King's College London

Teaching & Modules

Lectures

Seminars

Across the four years of the course, an average up to 20% of time is spent in lectures, seminars or similar. The number and type of contact hours vary according to each module. Students have access to a module database, which details number and type of contact hours for each module.

A significant proportion of your scheduled learning time (up to 30%, depending on the year of study) will be experiential learning (clinical simulations or placements in community pharmacy, hospital pharmacy or GP practice).

Some placement activity will take place between June and July during the third year of the programme.

We will use a delivery method that will ensure students have a rich, exciting experience from the start. Face to face teaching will be complemented and supported with innovative technology so that students also experience elements of digital learning and assessment.

Location

This course is primarily taught at King’s College London Waterloo Campus. Clinical placements are located in London and South East England. The School of Bioscience Education offers you unrivalled education resources, including modern, well-funded teaching facilities.

Course Structure

Courses are divided into modules. You will normally take modules totalling 480 credits. Typically, one credit equates to 10 hours of work.

Assessment

Coursework
Written/Practical Examinations

Your performance will be assessed through a combination of coursework and written/practical examinations. Forms of assessment typically include coursework, objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs) and examinations. Coursework contributes 40% and examinations amount to 60% to your final module mark, and you must pass all assessments to progress in the programme. OSCEs and other forms of assessments (e.g. pharmaceutical calculations) do not contribute to module marks, but must be passed to progress in the programme.