Advanced Paediatric Pharmacy Practice

Awards

Target Award

Award Description:Certificate of Professional Development - CPM

Programme Offerings

Part-Time

F2F-JMU-MAR

F2F-JMU-SEP

Educational Aims of the Course

To provide clinical knowledge and skills that are relevant to the needs of healthcare professionals working with medicines in advanced paediatric practice and to facilitate the professional development of the student, including fostering development of an enquiring, open-minded attitude, tempered with scientific discipline for paediatric medicine, which encourages lifelong learning.

Learning Outcomes

Assess and manage the particular safety issues and pharmacological care relating to paediatric therapy for some advanced paediatric specific conditions

Provide other health care specialists or other professionals who may not be familiar with advanced paediatrics issues with sound and clear information regarding advanced paediatric pharmaceutical care

Demonstrate an understanding of medicines use in some advanced paediatric conditions and develop a critically reflective approach to practice applied to real patient cases

Teaching, Learning and Assessment

The programme has been designed to meet some competencies as detailed in the Expert Professional Practice Curriculum for Cancer Care framework developed by the British Oncology Pharmacy Association (BOPA) and Faculty of Cancer Pharmacy (FCP). The competencies included in the module/programme have been chosen to be suitable for secondary care pharmacists working with oncology patients in a district general hospital Trust or specialist oncology Trust. The programme is delivered completely as blended learning using the online platform Canvas. Every student will be supported by an adequately experienced tutor in the field of oncology. Study mode is part-time distance learning and lasts for 6 months. No attendance is required.

Opportunities for work related learning

Students must be working in an environment that will provide sufficient access to paediatric patients to provide opportunities to develop skills in applying knowledge to real-life cases and collect evidence for the professional practice portfolio. This may include placements, provided that the placement provider can confirm that sufficient access/involvement in care will be possible during the placement and that the placement duration is of sufficient length to allow full development of the relevant skills. The suitability of the access an individual has will be assessed by the programme team prior to admission, but guidance can be obtained prior to application by contacting the programme administrator.

Programme Structure

Structure

Level 7 Core

Entry Requirements

Alternative qualifications considered

Students entering the programme must be a registered Pharmacist with the relevant professional body in the UK, or with a professional body recognised to be of similar standing to the UK regulator bodies.

Where English is not your first language, we would normally require a score of 6.5 in the IELTS system (or equivalent), with scores of greater than 5.5 in each of the domains. This is to ensure that you are able to complete the necessary reading, communication with the programme team and assessments, which must all be completed in English. There may be some exceptions to this requirement if you are from a majority English speaking country or you have completed studies in English language in the UK or another English speaking country, in which case, a recent high school diploma or equivalent course title may be sufficient.

Students must be working in an environment that will provide sufficient access to paediatric patients to provide opportunities to develop skills in applying knowledge to real-life cases and collect evidence for the professional practice portfolio. This may include placements, provided that the placement provider can confirm that sufficient access/involvement in care will be possible during the placement and that the placement duration is of sufficient length to allow full development of the relevant skills. The suitability of the access you have will be assessed by the programme team prior to admission, but guidance can be obtained prior to application by contacting the programme administrator.

Pre-requisites/Suggested targets for 7211CPPHAR Advanced Paediatric Pharmacy Practice

Desirable pre-course requirements:

7211CPPHAR Fundamentals to Paediatric Pharmacy Practice or equivalent qualification (SNAPP package: Introduction to Paediatric Pharmaceutical Care), or equivalent time (1 to 2 years) in a post with continuous paediatric care contact time.

The competencies included in the module/programme have been chosen to be suitable to the following range of pharmacy practitioners:

Primary Care Practice Pharmacist with a specialist paediatric interest
Secondary Care Pharmacist working with paediatric patients in a district general hospital Trust with significant (more than one year) previous paediatric exposure
Secondary Care Pharmacist working with paediatric patients in a specialist paediatric trust with significant (more than one year) previous paediatric exposure

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