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 |
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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.