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Applied Drug Discovery MSc
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Location: Medway or distance
learning
This programme is taught as
either a classic one-year, full-time
programme with attendance
required on Mondays and
Tuesdays for 48 weeks plus an
additional study day off-campus,
or delivered through distance
e-learning using an interactive
virtual learning environment
on a two-year, part-time basis.
It builds on a very successful
in-house training programme
implemented by a major
pharmaceutical company.
The programme was designed
and conceived by pharmaceutical
industry experts in drug discovery
and is delivered and assessed by
experts in this field at the School
of Pharmacy.
The MSc covers how fundamental
science is applied to the discovery
and development of medicines
and the main aims are to:
• provide you with the experience
of critically appraising the
research questions and
techniques that are routine in
the pharmaceutical industry
workplace
• produce graduates trained
in the processes by which
fundamental science is linked
to the design and development
of modern medicines
• provide expert preparation for
students who wish to pursue
a career in drug discovery, or
wish to proceed to a PhD.
The programme comprises 60
credits at certificate level, 60
credits at diploma level and 60
credits at Master’s level. You may
choose to end your study at any
one of these stages.
Course content
Options include:
• Applied Pharmacology; Critical
Thinking; Experimental Protocol;
Extended ‘Real’ Research
Project; Infectious Disease
and Allergy Drug Discovery;
Neuroscience and Drug
Discovery; Project Background
and Design; Renal and
Cardiovascular Drug Discovery;
Translational Biology.
Associate Postgraduate
Student Programme
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Location: Medway
Entry requirements: Minimum
2.1 honours degree in a relevant
subject or taught Master’s degree;
relevant healthcare professional
qualification; registered to work
in the UK as a pharmacist, nurse,
physiotherapist, podiatrist or
radiotherapist.
The Medway School of Pharmacy
offers a portfolio of short courses
which are focused around the
clinical and cost-effective use
of medicines and prescribing. A
student enrolling on the Associate
Postgraduate Programme can do
as many or as few courses as
they like, taking one course at
a time on a pay-as-you-go basis.
You may build up enough credits
to transfer on to the Medicines
Management programme and
gain a qualification in Medicines
Management.
Course content
Options include:
• Asthma; Bipolar Affective
Disorder; Chronic Obstructive
Pulmonary Disease;
Consultation and
Communication; Dementia;
Depression; Diabetes: type
1 and 2; Engaging with
Primary Care; Heart Failure;
Hypertension; Ischaemic
Heart Disease; Medicines
Management in Practice;
Medication Review in Practice;
Minor Ailments: Infections and
Infestations; Minor Ailments:
Pain; Patient Monitoring in
Practice; Advanced Patient
Monitoring in Practice; Skills for
Medicines Use Review (MURs);
Using Evidence Effectively.
General Pharmacy Practice
PCert, PDip
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Location: Medway
Entry requirements: Registration
with the General Pharmaceutical
Council (GPhC).
This programme provides
general-level hospital
pharmacists – registered with
the GPhC and working – with
the core skills required to provide
holistic pharmaceutical care in the
practice setting. The programme
aligns with a nationally agreed
pharmacy practitioner
development strategy and is the
result of a unique collaboration
of higher education institutions
across London and the south
and east of England.
The programme develops your
knowledge and skills in clinical
pharmacy practice and medicines
management. It works on
a philosophy of student-centred
workplace learning, supported
by workbooks and contact days
facilitated by experienced
pharmacy practitioners. You are
expected to take responsibility
for managing your learning and
achieving the programme
objectives. The ethos and culture
of the programme is to enhance
and develop self-reliance and an
adult approach to learning in
support of continuing professional
development.
The programme is further
supported by student-learning
sets, downloadable interactive
computer-assisted learning and