Quality in Healthcare and Evidence Based Practice drafted
| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2023-09-26 | 2023-06-01 |
| 2024-01-23 | 2023-10-16 |
Program Overview
Overview
In the fast changing world of pharmacy and healthcare provision, standing still is not an option, but you may, understandably, feel under-equipped to meet these new challenges. Let Keele help you meet the challenges set by the Government’s initiatives for healthcare. In addition, the requirements for pharmacists to demonstrate their commitment to continual professional development is as strong as ever and is reflected in the General Pharmaceutical Council’s announcements regarding the assurance of the continual fitness to practice of pharmacists.
Our Clinical Pharmacy Practice Programme is designed for pharmacists working in any sector of practice. Our distance learning programme in Clinical Pharmacy Practice aims to provide you with a wider view of health care, and equip you with sufficient knowledge, skills and confidence to be able to develop and extend your clinical and professional role as part of a multidisciplinary health care team. The programme links to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Advanced Pharmacy Framework to enable you to meet the relevant competencies and provide evidence for your continued professional development.
The Centre for Professional Development and Lifelong Learning is part of the School of Pharmacy and Bioengineering at Keele University and has a reputation as a UK leader for providing online distance learning programmes tailored to the needs of the pharmacy profession.
We are closely in touch with current practice, through our advisors and are continually updating the programme to meet the changing requirements of the health service and individual practitioners. The programme is highly acclaimed by students, employers, purchasers and external course assessors for its structure, content and end value in relation to service, professional and career development. We are happy to put you in touch with some of our former students for their independent view.
To support health professionals in their own professional development the School of Pharmacy have developed a variety of CPD Plus modules. Course participants may choose to study one module only as a ‘stand alone’ course or choose different pathways to reach the awards of Certificate (60 credits), Diploma (120 credits) and Masters (180 credits). Practising health professionals also have the option to study these modules without academic credits. This means that you won’t have to complete any assessments but also that you won’t be able to progress towards an academic award.
These different options give health professionals choice and flexibility to meet their own specific professional development needs and to advance their professional practice. The distance learning format of the courses enables busy health professionals to study where and when it is most convenient to them.
Program Outline
Module aims
Module aims
The aim of this module is to provide course participants with a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of evidence based practice and quality in healthcare and their application to pharmacy practice, patient care and medicines optimisation.
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this module and undertake the assessments will be able to:
Module content
The principal areas covered in this course will be:
Teaching and assessment
Teaching and assessment
The Clinical Pharmacy Practice Programme is designed principally for distance-learning. We provide online distance-learning materials so that you can study where and when it is most convenient for you. Our methods of delivery allow us to revise and update the course quickly to meet your changing needs as a pharmacist. All of our learning materials are updated annually, by the academic team and our extensive network of clinical practitioners working in the NHS. Any additional key changes in clinical practice that occur, post annual update, are added to the learning materials as they happen.
The Clinical Pharmacy Programme is fully supported by a team of experienced, friendly, and approachable academic, administrative and technical staff based at Keele. The Programme is also supported by our network of experienced, practising hospital and primary care pharmacists. You’re not on your own! You will require the equivalent of 100 hours of study to complete a 10 credit course. Remember that the online nature of our course materials, and the fact that a good proportion of the assessed work focuses on your daily practice, means that you can integrate study and work.
Assessment is entirely by coursework for the Clinical Pharmacy Practice Programme. A variety of Practice Based Assignments (PBAs) are used to maximise your opportunities for experiential learning.
For this module the assessment will comprise of a Reflective Portfolio of Professional Practice. Students are required to provide critically reflective entries that focus on the module learning outcomes explaining how they have been met. Entries will be supported by evidence and referenced where appropriate.
The nature of the assessments develops your written and oral communication skills. Practical skills and key life/transferable skills are assessed within the methods described above. Each method of assessment is supported by clear criteria for marking; these are explained in the Course Handbook. The minimum pass mark is 50%.
Those studying the module without credits, as a CPD short course, are not required to undertake the module assessments.