Critical Understanding of National and Local Frameworks for Medicines Use

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COURSEWORK PROJECT SUBMISSION AND RESPONSE SHEET
Independent & Supplementary Prescribing Programme Leader:
Student Number
Word Count:
Title of Coursework: Case Study
Coursework is receipted on the understanding that it is the student’s own and that it
has not, in whole or in part been presented elsewhere for assessment. Where material
has been used from other sources it has been properly acknowledged in accordance
with the School of Pharmacy’s Regulations regarding Cheating and Plagiarism.
Tutor’s comments
Sadly this does not meet the criteria for a pass. There are two reasons for
this. The main one is that you have not answered the question asked. You
needed to discuss national and local guidance and you have not. Just
talking about prescribing generally and the problems inherent in aesthetic
practice did not show how you will use guidance to inform your future
prescribing practice.
You were asked to cost the drugs and you did not. There was very little in
here about the drugs at all – this is a prescribing programme – you have
to convince us that you are going to be a safe and effective prescriber.
There was also very little of relevance on PF – we needed clinical detail –
you need to show that you can prescribe for people with other conditions
and on medication. Whilst this was meant to be a typical person from
your future prescribing practice, you gave yourself no chance of showing
off any skill or knowledge by picking someone with no health conditions
nor medication.
Secondly, you did not include any relevant evidence – the ref list was
woefully short – in a piece of this size at this level you need at least 15-20
references, the majority of which should be primary literature and you
need to use this primary research to support your argument. It is not
enough to say the result was ‘brilliant’ and that a particular product is
‘best’ without producing objective evidence.
You need to get help with proof reading as this was hard to follow in
places.
I think what is concerning is that a lot of the comments I am making here I
made when you submitted your draft. I suggest that you do not submit
any more written work (this includes your legislative essay) until you have
had some support from one of the team or from the subject librarian,
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David Bedford. His details are on moodle and he is always happy to help
prescribing students.
The result of this is that you cannot now pass module 1 alongside your
cohort, regardless of your score for the legislative. This will involve you
extending your studies over a longer period. Fiona will contact you to
discuss how this will work and when you should submit all future work
going forward.
Grade Awarded_35%
Agreed with markers comments.
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