Pharmacy MPharm MPharm

Course summary<br/>Studying at Aston Pharmacy School will help you to develop the skills, knowledge and outlook required to become an outstanding pharmacist. You’ll experience work-based learning through our extensive network of healthcare and industry partners, develop your skills in dedicated specialist facilities, and benefit from the experience and insight of our expert teaching staff. 2023 sees us celebrate our 100th year of involvement in pharmacy education and with our roots stretching back even further, to the establishment of the Birmingham Pharmaceutical Institution in 1847, we have a strong history that has helped to shape the futures of thousands of pharmacists to date. Through our history we have forged strong links with the NHS and healthcare industry, and Aston is the ideal place to learn about this fascinating, and ever-changing profession. You will benefit from extensive patient contact throughout the course, both within the University, and through a series of professional experiences in different workplace environments such as hospitals, community pharmacies, GP surgeries and primary care settings. We also have a strong focus on interprofessional practice and collaborative care, offering opportunities for you to learn with, from and about other healthcare specialities. In addition to this, our final year students have the opportunity to personalise their learning through elective choices and research projects, including in pharmacy practice, which can be based in either community, hospital or primary care practice. <br/>Key course benefits: <br/><br/><br/>- In 2019 the MPharm programme underwent a radical revision with a very sharp focus on the future direction of pharmacy practice. This included a considerable emphasis on the pharmacist’s role in therapeutics within a deeply integrated spiral curriculum in a 120-credit module structure. <br/><br/><br/>- Accredited by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), which is one of the key requirements to practice as a pharmacist in the UK. Accreditation took place in May 2019 and the MPharm programme was re-accredited for six years, the maximum period possible. Re-accreditation is currently underway to align the MPharm with updated GPhC standards which include prescribing skills.<br/><br/><br/>- 92% of our students ranked the course as intellectually stimulating (NSS 2022).<br/><br/><br/>- Access to a range of specialist facilities in our recently redeveloped Wilson Pharmacy Suite. This includes our clinical skills room with a mock hospital bay set up, dispensing and patient counselling suites with discrete video recording capabilities. <br/><br/><br/>Please note that we no longer offer a Foundation Programme. If you select Year 0 on your application form, this will be amended to Year 1 at the admissions review stage.