GLASGOW School of Pharmacy, University of Strathclyde, Strathclyde Institute for Biomedical Sciences, 27 Taylor Street, Glasgow G4 0NR
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The recently revised Strathclyde course will lead to the degree of MPharm with honours in pharmacy for entrants from 1997 onwards. Teaching in the school of pharmacy has been judged to be excellent by the teaching quality assessment panel. The course is challenging, being based on student-centred and problem-based learning. A strong foundation in the pharmaceutical sciences and pharmacology will be learned along with an expanding emphasis on practice aspects of pharmacy as the course progresses. This culminates in a final year equally spread between core science, pharmaceutical care, and a principal subject with a group-work approach to a problem-solving project. The pharmaceutical care teaching has a high input from teacher-practitioners and university-accredited clinical pharmacy tutors; students also gain experience through visits to surgeries of general medical practitioners. The course duration is four years for students with appropriate passes in the Scottish Certificate of Education, GCE advanced level, or the Irish Leaving Certificate. The university year consists of two semesters, with diets of examinations in January and May/June. Excellent facilities are available for postgraduate research leading to MPhil or PhD degrees in pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences; the principal research groups are drug delivery and formulation, medicinal and natural product chemistry, biochemical pharmacology, neuroscience, cardiovascular pharmacology and pharmaceutical care. Post-graduate instructional courses leading to MSc/diploma qualifications in clinical pharmacy, pharmaceutical analysis, pharmaceutical quality and good manufacturing practice, pharmacology, and immunopharmacology are also offered. Two Scottish national specialists are based within the school: the national specialist in pharmaceutical care and the director of the Scottish Centre for Post Qualification Pharmaceutical Education, which organises an extensive programme of direct and distance learning courses for pharmacists throughout Scotland. The University of Strathclyde is located in the heart of the vibrant city of Glasgow. The university has a well developed student welfare system and each student is allocated to a member of staff of the school who can advise on academic and non-academic matters. Modern self-catering accommodation is available both on campus and within a short travelling distance of the university. The university offers excellent recreational and sports facilities. The school of pharmacy has recently relocated into a new custom-built research and teaching building overlooking the university green.
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