Design and Implementation of an Integrated Competency-Focused Pharmacy Programme: A Case Report
This paper describes the design and implementation of elements of an integrated competency-focused pharmacy programme in the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (SoPPS), Trinity College Dublin (TCD), Ireland. Following a national review of pharmacy education and training in Ireland in 201...
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| author | Theo J. Ryan Tamasine Grimes Martin C. Henman Eimear Ní Sheachnasaigh Máire O’Dwyer Cicely Roche Sheila A. Ryder Astrid Sasse John J. Walsh Deirdre M. D’Arcy |
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| description | This paper describes the design and implementation of elements of an integrated competency-focused pharmacy programme in the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (SoPPS), Trinity College Dublin (TCD), Ireland. Following a national review of pharmacy education and training in Ireland in 2010, and subsequent publication of legislation in 2014, the School has implemented a five-year integrated programme of pharmacy education and training, leading to the award of a Master’s degree in Pharmacy (M. Pharm.). Curricular integration has been achieved by underpinning the new programme with a national competency framework for pharmacists and through the utilisation of curricular integration themes. Programme integration also encompasses embedded experiential learning placements in Years 2, 4 and 5 of the five-year programme. The new five-year integrated pharmacy programme, which commenced in 2015, replaced the 4 + 1 model of education and training where a four-year Bachelor’s degree was followed by a one-year internship, which was a distinct and separate element of the students’ training. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b5d2d9d485044453949fa6d8497f0c832022-12-22T04:09:48ZengMDPI AGPharmacy2226-47872019-08-017312110.3390/pharmacy7030121pharmacy7030121Design and Implementation of an Integrated Competency-Focused Pharmacy Programme: A Case ReportTheo J. Ryan0Tamasine Grimes1Martin C. Henman2Eimear Ní Sheachnasaigh3Máire O’Dwyer4Cicely Roche5Sheila A. Ryder6Astrid Sasse7John J. Walsh8Deirdre M. D’Arcy9School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panoz Building, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Dublin 2, IrelandSchool of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panoz Building, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Dublin 2, IrelandSchool of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panoz Building, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Dublin 2, IrelandSchool of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panoz Building, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Dublin 2, IrelandSchool of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panoz Building, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Dublin 2, IrelandSchool of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panoz Building, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Dublin 2, IrelandSchool of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panoz Building, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Dublin 2, IrelandSchool of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panoz Building, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Dublin 2, IrelandSchool of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panoz Building, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Dublin 2, IrelandSchool of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panoz Building, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Dublin 2, IrelandThis paper describes the design and implementation of elements of an integrated competency-focused pharmacy programme in the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (SoPPS), Trinity College Dublin (TCD), Ireland. Following a national review of pharmacy education and training in Ireland in 2010, and subsequent publication of legislation in 2014, the School has implemented a five-year integrated programme of pharmacy education and training, leading to the award of a Master’s degree in Pharmacy (M. Pharm.). Curricular integration has been achieved by underpinning the new programme with a national competency framework for pharmacists and through the utilisation of curricular integration themes. Programme integration also encompasses embedded experiential learning placements in Years 2, 4 and 5 of the five-year programme. The new five-year integrated pharmacy programme, which commenced in 2015, replaced the 4 + 1 model of education and training where a four-year Bachelor’s degree was followed by a one-year internship, which was a distinct and separate element of the students’ training.https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4787/7/3/121competencecurriculum developmentcurricular integrationexperiential learningpharmacy education |
| spellingShingle | Theo J. Ryan Tamasine Grimes Martin C. Henman Eimear Ní Sheachnasaigh Máire O’Dwyer Cicely Roche Sheila A. Ryder Astrid Sasse John J. Walsh Deirdre M. D’Arcy Design and Implementation of an Integrated Competency-Focused Pharmacy Programme: A Case Report Pharmacy competence curriculum development curricular integration experiential learning pharmacy education |
| title | Design and Implementation of an Integrated Competency-Focused Pharmacy Programme: A Case Report |
| title_full | Design and Implementation of an Integrated Competency-Focused Pharmacy Programme: A Case Report |
| title_fullStr | Design and Implementation of an Integrated Competency-Focused Pharmacy Programme: A Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design and Implementation of an Integrated Competency-Focused Pharmacy Programme: A Case Report |
| title_short | Design and Implementation of an Integrated Competency-Focused Pharmacy Programme: A Case Report |
| title_sort | design and implementation of an integrated competency focused pharmacy programme a case report |
| topic | competence curriculum development curricular integration experiential learning pharmacy education |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4787/7/3/121 |
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