Advanced Pharmacy Practice (Taught)

Course summary

The online MSc Advanced Pharmacy Practice course will equip you with the necessary knowledge, skills, attitude and competencies required for effective advanced practice. The course delivers a focused education, with content mapped to relevant professional development frameworks. The Pharmacist Independent Prescribing qualification is incorporated in the diploma stage. There are also several elective modules appropriate to advanced practice, with opportunities for interprofessional learning with other healthcare practitioners through shared modules with the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedic Practice. You will have many opportunities to use and build on your experience of professional practice, enabling you to reflect analytically as a life-long learner. This career-enhancing course will develop your ability to make a positive impact on patients' lives. The duration of this course is 24 months + a 1 week 'virtual residential'.

Modules

Please see RGU website for details - https://www.rgu.ac.uk/study/courses/874-pgcert-pgdip-msc-advanced-pharmacy-practice

Professional bodies

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

General Pharmaceutical Council

How to apply

International applicants

By meeting one of the full entry requirements stated, the English condition for this course is deemed as having been met.

Entry requirements

Applicants should have an 2:2 undergraduate honours degree in Pharmacy from a UK university, and two years post-registration relevant work experience* OR An integrated Master’s degree in Pharmacy (MPharm), and two years post-registration relevant work experience* OR The Overseas Pharmacists' Assessment Programme qualification and two years post-registration relevant work experience* Additionally, applicants must be registered as a Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council or the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland. *Relevant work experience is considered that which is patient facing.

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

For more information on RGU’s tuition fees please visit the RGU website- https://www.rgu.ac.uk/study/courses/874-pgcert-pgdip-msc-advanced-pharmacy-practice You may qualify for a scholarship or financial award. For more information please visit the RGU website- https://www.rgu.ac.uk/study/finance-funding/funding-and-scholarships-search