Y OF OPPORTUNIT Y
SCHOOL OF PHARMACY Faculty of Science and Engineering As a University and as a Faculty, we are ideally positioned to contribute to building capacity in the technological, scientific and healthcare professions regionally and nationally. As an established provider of undergraduate and postgraduate education in the scientific and professional pharmaceutical disciplines, we offer several routes of study leading to vocational employment and up-skilling in many related sectors. Employability remains high for graduates with knowledge and skills in the subjects allied to drug development, drug delivery and professional pharmacy.
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COURSES • Independent Prescribing (Practice Certificate) • Prescribing Studies (PG Cert) • Pharmacy (MPhil / PhD)
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Much of the education and training we offer is led and delivered by academic staff who are highly knowledgeable in their areas of special interest and actively research and publish scholarly articles within their discipline. Pertinent examples include molecular pharmacology, enhanced drug delivery, predictive toxicology, pharmaceutics, and pharmacy practice. The School of Pharmacy is also an accredited provider of training and qualifications leading to prescribing practitioner status for registered pharmacists. These courses run throughout the year and require only short periods of formal teaching at the University supported by periods of in-service mentoring and CPD.
INDEPENDENT PRESCRIBING (Practice Certificate) PRESCRIBING STUDIES (PG Cert) These courses are open to registered pharmacists with at least two years’ post-registration experience in a clinical, patient-facing role.
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WHAT WILL I STUDY?
The courses are accredited by the General Pharmaceutical Council.
Face-to-face study days take the form of one block of three days, followed by three individual study days. These are arranged outside main school holiday periods to enable pharmacists with family commitments to attend.
WHY WOLVERHAMPTON? You will be taught by tutors who are themselves Pharmacist Independent Prescribers, assisted by medical practitioners and other expert staff. Delivered with a unique clinical focus, you will develop your diagnostic skills and be prepared to work as a prescriber.
HOW WILL THIS COURSE IMPROVE MY EMPLOYABILITY?
PART-TIME: Practice Certificate: 6 months PG Cert: 6 months
LOCATION: City Campus
START: Semester 1
On completion of the 40-credit module, your name will be forwarded to the Registrar of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), and you will be eligible for annotation on the GPhC Register as an Independent Prescriber. This entitles you to practise as a Supplementary or Independent Prescriber. By obtaining the further award of PG Cert, you will gain advanced level skills in examining and assessing your patients. This qualification forms part of the West Midlands Advanced Clinical Practice Framework which is currently under development by Health Education West Midlands, and may lead on to the Advanced Clinical Practitioner programme which is also offered at Wolverhampton.
Typical modules include: • Consultation, Decision-making, Assessment and Review • Influences on and Psychology of Prescribing • Prescribing in a Team Context • Applied Therapeutics • Evidence-based Practice and Clinical Governance • Legal Policy, Professional and Ethical Aspects • Prescribing in the Public Health Context • An optional 20-credit module in Advanced Health Assessment Skills enables you to achieve a PG Cert
HOW WILL I BE ASSESSED? Assessment is through a combination of a reflective portfolio, objective structured clinical examinations (OSCE) and a case presentation.
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PHARMACY MPhil / PhD
FULL-TIME: MPhil: Up to 2 years PhD: Up to 4 years
PART-TIME: MPhil: Up to 4 years PhD: Up to 8 years
LOCATION: City Campus
START: Any time throughout the year
We offer supervision for MPhil and PhD research in a range of areas, including: • Pharmaceutics and pharmacology • Safe and effective use of medicines • Primary and secondary care • Service development • Pharmacy education • Pharmaceutical public health. The Pharmacy Research Group (PRG) is the latest addition to the existing eight other distinct research groups within the Research Institute in Healthcare Science (RIHS). There are three divisions within the PRG: • Drug Discovery and Design • Drug Development and Delivery • Professional Pharmacy The central theme of the research activities within the PRG revolves
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around discovery, design, development and delivery of drugs for the treatment of infections, cancers, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases, and current issues in Pharmacy profession. Some of the world-leading work our researchers are conducting includes: Claire Martin’s work on wound healing and developing new antimicrobial agents; and John Howl and Sarah Jones’s work at the forefront of cell penetrating peptide research, which could revolutionise birth control techniques and IVF in the future. We currently have 4 post-doctoral fellows, 15 PhD and 12 MPhil students supervised by the members of the PRG. For further information on post-doc, PhD, MSc/MPhil and research collaboration opportunities, contact Dr Colin Brown at C.A.Brown@wlv.ac.uk
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School of Pharmacy Alan Turing Building Wulfruna Street Wolverhampton WV1 1LY Tel: +44 (0)1902 321 720 sci.eng@wlv.ac.uk @WLVsci_eng /WLVsae wlv.ac.uk/fse
This Faculty booklet describes in outline the programmes offered by the University of Wolverhampton. These, as well as other details, are correct at the time of going to print. However, programmes and modules can be added or withdrawn without notice. Support offered and other details are subject to change. For the most up-to-date information and list of programmes currently offered, as well as campus tours, student case studies, and lots more useful information, please visit: wlv.ac.uk/postgraduate. We regularly review our courses to ensure they reflect the needs of students and employers. Courses advertised ‘subject to approval’ have successfully completed the first stage of the approval process. We welcome applications for these courses. However, their full academic detail is subject to fi nal approval and may change – in rare instances a course may not run. If you have applied for a course that is subject to approval, our Admissions team will keep you informed of any changes to the advertised course. By accepting an offer from the University of Wolverhampton, a legal contract is formed between you and the University. The University’s terms and conditions and the course-specific information provided at the time of your offer form the basis of this contract. Admissions terms and conditions (found at wlv.ac.uk/admissions-terms-and-conditions) contain important information you must carefully read before accepting your offer. The University’s Policies and Regulations webpages at wlv.ac.uk/polsandregs also contain important information about rights and responsibilities, including complaints procedures.