Entry requirements

A second-class honours degree in Pharmacy (BSc, BPharm or MPharm), registration as a practising pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council and two year's UK-based patient-facing experience post-registration. Applicants require the written agreement of a Designated Medical Practitioner to mentor them throughout the course and the support of their employing organisation where applicable. All shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend an interview.

English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 7.0 with no component score below 7.0.

Months of entry

September

Course content

Overview

If you're an experienced practicing pharmacist and want to further your career in a specialist area, joining our PgCert Independent Prescribing for Pharmacists course is the perfect way to fulfil your ambitions.

On this course you'll develop your clinical examination and consultation skills, and build on your understanding of pharmacology and therapeutics, to inform evidence-based management decisions alongside patients within your chosen scope of practice.

When you graduate, you'll be qualified for a career as an independent prescriber within a clinical setting.

On this course, you'll:

Learn from experts in the School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, and the School of Health and Care Professions
Get hands-on experience in clinical examination and history taking
Study topics including pharmacology and therapeutics for prescribers, clinical skills for prescribers, and professional aspects of prescribing
Improve your counselling and consultation skills in our practice dispensary facilities, where you'll consult with patient actors
Build on your clinical simulation experience in our clinical skills suite, featuring a Laerdal human patient simulator
Be supported by experienced clinical pharmacists as you develop your competencies portfolio

Accreditation

This PgCert course carries General Pharmaceutical Council accreditation as a prescribing programme leading to the right to have your pharmacist registration annotated as 'Independent prescriber'.

Careers and opportunities

Graduates have gone on to take roles in:
- Mental health
- Rheumatology
- Minor ailments
- Pain management
- Nutrition
- Travel medicine
- Critical care
- Cardiology
- Renal disease
- HIV medicine
- Respiratory and dermatology

Fees and funding

https://www.port.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-research/funding-your-research-degree

Qualification, course duration and attendance options

PGCert
part time
8 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification

1 year part-time

Course contact details

Name: Admissions Team
Email: admissions@port.ac.uk

Phone: 023 9284 5566

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