Undergraduate student

How the Black Pharmacists Collective will close the MPharm attainment gap

Black pharmacy students at the University of Manchester have created an organisation to tackle the growing gap in preregistration assessment pass rates between black students and their peers.…

A third of students on experiential learning programme had no contact with patients, finds report

A third of undergraduate pharmacy students who answered a survey after taking part in an experiential learning pilot programme in Scotland said they had not had any contact with patients during their placement.…

Why are pharmacy students steering clear of summer placements?

Real-world experiences during pharmacy summer placements can boost a student’s prospects, but uptake appears to be dropping.…

Celebrating the class of 1979 Portsmouth pharmacy graduates

This year, 2019, marks 40 years since the 1976 intake at the University of Portsmouth School of Pharmacy finished their course and began their preregistration year. If anyone is free to meet up in Portsmouth on 13 July or 14 July 2019, please correspond with Martyn Hudson at stridingedge@ntlworld.co…

Should the pharmacy degree be five years long?

The General Pharmaceutical Council has proposed radical changes to pharmacy education, but not everyone agrees that it has found the best way forward. Berwyn Owen and Nigel Ratcliffe give arguments for and against.…

Piloting an undergraduate student-led health check service

There is a growing focus on the development of communication and clinical skills during undergraduate pharmacy programmes; this has been demonstrated particularly by the General Pharmaceutical Council’s recent consultation on initial education and training[1] . A health check service …

GPhC education proposals not written with student development in mind, says BPSA

The British Pharmaceutical Students’ Association has said it “tends to disagree” with plans put forward by the General Pharmaceutical Council to integrate the five years of initial training and education for pharmacists.…

GPhC opens consultation on education and training standards for pharmacists

The General Pharmaceutical Council has opened its consultation on the initial education and training standards for pharmacists.…

Seeking Aberdeen RGIT graduates for a class of 1986 reunion

Time changes everything, except true friendships made at the School of Pharmacy of Aberdeen Robert Gordon’s Institute of Technology (RGIT; now Robert Gordon University). Come back to reconnect, recapture, and recreate your special moments at your class of 1986 reunion! Mark 18 May 2019 o…

Student writing competition asks if undergraduates should be registered with the GPhC

The Pharmacy Law and Ethics Association (PLEA), founded in 1997 by Joy Wingfield, runs an annual essay competition which is open to all MPharm students in the UK and Ireland. The competition is now ten years old, having seen its first winner in 2009. PLEA is an independent, non-profit association fo…