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Career Advisors Open Day. MPharm Pharmacy. Why open a new School of Pharmacy?. Greater patient focus Inter-professional learning Greater integration with practice. Professional Accreditation.
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Career Advisors Open Day MPharm Pharmacy
Why open a new School of Pharmacy? • Greater patient focus • Inter-professional learning • Greater integration with practice
Professional Accreditation • The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) is responsible for approving qualifications for pharmacists and accrediting education providers • New MPharmdegree courses have provisional accreditation (Steps 3-6) until their first cohort of students graduate • University of Birmingham has been successful in achieving Step 3 of the accreditation process • See www.pharmacyregulation.org
Entry to the UoBMPharm degree • GCSE Maths Grade A, English Grade B (min.) • AS Maths Grade C acceptable as alternative • Predicted grades at least ABB • Typical offer AAA/AAB • Chemistry • One other science (Biology, Maths, Physics) • Third subject from wide range • NOT General Studies or Critical Thinking • NOT Maths and Further Maths • Ideal: Chemistry, Biology, Maths
Other Entry Requirements • Satisfactory health declaration • Evidence of appropriate immunisation • Sign up to Code of Conduct for MPharm Students • Satisfactory DBS check Personal Statements • Clear commitment to a career in pharmacy • Detailed information about healthcare-related work experience • Potential for leadership and management • Evidence of communication skills
Interviews • No offer made without interview • Candidates selected for interview on basis of: • Achieved and predicted grades (GCSE, AS and A2) • Personal statement • Referee’s comments • Scenario-based questions: • professional situations • ethical dilemma • numeracy assessment • Typically 20 minutes, two interviewers
Benefits of the UoB MPharm • Exciting new curriculum to meet the needs of future pharmacists • Significant clinical and patient-facing teaching • Supported by fundamental pharmaceutical & medical science • Close working with other healthcare students in the classroom and workplace