The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 271 No 7276 p704
22 November 2003

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Leicester students gain experience of practice in new audiovisual suite

Pharmacy students at De Montfort University, Leicester, are now honing their patient counselling skills in a new £100,000 practice suite, officially opened last week by John D'Arcy, chief executive of the National Pharmaceutical Association.

The suite includes a mock pharmacy shop, a patient counselling area, audio-visual facilities, computer terminals, a library of reference books and space for seminars. Students’ performance during face-to-face role-play can be recorded and then analysed with teaching staff who give feedback on counselling and communications skills. Mobile telephones can be used to practise talking to other health care professionals and patients.

The suite holds 20 students at a time and is used for teaching seminars and practical sessions. Each student has access to a laptop computer linked by a wireless network and to a label printer.