Programme Learning Outcomes for BPharm (Hons) Degree
(NFQ Level 8, Major Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able
to:
- Define the role of the Pharmacist in hospital, community,
industry, research environments and other positions where the
pharmacist can be employed;
- Communicate effectively with patients and healthcare professionals
for the purpose of counselling and advising on medicines and their
safe usage;
- Interpret and evaluate prescriptions and supply medicines in
accordance with current legislation and professional codes of
practice;
- Apply the physiochemical properties of drugs to the design of
small molecules and biopharmaceutical drug delivery systems and
recognise the principles of pharmaceutical manufacturing
encompassing good manufacturing practice (GMP), quality assurance
(QA), quality control (QC) and regulatory affairs;
- Apply the principles of chemistry underpinning the design,
development, manufacture, analysis and quality control of
pharmaceutical compounds and excipients;
- Outline the physiological, biochemical, molecular and genetic
basis of disease, drug therapy and drug delivery;
- Apply the pharmacodynamic, pharmacokinetics and pharmacological
principles underlying the use of medicines in health care;
- 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 research report.
