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Quantitative skills

Fundamental numeracy (Pharmacy)

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Develop a strong foundation of the numerical skills required for a pharmacy degree such as precision, rounding, powers of 10 and scientific notation. Apply these skills to different pharmacy contexts and scenarios.

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Learning outcomes

  • Identify the precision of any number in terms of decimal places and significant figures.
  • Calculate rounded values to a specified precision.
  • Use powers of 10 and scientific notation to express large and small quantities.
  • Convert between decimal notation and scientific notation.
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Skills

Manipulating and Presenting Data

  • How to display values using different precisions and notation styles
  • How to explain calculation steps in various scenarios

Interpreting and Analysing Data

  • How to present data in different ways to help compare precision of lab equipment
  • How to analyse values relative to reference ranges

Concepts, Principles and Theories

  • How to display values using different precisions and notation styles

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Degrees

Pharmaceutical science

Modules

Scientific literacy

Topic

Quantitative skills

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