The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 269 No 7213 p272
31 August 2002

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Manchester school of pharmacy to house "virtual hospital ward"

Pharmacy students at the Manchester school of pharmacy will hold joint training sessions with medical and nursing students in a "virtual hospital ward" following a successful funding bid by the school.

The Higher Education Funding Council for England, through its development of teaching and learning fund, is to support the establishment of the ward. Students will be taught together using interactive case studies focusing on good prescribing practice, medicines administration and error reporting procedures. There will also be evaluations of students' performance and their perceptions of their professional roles in a multidisciplinary environment.

The funding bid was led by Dr Larry Gifford, dean of the school of pharmacy, and Professor Judy Cantrill, professor of medicines usage, evaluation and policy. They hope to extend the project to include primary care settings.