Advanced Clinical Pharmacy Practice

Queen's University Belfast
Postgraduate PgDip Distance learning (part-time) 2 Years Pharmacy, pharmacology, and toxicology

About this course

Do 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 Core Advanced Pharmacist Curriculum.

The MSc is open to pharmacists in all employment sectors although students must be able to undertake a project in either the primary or secondary healthcare sector in their final year. The MSc can be completed entirely off-campus by distance-learning and is therefore open to pharmacists both within and outside the United Kingdom.

The PG Diploma programme 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.

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.

The PG Certificate programme is open to pharmacists in all employment sectors. It is studied entirely off-campus by distance-learning and is open to pharmacists both within and outside the United Kingdom.

Study Options

This course is available in 3 study options:

Distance learning (part-time) Shown above

Duration: 2 Years

Qualification: PgDip

Location: Belfast

Distance learning (part-time) Shown above

Duration: 3 Years

Qualification: MSc

Location: Belfast

Distance learning (part-time) Shown above

Duration: 1 Year

Qualification: PgCert

Location: Belfast

Career Prospects

Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

2111 Chemical scientists
3111 Laboratory technicians
3115 Quality assurance technicians
2113 Biochemists and biomedical scientists
3219 Health associate professionals
2112 Biological scientists

Course Details

Qualification
Postgraduate Diploma - PgDip
Study Mode
Distance learning (part-time)
Duration
2 Years
Start Date
2025
Academic Year
2025
Campus / Location
Belfast
Scheme
Postgraduate
Subjects
Pharmacy, pharmacology, and toxicology