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MODULE DESCRIPTOR
Module Title
Professional Development 1
Reference	PH4140	Version	1
Created	May 2019	SCQF Level	SCQF 10
Approved	August 2019	SCQF Points	15
Amended		ECTS Points	7.5

Aims of Module
To enable the student to apply the knowledge, skills and professional behaviours required of the pharmacist.

Learning Outcomes for Module
On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to:
1	Communicate effectively with service users, carers, clinical supervisors, and relevant members of the interdisciplinary team.
2	Demonstrate in the practice setting the knowledge and behaviours required of a pharmacist.
3	Reflect on personal and professional aspects of pharmacy practice.

Indicative Module Content
This professional development module will include experiential learning; professionalism; application of safe professional practice including mandatory training; protocols and standard operating procedures; patient safety; care, compassion, respect and empathy; team working; time management; clinical reasoning and problem solving; use of professional documentation; communication with service users, clinical supervisors and interdisciplinary team members; reflection, personal and professional development.

Indicative Module Content

This professional development module will include experiential learning; professionalism; application of safe professional practice including mandatory training; protocols and standard operating procedures; patient safety; care, compassion, respect and empathy; team working; time management; clinical reasoning and problem solving; use of professional documentation; communication with service users, clinical supervisors and interdisciplinary team members; reflection, personal and professional development.

Module Delivery
This module comprises experiential learning alongside a range of additional Professional Experiences where a student will undertake a minimum of 35 hours of experiential learning on placement.

Indicative Student Workload	Full Time	Part Time
Contact Hours	N/A	N/A
Non-Contact Hours	115	N/A
Placement/Work-Based Learning Experience [Notional] Hours	35	N/A
TOTAL	150	N/A
Actual Placement hours for professional, statutory or regulatory body	35

ASSESSMENT PLAN
If a major/minor model is used and box is ticked, % weightings below are indicative only.
Component 1
Type:	Coursework	Weighting:	100%	Outcomes Assessed:	1, 2, 3
Description:	A portfolio of evidence that demonstrates achievement of the module learning outcomes as specified in the assessment instructions and 100% attendance at all timetabled professional experiences.

MODULE PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTOR
Explanatory Text
A Stage 3 Professional Development portfolio and 100% attendance at all timetabled professional experiences.
Module Grade	Minimum Requirements to achieve Module Grade:
Pass	Satisfactory evidence that demonstrates achievement of the learning outcomes and 100% attendance at all timetabled professional experiences.
Fail	Unsatisfactory evidence that fails to demonstrate achievement of the learning and/or fails to attend 100% of timetabled professional experiences.
NS	Non-submission of work by published deadline or non-attendance for examination

Module Requirements
Prerequisites for Module	Successful completion of MPharm Stage 2.
Corequisites for module	None.
Precluded Modules	None.

INDICATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY
1	GENERAL PHARMACEUTICAL COUNCIL. Standards for Pharmacy Professionals. Current edition. London: General Pharmaceutical Council.
2	ROYAL PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY. Medicines, Ethics and Practice: The Professional Guide for Pharmacists. Current Edition. London: Pharmaceutical Press.

Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen

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