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Study Details: 1-2 Years
Capitalising on over 25 years’ experience delivering flexible distance learning to support the continuing professional development (CPD) of practicing pharmacists, Keele’s Clinical Pharmacy Practice programme allows you to develop your clinical and professional knowledge and skills at a time, place and pace that suits you. You can tailor your study to your interests and educational needs, choosing from over 20 different modules covering skills-based and clinical topics. Designed for pharmacists working in any patient-facing sector, including hospital, community or GP practice, our academic offering embraces foundation level training through to advanced practice and ultimately your master’s qualification.
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, have a degree at 2:2 or higher (or overseas equivalent) and be practising either full-time or part-time in a patient-facing role.
The fixed pathway of this programme is not available to those who are not resident and working in the UK. However, the CPD Plus flexible pathway to obtain a Clinical Pharmacy Practice award is available to International pharmacists.
It is also essential that you have the support of your workplace to access patient data, where necessary for course learning activities and assessment; please submit a completed Declaration of Support form with your application.
The equivalent of 100 hours of study per 10 credits will be required to complete your course.
You will also need: an English language qualification
Positions may include:
Academic
Community pharmacist
Consultant pharmacist
Enhanced services community pharmacist
GP pharmacist
Hospital specialist pharmacist
Prescribing pharmacist
Primary care pharmacist
Modules include
PHA-40049 Education Theory and Practice for Health Professionals (10 credits)
PHA-40147 Evaluating Practice (10 credits)
PHA-40159 Leadership and Change Management (10 credits)
PHA-40053 Monitoring Therapy (10 credits)
PHA-40167 Rational Prescribing and Medicines Optimisation (10 credits)
PHA-40188 Introduction to Hospital Clinical Pharmacy (10 credits)*
PHA-40145 Patient Centred Care and Medicines Optimisation (10 credits)*
Clinical topics
PHA-40061 Cardiovascular Disease 1 (10 credits)
PHA-40067 Cardiovascular Disease 2 (10 credits)
PHA-40065 Central Nervous System Diseases (10 credits)
PHA-40141 Child Health (10 credits)
PHA-40063 Endocrine Disease (10 credits)
PHA-40062 Gastrointestinal Disease (10 credits)
PHA-40058 Infections (10 credits)
PHA-40143 Joint and Bone Disease (10 credits)
PHA-40055 Mental Health (10 credits)
PHA-40051 Respiratory Disease (10 credits)
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