Bangor University’s new pharmacy school could offer teaching in Welsh A spokesperson for the university said elements of its planned MPharm course were likely to be offered in Welsh as well as English, “in line with regional needs and Bangor University policy".…
Regulator to monitor registration assessment performance of three further pharmacy schools Data from the General Pharmaceutical Council's report on the June 2023 registration exam show low pass rates for students from the University of Hertfordshire, University of Lincoln and University of Portsmouth.…
RPS forms working group to address attainment and awarding gaps for black students The group will meet quarterly to discuss how to improve the attainment and awarding gap for black students in the registration exam and MPharm degree.…
Clinical placements can give pharmacy students a real-life lesson in health inequalities Teaching staff at the University of Nottingham School of Pharmacy say their practical placement pilot for second-year MPharm students should be adopted more widely to promote a reduction in health inequalities.…
MPharm students to be able to dispense medicines on undergraduate clinical placements The University of Bath has produced a list of 47 entrustable professional activities that MPharm students can undertake during supervised clinical placements.…
University wins contract to pilot foundation year independent prescribing training and assessment The University of Bradford will explore how independent prescribing training can be integrated into the pharmacy foundation year.…
Only pharmacists have signed up to postgraduate pharmacogenomics course Exclusive: The course, run by Bangor University, had 16 participants in its first year, all of whom were pharmacists.…
‘Several’ universities planning new MPharm courses, says Pharmacy Schools Council The pharmacy body welcomed the NHS's 'Long-term workforce plan', but warned that capacity and funding will be important challenges.…
An evaluation of pharmacy undergraduate clinical placements in a UK mental health and learning disabilities trust All undergraduate pharmacy degrees in the UK must meet standards set out by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) and this includes the provision of experiential learning in pharmacy settings[1,2]. Providing high-quality experiential learning in mental health settings can contribute toward…
Ethnicity awarding gap for UK pharmacy graduates narrowed during COVID-19 pandemic Exclusive: Data analysis suggests a 4-percentage-point drop in the difference between the proportions of white and ethnic minority MPharm graduates awarded an upper-class degree.…
