Pharmacy

Pharmacists are essential members of the healthcare team, ensuring the safe, effective, and ethical use of medications. As a pharmacist, you’ll advise patients and the public on how to use medicines safely, monitor for side effects, and support the management of both acute and long-term health conditions.

Accredited by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), our course offers the professional, clinical, and practical skills you need to succeed as a pharmacist. With hands-on experience in our state-of-the-art facilities, including clinical simulation suites and a hospital ward, you'll be fully prepared for your Foundation Training Year and a career as a registered pharmacist and independent prescriber.

Placements are a mandatory part of the course, giving you valuable hands-on experience in diverse pharmacy settings. You'll apply your knowledge in real-world situations under the guidance of experienced professionals.

Key features

• Over 120 years of expertise: Learn from a proud legacy within the renowned Leicester School of Pharmacy, combining decades of experience with innovative, forward-thinking teaching.

• GPhC accredited: Our course meets the rigorous standards of the General Pharmaceutical Council, ensuring you're eligible to progress to your Foundation Training Year and register as a qualified pharmacist in the UK.

• Integrated placements: Gain real-world experience in community pharmacies, GP practices, and hospitals, developing clinical and consultation skills to prepare for independent prescribing.

• Specialist facilities: Hone your skills in purpose-built simulation suites, counselling rooms, and with AI software in safe, realistic environments.

Interprofessional education (IPE): Collaborate with students across health disciplines to develop teamwork skills aligned with modern, integrated healthcare practice.

• Career-ready graduates: Join the UK’s third-largest healthcare profession, with graduates thriving in roles across the NHS, hospitals, GP practices, and global pharmaceutical companies like Boots, Apple Gate, and Lloyds Pharmacies.

• Global insights: DMU Global has taken students to Dubai, New York, and Amsterdam to explore international healthcare systems and medicinal practices.

YEAR ONE:
Introduction to Pharmacy and the Patient – Professional Portfolio
Integrated Science for Pharmacy
The Patient: Sensory and Topical Body Systems
Quality medicines: Design, Development and Analysis
The Patient: Internal body systems

SECOND YEAR:
Introduction to co-morbidities and person centred-care – Professional portfolio
The immune response: Infection and inflammation
Introduction to cardiovascular disease and respiratory systems
Infectious and inflammatory conditions and their management
Ischaemic cardiovascular disease, hepatic and renal

THIRD YEAR:
Personalised medicines and the complex patient - Professional portfolio
The patient: The Central Nervous System
Biomarkers and biopharmaceuticals
The patient: The endocrine system
Precision medicine and cancer therapy

FOURTH YEAR:
Future pharmacist: Healthcare professional and expert in medicines – Professional portfolio
Future pharmacist: Research skills for the pharmacist
The patient: Advanced clinical consultation skills (prescribing)
Future pharmacist: Leadership and management skills and behaviours
The patient: Advanced clinical skills, expert in practise (prescribing)

Teaching methods include: lectures, tutorials, laboratory and clinical work, problem solving workshops, group work and placement visits. You will have approximately 16 hours of taught sessions each week, supported by at least 20 hours of independent study. Assessment methods include: examinations and coursework, problem solving, critical assessment of pharmaceutical data and objective structured clinical examinations.