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Cardiff University: Clinical Pharmacy

Institution Cardiff University
Department School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Web https://www.cardiff.ac.uk
Email enquiry@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone +44 (0)29 2087 4455
Study type Taught

Summary

A key qualification for hospital pharmacy clinical career advancement, the programme enjoys funding from the NHS and is supported by Associate Course Directors across Wales and experienced work-based tutors at accredited hospital sites.

The MSc in Clinical Pharmacy is a 180 credit level 7 qualification and the Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy being a 120 credit level 7 qualification that has been designed to support your development as a pharmacist in your early career or if you are planning to change healthcare sector.

Through completing this programme, you will learn how to address the complex health related challenges faced by patients and the population as a whole. You’ll develop a comprehensive understanding and critical awareness of your role as a pharmacist and that of the pharmacy profession in a changing healthcare environment. This will include an understanding of the structure, organisation and funding of the health service, how resources are managed and how services are deemed to be clinically and cost effective.

This programme will also support you to become a confident independent learner and critical thinker and will embed the principles of quality improvement and using research to develop an evidence base. You’ll be supported to enhance your consultation and communication skills and to make decisions in complex clinical situations that may be acute or chronic. This will include an understanding of risk and how it can be managed or mitigated through appropriate quality management and clinical governance frameworks. You will embed the principles of shared decision making and multidisciplinary team-working in your practice.

Master of Science - MSc (PG)

Postgraduate Diploma - PgDip

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