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UKOM Sp.F.M study plan

UKOM Sp.F.M · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

Pharmacy management and leadership & Inventory, procurement, and supply chain management

  • Map the Domain 1 blueprint into leadership, governance, and decision-making subtopics, then write a one-page summary of each subtopic with a worked pharmacy example

  • Draft a personal definition and three practical uses for each core leadership concept (vision, delegation, change management, stakeholder influence) applied to a hospital or community pharmacy

  • Build a formula sheet for Domain 5 covering reorder point, safety stock, economic order quantity, and inventory turnover, and solve three numeric problems per formula

  • Compare centralized versus decentralized procurement and single versus multi-source supplier strategies in a half-page table with cost and risk columns

Your checkpoint

A 6-8 page leadership and inventory formula workbook with all worked calculations and a one-page error log

Week 2

Inventory, procurement, and supply chain management & Pharmacy economics and health financing

  • Construct a full procurement cycle from needs assessment to contract award and receipt, and annotate each step with the document or approval required

  • Design a supplier selection scorecard with weighted criteria and test it against three fictional supplier profiles

  • Calculate drug acquisition cost, dispensing fee, and gross margin for five sample prescriptions, including one high-cost specialty item

  • Explain to a non-financial colleague, in writing, how reimbursement mechanisms and payer mix shift a pharmacy's revenue

Your checkpoint

A procurement cycle flowchart plus a completed supplier scorecard and cost-margin worksheet

Week 3

Pharmacy management and leadership & Human resource management in pharmacy

  • Write three leadership scenarios (staff conflict, medication error disclosure, budget cut) and produce a structured response for each using a named decision framework

  • Draft a staffing plan for a pharmacy department including role mix, shift coverage, and a workload calculation method

  • Produce a competency matrix for five pharmacy roles and identify two development gaps per role

  • Prepare a 10-minute coaching conversation script for an underperforming staff member, including feedback and follow-up steps

Your checkpoint

A staffing and competency pack containing the matrix, workload calculation, and one full coaching script

Week 4

Pharmacy economics and health financing & Pharmacy business planning and entrepreneurship

  • Build a three-year financial projection for a pharmacy service line covering revenue, fixed and variable costs, and break-even volume

  • Perform a sensitivity analysis on the projection for a 10 percent price cut and a 15 percent volume drop, and state the break-even impact of each

  • Write a one-page business case using a standard structure: problem, options, recommendation, financials, risks

  • Identify five funding or financing sources relevant to pharmacy services and note the eligibility condition for each

Your checkpoint

A complete business case document with the financial model, sensitivity table, and funding source comparison

Week 5

Pharmacy business planning and entrepreneurship & Pharmacy quality management and patient safety

  • Write a market and competitor analysis for a proposed pharmacy service, including demand estimate and differentiation

  • Draft a one-page marketing and pricing plan with three measurable targets

  • Build a risk register for the proposed service with likelihood, impact, and mitigation for at least eight risks

  • Apply a root cause analysis method to a fictional dispensing error and produce a corrective action plan with owners and dates

Your checkpoint

A venture plan annex containing market analysis, pricing plan, risk register, and one completed root cause analysis

Week 6

Pharmacy quality management and patient safety & Pharmacy regulation, ethics, and professional standards

  • Design a quality indicator set for a pharmacy with at least ten indicators, each with numerator, denominator, target, and data source

  • Draft a standard operating procedure for one high-risk process and include the monitoring and audit step

  • Summarize the core ethical principles and apply each to two realistic dispensing or confidentiality dilemmas

  • List the main regulatory obligations for pharmacy premises, licensing, and controlled drugs, and cite the type of authority behind each without guessing specific clause numbers

Your checkpoint

A quality and compliance manual section with the indicator set, one full SOP, and two resolved ethical case notes

Week 7

Pharmacy information systems and digital health & Health policy and national pharmacy programs

  • Map the data flow of a pharmacy information system from prescribing to dispensing to claims, and identify three failure points and controls

  • Write a short specification for a digital feature (e-prescribing, automated dispensing, or dashboard) covering users, data, and interoperability needs

  • Summarize the national pharmacy programs and health policies relevant to your setting and state the operational impact of each on staffing and workflow

  • Assess one digital or policy change using a simple impact-versus-effort matrix and justify the priority order

Your checkpoint

A digital and policy briefing note with the system data-flow map, feature specification, and prioritized impact matrix

Week 8

Pharmacy practice management in hospital and community settings & Pharmacy management and leadership & Pharmacy quality management and patient safety

  • Compare hospital and community practice management models across workflow, staffing, documentation, and revenue in a structured table

  • Complete two full-length timed mock exams and score them by domain to identify the three weakest areas

  • Rework every missed question into a one-line rule you can recall without the original prompt

  • Rehearse a 15-minute verbal walkthrough of a management case, covering analysis, decision, and monitoring

Your checkpoint

A scored mock exam report with a domain weakness ranking and a one-page personal rule sheet

Milestones

Week 2: Score at least 70 percent on a 30-question self-test drawn only from Domains 1 and 5, and show all inventory calculations with correct units

Week 4: Present the business case aloud in under 10 minutes and defend the break-even figure and sensitivity results without notes

Week 6: Score at least 70 percent on a 40-question mixed test weighted to Domains 2, 3, 7, and 8, and confirm every quality indicator has a defined numerator and denominator

Week 8: Achieve at least 75 percent overall on both timed mock exams with no domain below 60 percent, and complete the rule sheet for all missed items