Overview
- Degree awarded
- PG Credit
- Duration
- 12 weeks per unit
- Entry requirements
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We require an honours degree in pharmacy.
- Number of places/applicants
- Up to 150 places per unit.
- How to apply
All applicants need to complete and submit our online application form (please choose the mode of attendance as distance learning part-time and for the programme description please select Pharmacist CPD units). See the advice to applicants section for details of the supporting documents we require with your form.
We recommend that you apply as early as possible. We accept applications on a rolling basis up until one week before the start of each unit. Late applications may be considered in exceptional circumstances. We reserve the right to close applications earlier if the units are full.
Course options
| Full-time | Part-time | Full-time distance learning | Part-time distance learning | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modular | N | N | N | Y |
Course overview
- Study one or more units from our MSc Clinical Pharmacy degree as standalone courses for continuing professional development.
- Develop your clinical, applied practice, leadership and research skills while working as a pharmacist thanks to our part-time online distance learning approach.
- Study at a university ranked 5th in the UK for Pharmacy (QS World University Rankings 2023).
- Our CPD learning materials are mapped to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's post-registration foundation framework.
- Open up a new career in pharmacy or develop your skills within your current role upon completion of one or more of our CPD units.
Fees
For entry in the academic year beginning September 2024, the tuition fees are as follows:
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Modular (part-time distance learning)
UK students (per annum): £1350 per 15 credits
International, including EU, students (per annum): 3500 per 15 credits
Further information for EU students can be found on our dedicated EU page.
Policy on additional costs
All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).
Contact details
- School/Faculty
- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health
- Telephone
- +44 (0)161 529 4563
- pgtaught.pharmacy@manchester.ac.uk
- Website
- https://www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/study/pharmacy/cpd/
- School/Faculty
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Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health
Courses in related subject areas
Use the links below to view lists of courses in related subject areas.
Entry requirements
Academic entry qualification overview
English language
Students whose first language is not English require a minimum of one of the following:
- IELTS 6.5 with at least 6.0 in writing;
- paper-based TOEFL of 575 or computer-based TOEFL of 230 with 6.0 in the Test of Written English (TWE);
- internet-based TOEFL of 90 with a minimum of 22 in each component.
English language test validity
Relevant work experience
You must be employed in a patient-facing capacity while taking the course. You need to be practising pharmacy in an environment where you are routinely able to apply your clinical skills through direct patient care.
Professional entry qualification
Application and selection
How to apply
All applicants need to complete and submit our online application form (please choose the mode of attendance as distance learning part-time and for the programme description please select Pharmacist CPD units). See the advice to applicants section for details of the supporting documents we require with your form.
We recommend that you apply as early as possible. We accept applications on a rolling basis up until one week before the start of each unit. Late applications may be considered in exceptional circumstances. We reserve the right to close applications earlier if the units are full.
Advice to applicants
All applicants need to complete our online application form .
Course details
Course description
If you are interested in studying pharmacy at postgraduate level to further your professional practice and prospects, but don't have the time to dedicate to a full master's course, take one or more units from our MSc Clinical Pharmacy course as standalone continuing professional development (CPD) courses via online part-time distance learning.
We are currently offering a range of units as courses for CPD. You can study one unit as a standalone course or take more units to build up credits for a postgraduate award.
- Education and Training (15 credits) - available in September each year
- Evidence Based Practice (15 credits) - available in January each year
- Leadership and Management (15 credits) - available in January each year
- Medicines Management (15 credits) - available in September each year
- Medicines Optimisation and Therapeutics 1 (15 credits) - available in September each year
- Medicines Optimisation and Therapeutics 2 (15 credits) - available in January each year
- Mental Health (15 credits) - available in September each year
- Paediatrics (15 credits) - available in September each year
- Pharmacy Public Health (15 credits) - available in January each year
- Surgery (15 credits) - available in January each year (this unit is only available to pharmacists employed in hospital settings)
Aims
The pharmacy CPD units aim to provide pharmacists with flexibility and choice to advance their professional and clinical skills as part of their lifelong learning.
Throughout all units, there is an emphasis on patient-centred care, clinical leadership, patient safety, complex decision-making and continuing professional development to drive forward service innovation in pharmacy.
Teaching and learning
All of our CPD units are delivered online. Teaching and learning methods vary between units but can include:
- e-lectures;
- directed and recommended reading;
- case studies;
- online discussion forums;
- evening webinars;
- short videos;
- self-directed work-based tasks;
- personal development planning.
Visit the relevant unit page to find out more about specific teaching and learning methods for that unit.
Coursework and assessment
We use a range of summative and formative assessments that vary depending on the unit. They can include:
- reflective accounts;
- practice portfolios;
- webinar oral presentations;
- Pharmaceutical Care Plans (PCPs);
- case presentations;
- Personal development plans;
- Evidence of completion of CPPE learning programmes.
Visit the relevant unit page to find out more about specific coursework and assessment methods for that unit.
Course unit details
You can take any unit listed above as a standalone course for continuing professional development (CPD).
These units are delivered via online distance learning. After completing three CPD units, you will be invited to apply for a postgraduate qualification (PGCert, PGDip or MSc). If you apply for a postgraduate qualification after completion of CPD units, you must complete all relevant core units.
If you take a standalone CPD unit, you must re-apply if you want to undertake a postgraduate qualification within three years of starting your first CPD unit. You then have up to five years to complete the qualification.
Course unit list
The course unit details given below are subject to change, and are the latest example of the curriculum available on this course of study.
| Title | Code | Credit rating | Mandatory/optional |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medicines Optimisation & Therapeutics 1 | PHAR60411 | 15 | Optional |
| Education and Training | PHAR60432 | 15 | Optional |
| Research Methods | PHAR60512 | 15 | Optional |
| Surgery | PHAR62252 | 15 | Optional |
| Leadership and Management | PHAR62261 | 15 | Optional |
| Foundations of Clinical Pharmacy | PHAR63001 | 15 | Optional |
| Evidence Based Practice | PHAR63002 | 15 | Optional |
| Medicines Optimisation and Therapeutics 2 | PHAR63012 | 15 | Optional |
| Specialist Medicines Optimisation and Therapeutics | PHAR63021 | 15 | Optional |
| Paediatrics | PHAR63041 | 15 | Optional |
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Facilities
Our CPD units are delivered online, which means you do not need to study in Manchester. However, our staff make full use of a range of facilities to deliver high quality learning experiences to online learners.