To give students an appreciation of the variety of jobs scientists do within the pharmaceutical industry within the context of the Research & Development process.

• Interactive timeline that outlines the industry's Research & Development process.
• Interactive careers matrix animation that gives an easy to access way to explore specific jobs within the industry.
• A card sort exercise to help students clarify the various activities and roles that are important in the process of discovering and developing a new medicine.

This module is linked to these elements:

• Framework element 1 - Students recognise, develop and apply their skills for enterprise and employability.
• Framework element 3 - Students learn about the way business enterprises operate, working roles and conditions, and rights and responsibilities in the work place.
• Framework element 5 - Students relate their own abilities, attributes and achievements to career intentions and make informed choices based on an understanding of the alternatives.
• Framework element 6 - Students undertake tasks and activities set in work contexts.
• Framework element 7 - Students learn from contact with personnel from different employment sectors.
• Framework element 8 - Students have experience (direct or indirect) of working practices and environments.

1.4 Applications and implications of science

• (1) Pupils should be taught about the use of contemporary scientific and technological developments and their benefits, drawbacks and risks

Economic wellbeing and financial capability

• (1) Understanding that everyone has a 'career'
• (3) Understanding the qualities, attitudes and skills needed for employability

• (3) Students should be able to assess their needs, interests, values, skills, abilities and attitudes in relation to options in learning, work and enterprise

• (1) Students should be able to identify the main qualities and skills needed to enter and thrive in the working world

• (2) Should include the organisation and structure of different types of business, and work roles and identities
• (5) Should include the personal review and planning process
• (6) Should include skills and qualities in relation to employer's needs

• (1) The curriculum should provide opportunities for students to use case studies, simulations, scenarios, role play and drama to explore work and enterprise issues
• (3) The curriculum should provide opportunities for students to recognise, develop and apply their skills for enterprise and employability
• (4) The curriculum should provide opportunities for students to have direct and indirect contact with people from business
• (7) The curriculum should provide opportunities for students to engage with ideas, challenges and applications from the business world
• (8) The curriculum should provide opportunities for students to explore sources of information and ideas about work and enterprise

Science A

• Scientists are developing new drugs. These need to be thoroughly tested.
• When new medical drugs are devised, they have to be extensively tested and trialled before being used. Drugs are tested in the laboratory to find if they are toxic. They are then trialled on human volunteers to discover any side effects.

Science B

• Scientists are developing new drugs. These need to be thoroughly tested.
• When new medical drugs are devised, they have to be extensively tested and trialled before being used. Drugs are tested in the laboratory to find if they are toxic. They are then trialled on human volunteers to discover any side effects.

Double Applied Science

• identify and describe the types of scientific activity that are carried out
• describe the importance of the activity to society or the community
• find out where organisations are located and why put the employees into one of three classes: major, significant and small users of science
• identify the job titles and qualifications of the people who perform them
• find out what skills are used by the people employed
• find out what skills scientists need in addition to their qualifications
• find out what careers are available in science and science related areas.

Additional Applied Science

• identify and describe the types of scientific activity that are carried out
• describe the importance of the activity to society or the community
• find out where organisations are located and why put the employees into one of three classes: major, significant and small users of science
• identify the job titles and qualifications of the people who perform them
• find out what skills are used by the people employed
• find out what skills scientists need in addition to their qualifications
• find out what careers are available in science and science related areas.

Biology

• Scientists are developing new drugs. These need to be thoroughly tested.
• When new medical drugs are devised, they have to be extensively tested and trialled before being used. Drugs are tested in the laboratory to find if they are toxic. They are then trialled on human volunteers to discover any side effects.

Applied Science: Double Award

• find out what careers are available in science and science-related areas
• identify organisations that use science

• describe the work carried out by the organisation
• describe the type of scientific work carried out by employees in the organisation
• investigate the job titles, qualifications and skills of these employees

21st Century Science A: Additional Applied Science

• (9) understand that new chemical products are the result of an extensive programme of research and development (for example new medical drugs)

Gateway Science B: Science

• State that new medical treatments/drugs are tested before use.
• State that antibiotics can be used to treat bacterial and fungal infections.
• Explain why new treatments are tested using animals, human tissue, computer models...
• Explain the need for careful use of antibiotics to prevent the increase of resistant strains such as MRSA.

Gateway Science B: Additional Science

• research and development time and associated labour costs
• time required to meet legal requirements including timescale for testing and human trials

Gateway Science B: Biology

• State that new medical treatments/drugs are tested before use.
• Explain why new treatments are tested using animals, human tissue, computer models...

Science / Additional Science / Biology / Chemistry

• explore, using secondary data, the costs of developing new drugs (B1 b 4.16)

• describe how staged methods of synthesis are used in drug development to speed up discovery of effective substances (C2 5.29)

Standard Grade: Social & Vocational Skills

• Surveying the job market: ... commerce, opportunities, qualifications
• Finding a job: careers guidance, where to look, seeking help, taking initiatives
• Choosing a job: kind of jobs, what to look for, weighing up prospects
• Rewards of employment: job satisfaction, wages and salaries...

Higher: Personal Development

• Personal Development: Self and Work

Science in Society

• Stages in the development of new medicines including computer simulations, in vitro tests, use of animals and stages I, II and III human trials.

• Assessing impacts of science and technology: risk and risk assessment

Chemistry B (Salters)

• more effective medicines can be obtained by modifying the structure of existing medicines
• combinatorial chemistry
• testing a medicine involves clinical trials

Chemistry

• The chemical industry