THE BRIEF/INSTRUCTIONS
You are to consider the case of Ebrahim is a 54-year-old taxi driver who lives at home with his wife, and three teenage sons. He is admitted to hospital with an acute cardiac event. Follow his journey from initial hospital treatment to follow up in the community 18 months later. Consider the information provided in each section and use appropriate scientific resources to answer the questions. Make sure you clearly indicate which section(s) you are answering.
Each question is assigned a percentage weighting, use this as a guide for the amount of detail you should provide.
This is an individual piece of work that involves you working through a case study on a time-lapse basis. You will be expected to apply your scientific and practice knowledge and understanding to address the questions regarding the patient’s case. This assessment is worth 15% of your module.
As with all of your assessments, the learning outcomes and links to the GPhC standards and UCLan attributes are mapped onto different parts of the case study. Please read through these aspects to help you understand what you are expected to achieve from this assessment.
The assessment has 7 sections and each part may have several subsections to guide you through the case study. The weightings of the sections are denoted in brackets, please use these as a guide for how much detail is required for each section.
At level 6, it is expected that you are able to discuss each section in appropriate detail – this means drawing upon your taught material (including workshops, lectures, learning packs and associated directed reading). A very good answer would include accurate interpretation and appropriate use of primary sources of information from PubMed, Medline etc as well as NICE guidance and BNF to help you with synthesising your answers. The standard university marking criteria has been included for your ease of reference.
The assessment word limit for ALL sections is 3000 (+/- 10%). We have provided more guidance at the start of the assessment regarding word limits and use of information in Tables etc.
The case study learning outcomes are:
1 Formulate evidence-based management strategies including relevant pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches informed by appropriate clinical guidelines.
2 Explain, appraise and discriminate the causes of medication-related problems relevant to this module, and formulate strategies for their prevention and resolution.
3 Explain, compare and differentiate how advanced dosage forms are formulated and contribute to medicines optimisation.
6 Critically appraise data relating to evidence-based medicine and the process of audit and service evaluation.
