Pharmaceutical calculations: a toll for formative and summative assessments

• At: Glasgow (Scotland) (2018)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: POS-APS-046
• By: HITCH, Geeta (University of Sussex, Life Sciences / Pharmacy)
• Co-author(s): Michael Pettit: Life Sciences / Pharmacy, University of Sussex, Falmer, United Kingdom
  Geeta Hitch: Life Sciences / Pharmacy, University of Sussex, Falmer, United Kingdom
  Orla Bonnar: Life Sciences / Pharmacy, University of Sussex, Falmer, United Kingdom
  Andrea Manfrin: Life Sciences / Pharmacy, University of Sussex, Falmer, United Kingdom
  Bugewa Apampa: Life Sciences / Pharmacy, University of Sussex, Falmer, United Kingdom
  
• Abstract:

  Background

  Since the “peppermint incident”^1,2 performing pharmaceutical calculations accurately is a core requirement of the MPharm programme and the General Pharmaceutical Council’s Registration Examination.

  Methods

  Two, Year 1 student cohorts (2016 and 2017 intake; n=28 and n=27, respectively) attended weekly, one hour calculations workshops and a
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