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Pharmacists are healthcare professionals who are experts in medicines, with a detailed understanding of the scientific basis of therapy. The MPharm programme integrates pharmaceutical science into the practice of clinical pharmacy, providing an education that equips graduates with the competencies and knowledge to provide safe and effective patient care. This module builds upon the clinical science and professional practice taught in Year 3 of the MPharm and runs in parallel with the Year 4 Clinical, Professional and Scientific Skills 4 module and the PHAY0060 Research Projects module. The Preparation for Practice module supports students in developing their abilities to provide culturally competent patient care to complex patients with complex clinical conditions. Students will increase in their competence in managing complex situations in which advanced communication and consultation skills will be integral. A key theme for this module is the development of students’ ability to deliver pharmaceutical services, including independent prescribing, by utilising critical evaluation of resources, delivery of physical assessment skills, diagnostics, and clinical reasoning to support their therapeutic decision making.ÌýStudents will gain a fuller understanding of the wider role of the pharmacist covering health inequalities, pharmacoeconomics and public health. Students will engage in delivering a quality improvement project that will involve an audit or creation of a service proposal. Throughout all aspects of the module, there is a strong focus on development of the diagnostic and clinical decision-making skills that are required to underpin safe and effective prescribing.

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At the end of the module, students will have achieved the following learning outcomes and will be able to:

• Demonstrate an all-inclusive approach to ensure the most appropriate course of action based on clinical, legal and professional considerations when managing patient care
• Distinguish the psychological, physiological and physical impact of prescribing decisions on people
• Evaluate their personal competence and work within the limits of their knowledge and skills, identifying when support is needed through referring to others
• Examine pharmaceutical care problems critically and selecting the appropriate science to support decision making in all pharmacy activities
• Analyse new healthcare technologies and use data and digital technologies to improve clinical outcomes and patient safety, keeping to information governance principles
• Appraise evidence-based resources and apply clinical reasoning and professional judgement to make safe and logical decisions that minimise risk and optimise outcomes for the person
• Effectively make use of local and national health and social care policies to improve health outcomes and public health, and to address health inequalities
• Develop, lead and create effective strategies to improve the quality of care for patients and the public by employing quality improvement strategies such as pharmaceutical service commissioning and clinical audit
• Demonstrate diagnostic and clinical decision-making skills, within the context of the module content and level of study, that are required to underpin safe and effective prescribing