A CORE COMPONENT OF QUB'S APPROACH INVOLVES FAMILIARISING STUDENTS WITH AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGIES
The Digital Toolbox A core component of QUB's approach involves familiarising students with available technologies and the ongoing trajectory of this space. Activities range from theoretical teaching about the emergence and future of digital health, to hands-on experience with professional digital tools that enable analysis of large patient datasets, and those which provide targeted clinical information supporting precise evaluation of patient health.
Students are also prepared for the future of their clinical area through activities related to DNA sequencing, genomics, bioinformatics, and gene editing - elements that will undoubtedly form a central pillar of future personalised medicine, and the 'new normal' for health, facilitating hyper-targeted individualistic patient care.
Empowering Patients The role of the pharmacist in empowering patients to take ownership of their health, and supporting them as they do so, has and will
continue to be increasingly more digital, and with this in mind, the QUB MPharm programme allows student pharmacists to gain skills in critical areas which will assist them to practice in this context effectively, safely, and in a manner which is evidenced-based.
As part of this, throughout their degree, students learn more about the range of consumer technologies which are currently available, as well as the existing evidence base for their use, and the need to utilise ongoing critical clinical thinking both with respect to the recommendation of these tools to patients, and indeed, when interacting with patients who may have independently obtained them, given their free availability.
Student pharmacists’ proficiency in assisting patients with the use of these tools is also enhanced via the provision of structured workshops which facilitate hands-on experience with a range of sophisticated consumer diagnostic and clinical management tools related to key therapeutic areas.
Addressing the Digital Future QUB's MPharm programme aims to develop pharmacists who can adapt to, lead within, and embrace the digital future of health. Students gain familiarity with emerging technologies at the point of emergence, while developing skills to explore novel technologies which may not yet exist, and understand how these can enhance patient outcomes as they take form.
The use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) forms an obvious and key component of this training, preparing students for the integration of AI-driven technologies within clinical systems, along with relevant ethical and patient safety
considerations.The School of Pharmacy is set to further incorporate these tools into its teaching, enhancing the student experience, while improving awareness of how these technologies will shape healthcare in the years to come.
The QUB MPharm programme continues to ensure that future pharmacy professionals understand the value of digital health, while maintaining awareness of potential pitfalls and the professional guardrails necessary for patient safety. The education provided aims to produce leaders fully prepared to guide populations into a valuable and healthy digital future.
More information about the School of Pharmacy and its undergraduate MPharm programme is available at
www.qub.ac.uk/pha
THE QUB MPHARM PROGRAMME CONTINUES TO ENSURE THAT FUTURE PHARMACY PROFESSIONALS UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF DIGITAL HEALTH
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