| CODE | PHR5020 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Placement | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 10 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Pharmacy | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit offers students the experience of a practical placement. The placement provides the opportunity to undertake a reflective learning process within a real-scenario. The placement presents the application of pharmaceutical knowledge to different settings of pharmacy. It also puts forward the continuing learning process within a work setting. Study-unit Aims: To provide advanced experiential learning in a practice scenario of pharmaceutical processes. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - understand relevance of standard operating procedures, guidelines and regulations and the impact on pharmaceutical processes; - demonstrate a developmental level of learning experientially by analysing experiences, connecting them with theory and constructing a pathway. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - establish a pattern for reflective analysis and gap analysis to identify weaknesses, and opportunities in developing and restructuring pharmaceutical processes; - apply critical thinking skills; - experience multidisciplinary teamwork and interact and communicate effectively with colleagues, administrative staff, end-users and stakeholders. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Supplementary readings - Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. Medicines, Ethics and Practice. London: RPSGB, current version. - Arbinger Institute. The Outward Mindset: Seeing Beyond Ourselves How to Change Lives and Transform Organizations. USA: ACCP. 2016. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | This study-unit is assessed on a Pass/Fail basis | ||||||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Placement and Tutorial | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Maresca Attard Pizzuto |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2025/6. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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