Medicine in Practice Clinical scenario training for primary care pharmacy
For universities and training providers

Follow the future pharmacist from conversation to accountable decision

Connect clinical calculations, OTC and community-pharmacy consultations, pathology and practice labs with stage-matched fictional patients, prescribing decisions, documentation, reflection and an unfamiliar repeat case.

MPharm Year 1 to foundation Exact-version release controls Learner-owned private reflection
One platform, configured by route

Find the gap, close it and show whether the learning lasts

Medicine in Practice uses one diagnostic and gap-closure engine. The timetable changes for each education route, but the learning method and evidence language stay consistent.

Year 5 with embedded foundation training

Integrated MPharm

Connect university teaching, supervised workplace activity and registration-assessment preparation without creating a separate product.

Suggested evidence rhythm
  1. Baseline at the start of Year 5
  2. Targeted pathways alongside placements
  3. Unseen transfer case
  4. Delayed retention check before completion
  1. 1DiagnoseA mixed baseline identifies a possible gap.
  2. 2ProbeA focused follow-up checks whether the gap is genuine.
  3. 3TeachThe learner receives a targeted explanation and worked method.
  4. 4ApplyA realistic patient or practice task tests the method.
  5. 5ProveAn unfamiliar case checks transfer without repeating the answer.
  6. 6RetainA delayed check tests whether improvement lasts.
  7. 7EvidenceThe learner and authorised educator see the next action and its limits.

A gap is not closed because teaching was viewed. It moves from detected to confirmed, taught, demonstrated, transferred and retained. Where evidence remains mixed, the report recommends a supervisor discussion rather than making a competence judgement.

Connected learning, separate reporting

Three views of development, with honest claim boundaries

Programme teams can see where support is needed without collapsing exam preparation, workplace performance and prescribing development into one misleading score.

CRA readiness

What it shows

Knowledge application, calculations and performance on unseen and delayed checks.

BoundaryShows formative readiness evidence. It does not predict or guarantee a registration-assessment result.
Practice readiness

What it shows

Patient assessment, prioritisation, documentation, escalation and transfer across settings.

BoundarySupports supervision and feedback. It does not replace workplace observation or formal sign-off.
Prescribing development

What it shows

Information gathering, option appraisal, monitoring and accountable supervised prescribing proposals.

BoundarySupports development under the approved programme. It does not establish competence or authorise prescribing.
Four connected teaching strands

Calculate, assess, interpret and act safely

Students move beyond knowing an answer in isolation and apply it through a structured consultation to a fictional patient, record and prescribing decision.

Clinical numeracy

Calculations Academy

Six teaching levels, a mixed diagnostic, configurable mocks, worked methods, safety checks and a personal mistake queue across 646 questions.

Open calculations
Consultation and triage

OTC & community pharmacy

Take a structured minor-illness history, check OTC safety and special groups, recognise red flags, choose self-care, Pharmacy First or referral, and safety-net clearly.

Pathology and monitoring

Laboratory decisions

Request the right blood tests from a patient record, give useful clinical details, interpret trends, set urgency and close the result loop.

Applied prescribing

Practice and prescribing labs

Connect consultation, calculation and monitoring to prescription review, clinical prioritisation and documentation across 1686+ scored fictional activities.

Explore the practice labs

These are formative learning environments. They support teaching and feedback but do not independently establish prescribing competence or authorisation.

The learning-transfer loop

Do not stop at a convincing conversation

The design tests whether feedback changes the student’s next decision with a different fictional patient.

  1. 1First caseCommit to a safe decision
  2. 2Specific feedbackKnowledge, reasoning, communication, safety and scope
  3. 3Private reflectionThe learner chooses what to retain or share
  4. 4Unfamiliar repeatSame capability, different patient and clues
  5. 5Transfer evidenceChange, confidence calibration and next step
Stage-matched challenge

Clinical knowledge and staff behaviour grow together

Choose a stage to see how taught knowledge, expected activity and simulated colleague behaviour can change.

Prompted

MPharm Year 2

Adherence, cardiovascular, respiratory, infection, minor illness, OTC safety, clinical numeracy and early monitoring.

How staff behave

The colleague helps when asked and uses targeted questions instead of giving the answer.

Example learning sequence
  1. Minor-illness consultation to disposition
  2. Monitoring and adherence decision
  3. Unfamiliar equivalent repeat
Lecturer workspace

Seven teaching tasks, not another long administration page

Authorised staff can move from curriculum intent to calculations, labs, assignment, cohort access and proportionate evaluation.

1

Overview

Cohort stage, current support, suitable reviewed cases and the next teaching task.

2

Curriculum map

Year or block, taught knowledge, permitted activity and dated changes in support.

3

Clinical skills strands

Stage-matched calculations, OTC and community consultation, pathology, prescribing and clinical-system practice.

4

Assignments

Exact reviewed versions, practice-and-repeat pairs and completion expectations.

5

Cohorts

Stage-separated access and pathways without taking ownership of a learner’s private record.

6

Insights & evaluation

Participation, first-to-repeat change, experience, accessibility and educator burden.

7

Access & governance

Approval state, data boundaries, implementation evidence and integration roadmap.

Designed to complement existing simulation

Add the decisions around the conversation

Conversation and consultation simulation

Can provide valuable rehearsal of rapport, questioning, explanation and communication under pressure.

Medicine in Practice pathway

Adds calculations, OTC and community-pharmacy decisions, pathology and practice labs, the surrounding fictional record, supervised prescribing proposals, documentation, private reflection and equivalent repeats.

This is a complementary proposition, not a claim that another platform, including SimConverse, should be replaced. DMU’s published 2025 SimConverse abstract informs the co-design discussion; the university team would validate the final relationship and evaluation. Read the cited abstract.

Access and privacy

Fund access without taking over the learner’s lifelong record

Independent learner

Student-controlled route

A student can use the free experience and build a private pathway without university input. Paid independent access appears only when the released subscription entitlement is available.

  • Student chooses stage, taught topics and support
  • Private reflection and independent practice remain private
  • The same account can continue into foundation training
See student learning
University-funded

Cohort route

The university can fund named access, publish a stage pathway and assign reviewed activity while the student retains a separate private career record.

  • Lecturers see assigned access, start and completion
  • Agreed cohort-level learning and transfer measures
  • No routine access to private reflection or unassigned practice
Discuss cohort access
Institutional purchase routes

Start at the size your programme can support well

Each route is quoted against cohort size, duration, educator support and agreed reporting. We do not publish a made-up university price before those requirements are known.

Defined first step

Module implementation

Use one module, block or MPharm year. The duration and evaluation point are agreed after curriculum mapping.

  • Curriculum-mapping workshop
  • Named cohort access for the agreed period
  • A calculation, lab or practice-and-repeat sequence
  • Educator onboarding and close-out report
Request a module quote
Phased partnership

Multi-year programme

Extend a validated approach across years or programmes without forcing every stage into one design.

  • Stage-separated pathways and governance
  • Phased academic and operational rollout
  • Cross-year evaluation and annual review
  • Integration discovery; SSO and LTI remain roadmap items
Discuss a partnership

Quotes should state learner numbers, named-access period, educator support, reporting fields, review responsibilities, VAT position and renewal or expansion terms before purchase.

Four ways to start

Choose the problem to solve, not a bundle of features

Each offer uses the same governed platform and can begin with one cohort before wider adoption.

Academic baseline

See where teaching should focus

A mixed diagnostic, focused probes and an anonymised cohort gap map before targeted teaching begins.

Foundation continuity

Carry learning across the handover

A route-specific schedule connecting final-year or integrated teaching with supervised workplace application.

CRA gap closure

Move beyond another mock

Targeted remediation followed by unseen application and delayed retention checks.

Resit recovery

Rebuild a defensible learning plan

Private diagnosis, focused teaching and fresh evidence without claiming to know the learner's official answer-level result.

Recommended co-design first cohort

12 to 16 weeks, 20 to 50 learners

Pair one integrated or sandwich route with one conventional 4 + 1 route. Configure 8 to 12 gap pathways, include unseen and delayed re-tests, and agree the reporting fields before launch.

Discuss a first cohort
A measured first implementation

Curriculum mapping to an agreed evaluation point

Start with one year, module or teaching block. Agree the map, duration and measures, freeze the reviewed content versions and decide together whether to expand.

1

Map

Confirm outcomes, taught knowledge, activity boundaries and accessibility needs.

2

Configure

Select up to four practice-and-repeat case pairs and the support schedule.

3

Run

Onboard the cohort, support educators and monitor only the agreed measures.

4

Evaluate

Review transfer, confidence calibration, experience, accessibility and workload.

Trust and implementation evidence

Clear boundaries before any learner is provisioned

Proposed next step

Use one workshop to decide whether the model fits

A 60-minute curriculum and implementation workshop can agree the learner stage, module, capability, case pair, reporting boundary and evaluation measures before any commitment.

Medicine in Practice is an independent training provider. This page does not represent university approval, accreditation, a competence decision or prescribing authorisation.