BATH Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY
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The Master of Pharmacy (Honours) degree is a four-year course strongly based on the chemical, physical and biological sciences which provide the groundwork for the more applied aspects of pharmacy. Formal lectures are kept to a minimum, with use being made of laboratory sessions, workshops, tutorials and computer-assisted learning facilities. The degree programme is composed of units, each of which is taught within a single semester and assessed on completion. Assessment is by a combination of continuous monitoring, written assignments and examinations. Second and third year performance contribute towards degree classification. Pharmacy practice is integrated with clinical pharmacy and includes elements of social and behavioural sciences. Role playing and video-recorded sessions help students to improve their communication skills. Community and hospital pharmacists hold joint appointments and help to teach this part of the course with the additional involvement of hospital-based clinicians. Third and final year students choose from a range of options related to current research interests and strengths within the department. This includes a supervised project which aims to develop skills in experimental design and execution, as well as oral and written presentation. A recent assessment by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education graded teaching and learning in the department as "excellent". All first year students are offered university accommodation. Bath university is well known for its sports facilities and offers opportunities in music, drama and art, as well as a wide range of students' union clubs and societies. There is an active pharmacy students' association and a staff-student liaison committee. There are active research interests in pharmaceutical analysis, medicines design and synthesis of agents activating second messenger systems, pharmaceutical technology, drug targeting, cardiovascular and smooth muscle pharmacology, psychopharmacology, inflammation and thrombosis, microbiology and pharmacy practice. There are 70 postgraduate research students, 36 postdoctoral research officers and 28 experimental officers. The international excellence of the department's research has been recognised by the award of a five grading in the past two Higher Education Funding Council exercises. The diploma in clinical pharmacy is a part-time course run in conjunction with the regional health authority and is available to pharmacists who are full-time health authority employees. Students reaching the required standard in the diploma course may be considered for the MSc degree by means of a research project.
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