The PJ Pod

Spotlight: Ethnicity and the pharmacy degree

The PJ Pod

Show Notes

In this second Spotlight episode, we talk through an investigation that has shown the awarding gap between white pharmacy graduates and their ethnic minority counterparts in the UK has narrowed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

PJ journalists Dawn Connelly and Corrinne Burns share the inside story on how they put the investigation together, what the results show and their potential implications for more inclusive teaching on the pharmacy degree after the pandemic.

Read the full investigation here: https://pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/feature/infographic-the-ethnicity-awarding-gap-for-the-pharmacy-degree-during-covid-19

This episode is presented by Nigel Praities, executive editor, and was produced by Geoff Marsh.

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