Independent Prescribing for Pharmacists

Awards

Target Award

Award Description:Certificate of Professional Development - CPM

Accreditation

General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)

Programme Offerings

Part-Time

F2F-JMU-MAR

F2F-JMU-SEP

Educational Aims of the Course

The overall aim of the programme is to support students in developing skills relevant to independent prescribing practice in a defined area of practice. The course will provide the skills and knowledge required to ensure safe and effective practice as an independent prescriber. Successful completion of the course will demonstrate the student's competence to allow annotation on the General Pharmaceutical Council or Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland's registers as an independent prescriber.

Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate ability to deliver person-centred care, informed by factors that underpin individualised patient care including equality, diversity, values and beliefs.

Critically reflect on the role and responsibilities of the pharmacist prescriber, and how these support and complement the roles of other members of the multi-disciplinary team

Evaluate influences on the prescribing practitioner in making patient-centred prescribing decisions, taking into account local and national policies and guidelines, legislation, ethical frameworks and patient factors.

Demonstrate the ability to effectively choose, or make recommendations on, appropriate person-centred prescribing decisions, informed by evidence-based medicine and relevant clinical skills and diagnostic tests.

Critically evaluate the risks and benefits associated with prescribing decisions and implement measures to improve the safe use of medicines

Demonstrate ability to practice effectively in collaboration with both healthcare professionals and patients in delivering optimal patient care, both recognising and informed by the professional role of the pharmacist prescriber and their professional limitations

Teaching, Learning and Assessment

Lectures, seminars, workshops, work-based activities, and self directed study. Examinations (MCQs and case analysis),case reports, presentations, portfolio. Lectures, seminars, case studies, workplace-based activities, student-directed learning, Teaching Objective Structured Clinical Examination (TOSCE),and portfolio. Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE),oral and written case reports and written reports, portfolio and Designated Medical Practitioner competence assessment. Lectures, seminars, case studies, workplace-based activities, student-directed learning, and Teaching Objective Structured Clinical Examination (TOSCE). Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE),portfolio, and Designated Medical Practitioner competence assessment. Transferable/key skills are embedded in modules within the programme. Examples include the use of computer software to prepare reports and presentations, maintaining an online portfolio, and group working. Case presentations, portfolio and critical reflection.

Opportunities for work related learning

The programme is based in the student's place of work and has extensive opportunities for workbased learning. Students will be supported in their workplace practice by their Designated Prescribing Practitioner and this will be supplemented by work focussed online and self directed learning and coursework activities.

Programme Structure

Programme Structure Description

The programme has two intakes per year in March/April and September and runs as a standalone course, as well as an embedded option in 36435 and 35773. The requirements for award of this Certificate of Professional Development are successful completion of 40 credits from either: · all of 7111CPPHAR, 7114CPPHAR and 7115CPPHAR for those registered on the programme on or before 31st August 2020 or · 7208CPPHAR for those who registered on the programme on or after the 1st September 2020. Students must satisfy the relevant module requirements within a maximum of 6 months of the normal completion date for the module. Students must meet the relevant prerequisites (described in ‘Admission criteria') before enrolling on this programme.

Structure

Level 7 Core

Approved variance from Academic Framework Regulations

The PSRB Oversight Panel approved the following variance to the Academic Framework on 5th April 2023: All assessments have to be passed. No compensation or condonation can be accepted. Upon successful completion of the programme, students will be presented with a certificate stating that they have been awarded a Practice … For more content click the Read More button below.

The PSRB Oversight Panel approved the following variance to the Academic Framework on 5th April 2023:

All assessments have to be passed. No compensation or condonation can be accepted.
Upon successful completion of the programme, students will be presented with a certificate stating that they have been awarded a Practice Certificate in Independent Prescribing to permit annotation as an independent prescriber on the Pharmacy Register

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