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PG Credit Advanced Clinical Skills (Short Course) / Overview
Year of entry: 2019
- Degree awarded
- PG Credit
- Duration
- 6 months (part-time)
- Entry requirements
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We require an honours degree in Pharmacy (MPharm) (Lower Second or above) or an equivalent, Postgraduate Clinical Diploma or equivalent and an Independent prescribing qualification. See our other entry requirements for details of the professional experience and employer support that we require.
- Number of places/applicants
- 20 per intake
- How to apply
Please apply via our online application form.
You should also complete an additional information form and EMM agreement form . These additional forms should be uploaded with the other supporting documents to your online application.
There are two intakes per year. The next intake will be February 2019 and the deadline for applications, including all supplementary documents, will be 14 January 2019. The deadline for applications for the September 2019 intake will be 1 July 2019.
We recommend you apply as early as possible. We reserve the right to close applications if the course is full.
Course options
| Full-time | Part-time | Full-time distance learning | Part-time distance learning | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modular | N | Y | N | N |
Course overview
- Learn how to independently evaluate, assess and recommend/prescribe medicines for emergency medicine patients.
- Fit part-time study around work through face-to-face sessions and e-learning over 6 months.
- Take as a standalone short course for pharmacists who are already non-medical prescribers or with our Independent Prescribing course for a PGCert award.
- Have your fees paid by Health Education England North West if you work in the north-west region.
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Fees
For entry in the academic year beginning September 2019, the tuition fees are as follows:
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Modular (part-time)
UK/EU students (per annum): £2,500 per 30 credit unit
Scholarships/sponsorships
Students starting this course and/or the PGCert in Advanced Specialist Training in Emergency Medicine in February 2019 who work in the north west of England will have their tuition fees paid in full by Health Education North West.
This is as part of a funding initiative to develop the role of pharmacists in the emergency department and in urgent care. Applications from pharmacists working in emergency medicine based in acute medical areas, walk in centres or GP out-of-hours, may also be eligible for funding for the course.
Students working outside of the north-west will be self-funding and ineligible for tuition fees.
Contact details
- Academic department
- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health
- Telephone
- +44 (0)161 275 1798
- pgtaught.pharmacy@manchester.ac.uk
- Website
- https://www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/study/cpd/subjects/pharmacy/
- Academic department overview
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Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health
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