Module code: PHA4010-C
To provide students with an introduction to the regulations and principles governing the safe supply of medicines, along with the pharmacists' role in supporting the public health agenda.
Explore patient-centred approaches to health and illness, including preventative measures, by developing an understanding of:
• The determinants of health and illness.
• Theories, models and concepts that inform the practice of and techniques used in effective health promotion.
• Factors affecting health behaviours and how they can be influenced.
• The role of the pharmacy team in promoting health and wellbeing.
• Health inequalities.
• Structuring patient-centred communication and consultation skills (e.g.responding to symptoms)
• Government strategies for improving public health and wellbeing and for reducing health inequalities including NHS values.
• Interpreting data from simple health profiles.
• The economic, societal and individual benefits of preventing disease and the early detection of disease.
• Understanding of the terminology of public health in order to understand the variation in public health needs and interventions for a range of different populations.
• Reference sources for providing advice on: a balanced and healthy diet; a safe alcohol intake; the benefits of stopping smoking; engaging in an appropriate level of physical activity.
• Personal Disease Prevention including travel health, vaccination, and infectious disease and antimicrobial stewardship.
To introduce and explore the legal and ethical framework for healthcare, pharmacy and medicines supply including:
• Code of Ethics and Standards for Pharmacy Professionals (including all associated guidance e.g. consent, capacity, safeguarding, raising concerns etc)
• Human Medicines Regulations and Misuse of Drugs Regulations.
• Responsible Pharmacist Regulations.
• Data Protection Act.
• Identifying, differentiating, reading and interpreting prescriptions.
• Labelling and dispensing prescriptions.
• Record keeping.
• Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).
• Principles of Clinical Governance.