Medicines Management, MSc-PGDip-PGCert Distance Learning - Distance

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University of Greenwich

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• Objectives
  The programme is designed to equip healthcare professionals with the skills and knowledge to contribute effectively to medicines management services and to individual drug therapy decisions. The programme content is up-to-the-minute and each course comprises a mixture of text, resources for self-study and case studies interspersed with suggestions for activities which link the learning directly with practice.
• Entry requirements
  Entry Requirements Applicants must be pharmacists, nurses or AHPs registered with the relevant UK professional body and working in the NHS or similar health system providing direct patient care. They must have a first degree in a relevant subject from an EU university. Equivalent qualifications from a non-EU university may be acceptable, but this will be assessed on an individual basis. OR Applicants must have at least five years' experience working in health care after professional qualification.
• Academic title
  Medicines Management, MSc/PGDip/PGCert
• Course description
  Medicines management describes a system of processes and behaviours that determines how medicines are used by patients and the NHS. Effective medicines management places the patient as the primary focus of interventions by health care professionals and is a key driver for NHS modernisation in the UK.
  
  The programme is delivered by distance learning supported by compulsory contact days, and this means it is very flexible in nature. Students can start at any stage throughout the year and are able to negotiate a personal timetable for submission of assessment with the programme tutors. The courses are fully supported by experienced pharmacists, many of whom have a continuing clinical or management role within the NHS.
  
  Core courses
  
  At certificate level one course studied must be a core course. Diploma and MSc students must complete all core courses, with students who continue to MSc level completing a research project related to their practice and writing a thesis.
  
      * Patients as Partners
      * Advanced Medication Review
      * Using Evidence Effectively
  
  Options
  
      * Applied Therapeutics: Cardiovascular Disease
      * Applied Therapeutics: Diabetes and Impaired Glucose Tolerance
      * Applied Therapeutics: Minor Ailments: Service Development for Pharmacists
      * Applied Therapeutics: Minor Ailments
      * Applied Therapeutics: Mental Health
      * Applied Therapeutics: Gastro-Intestinal Disease
      * Applied Therapeutics: Respiratory Diseases
      * Principles of Medicines Management
  
  Career Options
  
  There are many opportunities within medicines management for health care professionals with an additional qualification

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