CARDIFF Welsh School of Pharmacy, Cardiff University, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff CF1 3XF
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The Welsh School of Pharmacy has recently been awarded an excellence for teaching, and a grade five rating for research. The major objective of the full time four-year MPharm degree is to provide students with a firm foundation in the pharmaceutical sciences combined with the knowledge and skills required to carry out professional duties in all areas of pharmacy practice. The school has a flexible approach to admissions and will consider applications from any well qualified student. In addition to the pharmaceutical sciences, clinical pharmacy is taught in all four years of the course with emphasis in the third and fourth years being placed on the application of the pharmaceutical sciences to patient care and the practice of pharmacy. Final year studies have been designed to reflect the abilities of individual students and their future careers in either hospital, community or industrial pharmacy. The school continues to develop its pioneer approach to teaching clinical pharmacy. This is largely problem-solving orientated with students working on case-studies to illustrate and emphasise the principles of therapeutics and decision making, ensuring that patients receive drugs that are effective, economic and safe. The new programme is modular (12 modules each year) and teaching is by formal lectures and laboratory sessions with increasing use being made of computer-assisted learning. Role-play sessions in the second, third and fourth years develop interpersonal and communication skills. The school operates a comprehensive tutorial system with all students being allocated a personal tutor. The university has introduced a two semester academic year. However, in common with other UK schools of pharmacy, main examinations continue to be held in May/June. Excellent research opportunities exist with MPhil and PhD degrees being offered on a full or part-time basis. Postgraduate part-time diploma and masters programmes are available in community pharmacy, clinical research and clinical pharmacy, the latter being run in collaboration with hospital centres in Oxford, Bradford, Airedale, Cardiff and Wrexham. The Welsh Centre for Postgraduate Pharmaceutical Education provides continuing and further education for the 2,000 pharmacists in Wales. New residential accommodation is available to all first, and many second, third and final year students, and is within walking distance of all academic buildings. The university and most of the student residences are situated on a green-site campus adjacent to the city centre with access to numerous cultural, social and sporting facilities.
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