Course summary
MSc Pharmacy Practice helps registered pharmacists working in community, primary or secondary care practice develop the knowledge and skills to meet the challenges of developments in pharmacy practice. This programme will equip you to provide pharmaceutical care to patients, manage your personal and professional development and introduce new services to the workplace. You’ll gain an in-depth understanding of techniques for evaluating and managing the risk associated with prescribing, supplying and administering medicines to ensure patient safety. Our focus on work-based learning and assessment links your study directly to your practice, whilst flexible modules allow you to develop skills in the areas of practice best for you. The dissertation project gives you chance to evaluate current issues and research in pharmacy and examine an area of pharmacy practice under the supervision of leading researchers.
Assessment method
Assessments are mainly written, work-based assignments and are designed to support day-to-day practice.
Professional bodies
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
- General Pharmaceutical Council
Entry requirements
A bachelor degree with a 2:1 (hons) in pharmacy. Current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) or Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (PSNI). Access to appropriate pharmacy practice to allow the undertaking of work-based assignments. Appointment of an agreed work-based tutor and support from a work-based manager. Opportunities for the accreditation of prior certificate learning and prior experiential learning exist through the School's credit accumulation and transfer procedures.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Additional fee information
Fees are listed on our website: https://courses.leeds.ac.uk/
Provider information
University of Leeds
Woodhouse Lane
Leeds
LS2 9JT