ObjectivesThe programme aims to equip health care professionals with the skills and knowledge to contribute effectively to medicines management services and to individual drug therapy decisions in primary and secondary care.
Entry requirementsEntry Requirements Students should have a first degree in a relevant subject from an EU university or evidence of having worked at level 3. Equivalent qualifications from a non EU university may be acceptable but will be assessed on an individual basis
Academic titlePharmacotherapy and Service Development, PGCert
Course descriptionThe curriculum relates to practice throughout, with emphasis on the contribution of medicines management techniques to chronic disease management. Its structure and content enables students to incorporate their learning directly into their workplace and to rise to the challenges presented by the new, patient centred, NHS.
This programme offers the student a flexible approach to the accumulation of credits through a short course pathway.
Core courses
At least one course from:
* Principles of Medicines Management
* Patients as Partners
* Medication Review
Options
* Skills for the Future 1- Practice Certificate in Medicines Use Review
* Skills for the Future 2 - Practice Certificate in Medicines Use Review in Practice
* Patient Monitoring in Practice - Practice Certificate
* Minor Ailments - Service Development
* Minor Ailments - Infections and Infestations
* Minor Ailments - Pain
* Optimising Health
* Practice Certificate in Hypertension
* Practice Certificate in Type 2 Diabetes
* Practice Certificate in Obesity and Impaired Glucose Tolerance
* Practice Certificate in Asthma
* Generalist Certificate in Pharmacotherapy - Topic Signifier
* Specialist Certificate in Pharmacotherapy - Topic Signifier
Career Options
Developments in health care mean that there will be many opportunities for practitioners skilled in medicines management