Clinical Pharmacy MSc

Course structure

This is a 12-month, full-time course with a combination of seven modules, including one independent study module (your clinical pharmacy project) and six taught modules.

You will have the opportunity to undertake a piece of research aligned to clinical pharmacy via a supervised research project. This allows the research undertaken to directly contribute to your understanding of clinical practice. 

The remaining six modules involve a mixture of lectures, skills-based workshops and research-based activity.

Syllabus

Modules

• Applied Therapeutics
• Clinical Research Methods
• Current Research in Pharmacy
• Clinical Pharmacy Project
• Pharmaceutical Skills 
• Health Promotion for Pharmacists

Options

• Specialised Clinical Practice
• Advanced Diabetes Therapies
• Pharmaceutical Care of Surgical Patients

Applied Therapeutics is a distance-learning module supported by a workbook, tutorials and a clinical placement, giving you an in-depth understanding of the therapeutic process by examining the major diseases that affect the population. It uses evidence-based practice to assist in rational drug therapy, taking patient factors and economic considerations into account.

Pharmaceutical Skills is a year-long module that gives you the necessary skills to practise pharmacy. These skills include those in communication, record keeping, numeracy, teamwork, literature searching and evaluating, dispensing, and diagnostic and patient management.

The Special Topic varies according to your interests. Example topics include diabetes and the pharmaceutical care of surgical patients.

The Project module is the largest of the course. It mainly involves independent study, requiring you to collect and analyse your own data and report on your findings, but you will also have a project supervisor who will support and guide you throughout the academic year.

The types of project vary and some may require ethical approval before they begin. Examples of projects that the course leader has supervised include:

• Comparison of the CHADS₂ and HAS-BLED scoring tools to evaluate the current prescribing practice of anticoagulation therapy in atrial fibrillation patients

• Prescribing practice of the selective aldosterone antagonist, eplerenone

• Assessment and management of cardiovascular disease in HIV patients

• Service evaluation to determine whether patients attending cardiac rehabilitation have had their cardio-protective medication up-titrated since discharge

• The use of vancomycin infusion in cardiothoracic patients

• Treatment of hyperglycaemia in acute coronary syndrome patients

SimMan 3G

All Clinical Pharmacy students have access to our SimMan 3G, a highly advanced patient simulator that allows you to monitor vital signs, detect numerous signs of disease and assess clinical response to drug treatment in real time.

The simulator can be programmed to exhibit the symptoms of specific medical conditions, so you can apply your theoretical knowledge to a variety of practical scenarios. This will help you to be more confident when faced with similar real-life situations.

For more information on SimMan, visit the manufacturer website.

Application process

The closing date for applications is 30 April 2020. Applications received after this date may still be considered if we have vacancies on the course or for a place on the reserve list.

Step 1

• Submit your completed application by 30 April 2020.
• Ensure that you accurately record any completed or pending qualifications – scan and attach your certificates.
• Provide two references – alert your referees that they should receive an email request and to check all email folders.
• Please note: failure to provide the correct information may result in your application being delayed.

Step 2

• Our admissions office reviews all applications.
• Complete applications meeting the entry criteria are submitted to the course tutor for review and possible selection.
• All fully completed applications received by 30 April 2020 will receive equal consideration.
• Applications received after this date may still be considered if we have vacancies on the course or for a place on the reserve list.

Step 3

• Successful applicants will be made an offer of a place on the course.
• We will let you know if your application has been placed on a reserve list for consideration. Reserve places may become available if a candidate needs to decline or defer their offer.

Step 4

• Ensure you accept your offer via Student View.
• Make sure you meet any conditions of your offer. This may include submitting evidence of your qualifications or obtaining further qualifications, such as English language.

Course fees

Scholarships, bursaries and loans

We offer a range of scholarships for postgraduate students. Bursaries and loans may also be available to you.

Find out more about postgraduate fees and funding.

What's included

You may have to pay additional costs during your studies. The cost of optional activities is not included in your tuition fee and you will need to meet this cost in addition to your fees. A summary of the costs that you may be expected to pay, and what is included in your fees, while studying a course in the School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences are listed here.

• All students are provided with a laboratory coat, safety glasses and log book.
• A budget to cover laboratory consumables and equipment for your final year project is included in the fees for all students.
• Access to key subject journals and subject specific databases is provided, as well as a site licence for industry-standard chemical drawing software.
• Essential instruction booklets (laboratory handbooks) are provided, as is project poster printing and thesis binding. However, you should budget for books, printing and stationery for personal study.
• The school provides some financial support for social activities via the student societies and holds a free annual graduation party.
• Optional placements and day trips may include additional costs but this will vary depending on location of the placement.
• For our ecology and conservation courses there are compulsory field trips for which you should budget up to £200. There are also optional field trips for which you may choose to budget up to £2,700. You may also need to buy appropriate clothing for outdoor use.
• DBS checks for MPharm students are included in the fee.
• Costs for MPharm placement travel is reimbursed up to a specified amount depending on location of placement.

You can chat with our enquiries team through the Stay in touch panel at the end of this page if you require further information. Or check our finance pages for advice about funding and scholarships, as well as more information about fees and advice on international and island fee-paying status.

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The fees listed here are for full-time courses beginning in the academic year 2021–22.

Further tuition fees are payable for each subsequent year of study and are subject to an annual increase of no more than 5% or RPI (whichever is the greater). The annual increase for UK students, who are subject to regulated fees, will increase no more than the statutory maximum fee.

You can find out more about our fees in the university's student contract and tuition fee policy (pdf).

The tuition fee you have to pay depends on a number of factors including the kind of course you take, and whether you study full-time or part-time. If you are studying part-time you will normally be charged on a pro rata basis depending on the number of modules you take.

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