Course summary
MSc Clinical Pharmacy and Healthcare Leadership is ideal for non-UK registered pharmacists who want to develop the clinical and leadership skills to deliver person-centred care to patients. You will learn about:
- clinical areas such as respiratory, cardiovascular, diabetes, infectious diseases, mental health and cancer care, their treatments, and how co-morbidities and patient values and beliefs can impact on treatment decisions
- consulting effectively with a patient so they feel listened to and involved in their care
- identifying and managing risks and making shared decisions with patients about their care and ongoing treatment plan from a patient safety perspective
- monitoring medications and making changes and deprescribing when appropriate
- leading in a healthcare environment including personal leadership styles and influencing skills, and change and project management
- The healthcare leadership aspect of the programme will enable and empower you to lead developments and innovations in pharmacy practice in an environment where you may be the only pharmacist.
Modules
Core Research or Quality Improvement Project Research or Quality Improvement Project Pharmacy Placement Clinical Pharmacy Practice - Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Endocrine and Renal Healthcare Leadership Clinical Pharmacy Practice - Infection, Immunology, Mental Health, Cancer Care and Pain Strategic Planning and Quality Improvement
Assessment method
This programme uses an evidence-based approach to learning and assessment, which includes face-to-face and online learning. We use a face-to-face learning and teaching approach known as Team-Based Learning (TBL), which enables continuous formative and summative assessment and feedback to ensure you can keep track of your own progress and identify areas for improvement. TBL has also been shown to be an inclusive approach that enables all students to perform at their best and reduces attainment gaps. The programme aims to use your own experiences, allow choice in learning and assessment, provide continuous formative feedback and encourage you to move to increasingly advanced stages of personal development. You will be allocated a personal academic tutor (PAT) who will provide pastoral support to help you succeed on the programme. PATs will provide tailored support and guide you to support services in the University, such as the Academic Skills and English Language teams. At the beginning of the unit, you will be provided with pre-work, to enable you to gain the underpinning knowledge for the unit. You will then undertake an ‘individual readiness assurance test’ (iRAT) followed immediately by a ‘team readiness assurance test’ (tRAT). This will provide instant feedback on your knowledge and understanding of the pre-work and your readiness for the next stage of the unit. The rest of the unit will consist of workshops, simulations and ‘application exercises’ where you will learn to apply your knowledge in patient care and/or service delivery in a real-world setting. You will undertake assignments based on authentic practice-based scenarios, including written assignments, objective structured clinical exams (OSCEs) and presentations. Assessment activities on the programme have been designed to offer choice and flexibility wherever possible and to maximise your prior knowledge and experience in your country of practice. You will also identify your own development needs (with the support of your personal academic tutor (PAT)) and complete an evidence-based portfolio over the course of the programme. In Semester 3, you will undertake a project. For students undertaking the placement, this will usually be an area of focus for your project. Students on the non-placement route will undertake a different practice-related project.
Entry requirements
Acceptance to this Master’s programme requires a first degree with Honours or equivalent (2: 2) in a relevant area such as Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Integrated Science, Chemical Engineering, Pharmacy, Pharmacology or Pharmaceutical Sciences. For North American students a GPA of normally 2.5 and above on a scale of 4.0 is required, or equivalent. Candidates with certain two year’s work experience and a degree below the 2:2 will also be considered.
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
To be confirmed. See https://www.bradford.ac.uk/money/fees/ for previous years fees.
Provider information
University of Bradford
Richmond Road
Bradford
BD7 1DP