PgDip Advanced Clinical Pharmacy Practice
Queen's University Belfast
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OverviewDo you want to advance your pharmacy career while continuing in employment?This postgraduate distance learning programme allows you fit your studies around your work and family commitments.Our Advanced Clinical Pharmacy Practice programme was developed following extensive consultation with pharmacists and their employers both within and beyond the United Kingdom. It provides a flexible study pathway that is designed to develop the therapeutic knowledge and clinical skills of pharmacists ...Read more

OverviewDo you want to advance your pharmacy career while continuing in employment?This postgraduate distance learning programme allows you fit your studies around your work and family commitments.Our Advanced Clinical Pharmacy Practice programme was developed following extensive consultation with pharmacists and their employers both within and beyond the United Kingdom. It provides a flexible study pathway that is designed to develop the therapeutic knowledge and clinical skills of pharmacists to an advanced level. The modules are designed to help pharmacists to acquire and demonstrate the advanced-level competencies defined in the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Advanced Pharmacy Framework.The programme is an amalgamation of our previous clinical pharmacy and community pharmacy programmes and is open to pharmacists in all employment sectors.The PG Diploma can be completed entirely off-campus by distance-learning and is therefore open to pharmacists both within and outside the United Kingdom. Alternatively, students in Great Britain may select the Independent Prescribing option in year 2, which includes a compulsory 5-day clinical skills residential at Queen's.Advanced Clinical Pharmacy Practice HighlightsThe distance-learning format allows you to organise your studies around your work and family commitments. Also, employers support distance-learning as staff do not require regular leave to attend on-campus.World Class FacilitiesThe School of Pharmacy at Queen's is acknowledged as a leading centre for Pharmacy teaching and research in the UK, consistently featuring at or near the top of league tables for the subject.Student ExperienceStudents are supported by full-time dedicated staff in the School of Pharmacy Distance Learning Centre.

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3/279
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4th
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24th
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Entry requirements

Applicants must have a pharmacy degree (minimum Bachelor degree) from a university recognised by Queens University Belfast and be registered as a pharmacist with an appropriate regulatory organisation.

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£2,580 per year

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£2,580 per year

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Students from England

£2,580 per year

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Students from Scotland

£2,580 per year

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Students from Wales

£2,580 per year

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Students from Northern Ireland

£4,380 per year

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£4,380 per year

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06 Feb 25
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Queen's University Belfast
Queen's University Belfast , Belfast

Queen’s University Belfast is a globally recognised institution and a member of the prestigious Russell Group of UK...

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