Medway school of pharmacy

The foundation degree in pharmacy practice is a two year full time programme which provides underpinning chemistry and biological sciences and incorporates the first year of the MPharm programme together with weekly work placements in practice. The latter is supported by reflective workbooks and portfolio which exemplifies the School’s commitment to innovative work based learning.

Teaching

Each course includes lectures, seminars, laboratory work, small group work, practice based activities and assignments. There are also a number of placements throughout the programme, so you will benefit from both academic and practice-related environments.

Assessment

Assessment includes written examinations at the end of each year. All courses also have continuous assessment that contributes the remainder of the overall course mark. Continuous assessments include practical dispensing examinations, objective structured clinical examinations, presentations (individual and group), written reports, assessment of laboratory notebooks, case studies, essays and multiple choice questions.

Careers

Students completing the foundation degree with an average of equal to, or greater than, 40% are eligible to enter stage 2 of the MPharm programme. Students completing the MPharm are eligible to qualify as pharmacists (subject to passing a pre-registration year and examination). Alternatively successful foundation degree students may apply to transfer to the third and final year of the BSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences, though this would not entitle them to practise as a pharmacist.

It should be noted that the MPharm degree is the only route to registration as a pharmacist.