PgCert Advanced Pharmacy Practice at Robert Gordon University

PgCert is an exit award within the Advanced Pharmacy Practice course. The online MSc Advanced Pharmacy Practice course will equip you with the necessary knowledge, skills, attitude and competencies required for effective advanced practice. The course delivers a focused education, with content mapped to relevant professional development frameworks. The Pharmacist Independent Prescribing qualification is mandatory at the diploma stage.

Faculty: School of Pharmacy, Applied Sciences and Public Health  |  Location: Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

What you will study

The first two modules are studied concurrently providing a strong foundation for your practice and future studies. Pharmaceutical Care Planning (30 credits) focuses on the development and implementation of evidence-based pharmaceutical care plans for patients and Therapeutics (30 credits) covers a wide range of therapeutic topics. You will complete 60 credits, 30 of which will be Pharmacist Independent Prescribing with five mandatory online contact days.

Career pathways

This course is designed to enable you to develop in the key competency areas for advanced practice including Pharmacist Independent Prescribing; the option of advanced clinical skills training as an elective module at the diploma stage complements this. The interprofessional nature of some modules offers opportunities to enhance multi-disciplinary team working.

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