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MSc, PG Dip, PG CertClinical Pharmacy Practice

Keele University, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

The Programme is designed to allow you choice and flexibility in your progression to Certificate, Diploma, and Masters Awards, to meet your specific professional development needs and advance your professional practice. Our distance learning program in Clinical Pharmacy Practice has been developed to meet the needs of pharmacists working in any patient-facing sector of practice, including hospital pharmacy, community pharmacy, and GP practice. The choice of modules includes clinical and professional modules, to equip you with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to develop and extend your clinical and professional role as part of a multidisciplinary health care team.

General Eligibility

To gain admission to the Certificate and Diploma courses, you must be a pharmacist registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), or equivalent for pharmacists working overseas, and be practicing either full-time or part-time in a patient-facing role.

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Core professional MSc modules
  • Introduction to Research Methods

  • Research in Practice

  • Researching Professional Practice

2 Modules to advance your practice
  • Modules to advance your practice

  • Modules to advance your practice

  • Hepatic Disease

  • Malignant Disease

  • Renal Disease

  • Surgical

  • Women's Health

3 Modules to Support Foundation Training

SKILLS-BASED MODULES

  • Education Theory and Practice for Health Professionals

  • Evaluating Practice

  • Foundation Practice Development

  • Leadership and Change Management 

  • Monitoring Therapy

  • Personal Effectiveness and Collaborative Working 

  • Quality in Healthcare and Evidence-Based Practice 

  • Rational Prescribing and Medicines Optimisation 

  • Introduction to Hospital Clinical Pharmacy 

  • Patient Centred Care and Medicines Optimisation

  • Introduction to Public Health

CLINICAL TOPICS

  • Cardiovascular Disease 1

  • Cardiovascular Disease 2 

  • Central Nervous System Diseases

  • Child Health

  • Endocrine Disease

  • Gastrointestinal Disease 

  • Infections 

  • Joint and Bone Disease 

  • Mental Health

  • Respiratory Disease 

4 Optional Clinical Pharmacy Practice modules

You can choose to study any of the CPD modules in isolation or as a fixed study pathway to achieve a Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy Practice (six modules to the value of 60 credits) or Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy Practice/Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy Practice (Independent Prescribing) (an additional six modules to the value of a further 60 credits)

Language Requirement

  • IELTS6.5
  • TOEFL93
  • PTE65
  • Duolingo89

Academic IELTS - an average of 7.0 with a minimum of 6.5 in all sub-tests is required.

Ready to get started?

For any enquiries or further details, please don't hesitate to contact us. Let's take the next step in your academic journey together.

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