Research Skills (Postgraduate Pharmacy CPD)
Key Details
- Module Cost
- £590
- Credits
- 10 Credits
- Further Information
- pha.nqp@uea.ac.uk
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Module Overview / Introduction
Students taking this module will develop the knowledge and skills to enable them to critically appraise primary literature. This module is designed to develop practice-based research skills in pharmacists to facilitate the delivery of evidence-based pharmaceutical care and to nurture understanding of how to create new evidence to expand the frontiers of pharmacy practice.
Student feedback:
"I found this really useful. [Facilitator] made me feel really at ease when I was unsure if I had prepared appropriately. A thoroughly enjoyable day that will inform my future work."
Course Dates
Application Deadline: 11/09/2025
Course Start Date:
Face to Face Study Day UEA 23/10/2025 or Harlow Study Centre 21/10/2025
Formative Assessment 16/12/2025
Summative Assessment 02/02/2026
Learning Outcomes
- Identify strategies for searching the literature.
- Critique published literature and discuss with peers.
- Present findings from a research project and draw out potential implications for own practice/service provision to improve patient care.
- Describe the differences between audit, service evaluation, quality improvement and research.
- Identify the features of quantitative and qualitative research methods.
- Describe the qualities of ethical research, including consent, confidentiality and governance.
- Describe the principles of health economics when applied to research.
- Create a proposal, applying the principles of good research practice.
Teaching & Assessment
Module Delivery:
eLearning Package (approximately 10 hours)
Face to Face study day
Formative and Summative Assessment
Study Days
The study day for this module is face to face and delivered at our sites in Harlow (Essex) and Norwich.
Assessment:
This module is assessed by a 2000 word written assignment
Funding
NHS England-funded places are available for pharmacists delivering NHS services within the East of England. This includes those working in NHS hospitals, GP practices serving NHS patients, and community pharmacies dispensing NHS prescriptions.
For those outside the East of England or working for non-NHS service providers, self-funded or employer-funded places are available at a cost of £590 per module. In the event you are funded by your employer, full invoicing details and a financial purchase order will be required to confirm your place.
How to Apply / Disclaimer
If you are applying to undertake your first CPD module with the University of East Anglia you will need to complete the course application form via the Apply link
You will also need to complete the Postgraduate Pharmacy Module selection form
Whilst the University will make every effort to offer the modules listed, changes may sometimes be made arising from the annual monitoring, review and update of modules and regular (five-yearly) review of course programmes. Where this activity leads to significant (but not minor) changes to programmes and their constituent modules, there will normally be prior consultation of students and others. It is also possible that the University may not be able to offer a module for reasons outside of its control, such as the illness of a member of staff or sabbatical leave. In some cases optional modules can have limited places available and so you may be asked to make additional module choices in the event you do not gain a place on your first choice. Where this is the case, the University will endeavour to inform students.
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