Pharmacy Placements
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Experiential work-based learning is a key element of your MPharm degree. It is an essential part of the preparation for clinical practice.
Students undertake placements at each stage of the course, to introduce you to the varied range of settings in which pharmacists work.
The structure of each placement ensures that you are able to experience, take part in, and learn about the varying career paths. The placements help you develop a sense of identity as a pharmacist and identify your personal interests. They are also an opportunity for you to gain, develop and craft your practical knowledge and skills.
Stage 1
In stage 1, our placements are designed so that students can begin to develop essential communication skills with other healthcare professionals and patients - skills that are fundamental to the pharmacist role. The Pharmacy School works with external providers to provide students with the opportunity to learn and build on key communication and consultation skills across two clinical sectors. Students will receive feedback from supervisors while on placement to help guide and support future learning, while also encouraging effective communication, collaboration, and the development of professional behaviours expected of future pharmacist prescribers.
Stage 2
In stage 2, students will have the opportunity to deliver student-led clinics across various sites in and around Newcastle. These student-led clinics provide a brilliant opportunity for students to apply clinical knowledge and demonstrate effective patient-centred care by providing free health checks for members of the public. Students are expected to discuss results with patients and provide appropriate lifestyle advice and/or signposting. Patients may include those whose first language may not be English and those with more complex communication needs.
These experiences allow students to apply their clinical knowledge in practice while developing consultation and communication skills, while working collaboratively with peers.
Stage 3
In stage 3, students will attend placement sessions at a local hospital trust. They will apply their clinical knowledge to more complex patient cases, complete medicines reconciliation, develop information gathering skills and complete handovers and POD checks. Students will have the opportunity to interact and consult with patients as well as other HCPs to further develop the professional behaviours, communication skills, and clinical competence expected of future pharmacist prescribers.
Stage 4
In stage 4, the structure of the placements provide students with an experience of more specialised and/or complex clinical roles and environments. Students have the opportunity to be involved in new and exciting clinical settings. Sessions aim to enhance their practical competence and increase confidence in preparation for their foundation trainee year.
The range of placement providers develop each year, but previous and future hosts include:
- experience working within General Practice (GP) or prescribing clinic
- mental health hospital placements
- experience working in the Great North Children’s Hospital
- sessions within Pharmaservices Outpatient-Pharmacy within Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals trust
- Newcastle GP Services (NGPS)