Overview
NFQ Level 9, Major Award
The Pharmacy programme is an MPharm degree (Master of Pharmacy) (NFQ level 9). The Pharmacy regulator (the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland, PSI) now requires graduates to have completed a Masters degree of Pharmacy before entering the PSI Register and practising as a Pharmacist. Students studying Pharmacy complete an integrated BPharm/MPharm programme over 5 years of study. Once students have passed the first four years (BPharm) they can progress to the fifth year (MPharm).
Regulations for the BPharm/MPharm (Hons) Degree
The programme is defined in terms of modules, which are measured in terms of credits. A module may correspond to 5 credits or multiples of 5 credits. One year of a degree programme consists of modules to a total value of 60 credits in years 1 to 4. The final year is a level 9 qualification (MPharm) and will consist of modules to a total value of 90 credits.
First Year - Pharmacy
See BPharm for details
Second Year - Pharmacy
See BPharm for details
Third Year - Pharmacy
See BPharm for details
Fourth Year - Pharmacy
See BPharm for details
Fifth Year - Pharmacy
Students who obtain their BPharm above are invited to progress to the fifth year MPharm programme.
No student may register for the Fifth Year programme of study until the Fourth University Examination has been passed. To be admitted to the MPharm Degree Examination, a student must therefore have satisfactorily attended modules to the value of 90 credits.
Programme Requirements
For information about modules, module choice, options and credit weightings, please go to Programme Requirements.
Programme Requirements
Module List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| |
| AN1075 | Principles of Human Structure for Pharmacy Students | 5 |
| BC1443 | Biochemistry | 10 |
| PF1009 | Introduction to Pharmaceutical Chemistry | 10 |
| PF1010 | Physiochemical Basis of Pharmaceuticals | 5 |
| PF1011 | Pharmacy Practice I | 5 |
| PF1012 | Introduction to Pharmaceutics: Formulation Science | 10 |
| PL1400 | Introduction to Physiology for Pharmacy I | 5 |
| PL1401 | Introduction to Physiology for Pharmacy II | 5 |
| PT1445 | Foundation Pharmacology | 5 |
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| BC2443 | Molecular Biology | 5 |
| MB2555 | Introduction to Pharmaceutical Microbiology | 10 |
| PF2010 | Professional Pharmacy Core Skills | 5 |
| PF2011 | Research Methods and Applied Data Analysis | 5 |
| PF2012 | Pharmaceutical Analysis | 5 |
| PF2013 | Pharmaceutical Chemistry | 5 |
| PF2014 | Pharmacy Practice II | 5 |
| PF2016 | Pharmaceutical Technology | 5 |
| PF2017 | Sterile Pharmaceutical Preparations | 5 |
| PT2448 | Cellular and Molecular Basis of Drug Action and Toxicity | 10 |
| Experiential Placement in a Pharmacy Setting 2 | |
| |
| PF3009 | Gastrointestinal, Hepatic and Endocrine Systems | 10 |
| PF3010 | Cardiovascular and Renal Systems | 10 |
| PF3011 | Professional Practice III | 5 |
| PF3012 | Respiratory, Musculoskeletal and Dermatology Systems | 10 |
| PF3013 | Clinical Immunology and Infection | 5 |
| PF3014 | Regulatory Science | 5 |
| PF3015 | Pharmacokinetics: From Basic Principles to Clinical Applications | 10 |
| PF3016 | Pharmacognosy and Phytopharmaceuticals | 5 |
| Experiential Placement in a Pharmacy Setting 2 | |
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| PF4010 | Organisation and Management Skills 3 | 10 |
| PF4011 | Personal Skills 3 | 10 |
| PF4012 | Professional Practice 3 | 10 |
| PF4013 | Clinical Practice I | 5 |
| PF4014 | Central Nervous System | 10 |
| PF4015 | Novel Drug Delivery | 5 |
| PF4016 | Pharmacy Research Project | 10 |
| Experiential Placement in a Pharmacy Setting 2 | |
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| PF6400 | Clinical Practice II | 5 |
| PF6405 | Biologics and Advanced Therapies - Pharmaceutical Strategies | 5 |
| PF6416 | Professional Practice and Public Health 3 | 5 |
| PF6420 | Oncology and Malignant Diseases: Drug Design and Clinical Management | 10 |
| PF6421 | Research Dissertation in Pharmacy 3 | 25 |
| PF6414 | Supply of Medicines and Organisation and Management Skills 3 | 5 |
| PF6415 | Leading the Safe and Rational Use of Medicines 3 | 5 |
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| PF6412 | Reflective Practice 3 | 15 |
| PF6413 | Professional Registration - Experiential Learning 3 | 15 |
| Total Credits | 330 |
Examinations
Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards Book and for each module in the Book of Modules.
Programme Learning Outcomes
Programme Learning Outcomes for MPharm (Hons) Degree (NFQ 9, Major Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:
- Register with the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland on the Register of Pharmacists;
- Evaluate interventions to improve prescribing in practice and within the health care team;
- Practise Pharmacy competently in the primary care/secondary setting with due regard to the competencies set out in the Core Competency Framework for Pharmacists document;
- Communicate effectively with patients and healthcare professionals for the purpose of counselling and advising on medicines and their safe usage and supply;
- Interpret and evaluate prescriptions and supply medicines in accordance with current legislation and professional codes of practice;
- Apply the physiochemical properties of drugs underpinning the design, development and manufacture of emerging medicines;
- Outline the physiological, biochemical, molecular and genetic basis of disease, drug therapy and drug delivery;
- Recognise common disease states and respond appropriately to presented symptoms;
- Conduct a literature review, design a research protocol, collect and interpret data and write a dissertation.
