New pharmacy course to start at the University of Wolverhampton later this month
A new MPharm course at the University
of Wolverhampton is to start this month after being accredited by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
The course will be led by Kelvin Chan, previously the director and professor
of biomedical science at the Institute for the Advancement of Chinese
Medicine at Baptist University in Hong Kong. Before that he was head
of the school of pharmacy at Liverpool John Moore’s University.
The department is part of the school of applied sciences, which already
provides degree courses in pharmaceutical science, pharmacology and biomedical
science.
There will be a heavy emphasis on practice-based learning, with plans
to employ 4.25 whole time equivalent teacher-practitioners for an initial
intake of 60
students.
The school of health at the university provides opportunities for interprofessional
learning with nurses as well as access to a clinical skills laboratory.
Professor Chan told The Journal that the university has a solid science
background and is keen to expand its research in pharmaceutical sciences.
The university also recognised a high demand for a pharmacy course in
the West Midlands, which is home to many families of Asian origin, whose
children are keen to enter the profession but would like to study near
to home, said Professor Chan. |
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