CREDPG Independent Prescribing (Credit Only) (Part Time)

Key details

CREDPG INDEPENDENT PRESCRIBING (CREDIT ONLY) (PART TIME)

Start Year

2020

Attendance

Part Time

Award

Postgraduate Credit (non-award bearing)

Duration (years)

This course enables you to demonstrate that you have met the required outcomes of an independent prescriber, as set by the GPhC. You will achieve this by attending our study days, completing e-learning, workplace activities, and the learning mutually agreed with the course team and your DMP.

You will benefit from multiple teaching methods to aid your learning, including 12 days in clinical practice under the supervision of a designated medical practitioner and 13 compulsory study days, spread throughout the course.

The study days are small group, expert-facilitated interactive sessions, responsive to your individual needs.

Prior to each of them, you’ll need to complete a study pack, which will provide you with the required knowledge and direct work-based skill development activities to support the learning outcomes for the study day in question. The study day facilitator will then you set you a brief readiness test before you attend, so that they’re able to tailor their interactions with you on the day to, and you get the most out of it.

As a qualified pharmacist, you may already possess some of the underpinning clinical knowledge and skills required for the course, for example, through the prior completion of a clinical diploma. If you have evidence of experience or certification of competency you may be eligible for reduced study day attendance and a reduced fee.

Places on this course are limited to a maximum of 28 students per cohort (14 students per location).

This course has limited places available for March 2021 and applicants are advised to apply as soon as possible.

This course may become full before the application deadline. Applicants will then be offered an alternative study location, or be offered a place on the next available course. Please contact the admissions team on pgt.admissions@uea.ac.uk if you have admissions queries, or the course team on pha.prescribing@uea.ac.uk if you have any course related questions.

Course Timetable

Due to current COVID-19 social distancing guidelines face-to-face teaching has been temporarily suspended. As a result the course will be taught online until it is safe to resume face-to-face teaching.

Colour code	Attendance requirement
	E-learning / Directed Learning days
	Attended by all - with or without APL
	Attended by no APL
	Attended by no APL and partial APL

Study Day	Date	Session
Day 1 AM/PM UEA	Weds 3^rd Mar	Induction to the prescribing course
Day 1 AM/PM Cambridge	Thurs 4^th Mar	Induction to the prescribing course

Day 2 AM UEA/Cambridge	Weds 10^th Mar	Interpreting Patient Data
Day 2 PM UEA/Cambridge	Weds 10^th Mar	Systematic Approaches to Antimicrobial Therapy

Day 3 AM UEA	Weds 17^th Mar	Introduction to Critique of Prescribing
Day 3 PM UEA	Weds 17^th Mar	Patient Assessment and Clinical Examination 1
Day 3 AM Cambridge	Thurs 18^th Mar	Introduction to Critique of Prescribing
Day 3 PM Cambridge	Thurs 18^th Mar	Patient Assessment and Clinical Examination 1
PDP/LNA/PPP Self Directed Learning Plan Submission: Tuesday 23^rd March
Day 4 AM/PM UEA/Cambridge	Wed 24^th Mar	Consultation Skills 1 & 2

e-Learning 1*	Thurs 1^st Apr	Legal and Ethical Aspects of Prescribing
Practice area reading 1*	Thurs 8^th Apr	Pharmacology, Physiology and Pharmacotherapeutics

Day 5 AM/PM UEA/Cambridge	Wed 14^th Apr	Medication Review
TAB link sent out (4 weeks to complete): Wednesday 21^st April
Day 6 AM UEA	Wed 21^st Apr	Clinical Assessment, Physical Examination and History Taking
Day 6 PM UEA	Wed 21^st Apr	Consultation Skills 3 Gathering information
Day 6 AM Cambridge	Thurs 22^nd Apr	Clinical Assessment, Physical Examination and History Taking
Day 6 PM Cambridge	Thurs 22^nd Apr	Consultation Skills 3 Gathering information
ECCS Formative submission: Tuesday 27^th April
Day 7 AM Cambridge	Wed 28^th April	Critique of Prescribing in Defined Area
Day 7 PM Cambridge	Wed 28^th April	Consultation Skills 4 - Reaching a shared decision
Day 7 AM UEA	Thurs 29^th April	Critique of Prescribing in Defined Area
Day 7 PM UEA	Thurs 29^th April	Consultation Skills 4 - Reaching a shared decision
TAB update sent out: Wednesday 5^th May Critique of prescribing essay formative submission: Wednesday 19^th May
Day 8 AM UEA	Wed 12^th May	Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis & Drop-in session – Clinical Activity Log
Day 8 PM UEA	Wed 12^th May	Clinical Management Planning
Day 8 AM Cambridge	Thurs 13^th May	Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis & Drop-in session – Clinical Activity Log
Day 8 PM Cambridge	Thurs 13^th May	Clinical Management Planning
Tab deadline: Wednesday 19^th May Deadline to choose simulated patient or video assessment by Study day 9
Day 9 AM Cambridge	Wed 19^th May	Medicines Optimisation
Day 9 PM Cambridge	Wed 19^th May	Public Health and Local Health Economy + SSLC
Day 9 AM UEA	Thurs 20^th May	Medicines Optimisation
Day 9 PM UEA	Thurs 20^th May	Public Health and Local Health Economy + SSLC
Reports collated and sent out: Friday 28^th May
Day 10 AM Cambridge	Wed 26^th May	Consultation Skills 5
Day 10 PM Cambridge	Wed 26^th May	Patient Assessment and Clinical Examination 2
Day 10 AM UEA	Thurs 27^th May	Consultation Skills 5
Day 10 PM UEA	Thurs 27^th May	Patient Assessment and Clinical Examination 2

E-learning 2 AM/PM*	Wed 2^nd June	Prescribing and Decision Making

Day 11 AM UEA	Wed 9^th June	Prescribing Dilemmas
Day 11 PM UEA	Wed 9^th June	Challenges to Using Your Qualification
Day 11 AM Cambridge	Thurs 10^th June	Prescribing Dilemmas
Day 11 PM Cambridge	Thurs 10^th June	Challenges to Using Your Qualification

Directed Learning AM/PM*	Weds 16^th June	Extended Clinical Case
Portfolio submission deadline is Thursday 24^thJune
Day 12 ALL DAY	Thurs 1^st July	Portfolio Review and Simulated Patient Assessment

IP – Pharmacist independent prescriber; RN – Registered nurse; GP – General practitioner

*These are self-directed learning days and are suggested days for completion of relevant activities, they do not require attendance at the UEA and these activities can be completed at any point during the course programme.

About

Tailored to the requirements of clinically experienced pharmacists, our Independent Prescribing course will help you to become a competent prescriber.

Our multidisciplinary teaching team is comprised of practicing clinical and prescribing pharmacists, doctors and nurses. The four-month, part-time course includes 12 days in clinical practice under the supervision of a designated medical practitioner (DMP). You’ll also benefit from 13 study days with associated pre-study day activities, which you can adapt to your own needs. Working with a DMP, you’ll get to grips with the required skills in examination and diagnostics for you to perform in a prescribing role, and to pursue competency in these areas. The course also covers advanced consultation skills, clinical decision-making, law and ethics, and public health.

Complete your course successfully and you’ll be eligible for the annotation of ‘Independent Prescriber’ on the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) Register of Pharmacists.

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Course Reference Number: 664402

Important Information

Whilst the University will make every effort to offer the courses listed, changes may sometimes be made arising from the regular review of course programmes. Where this activity leads to significant (but not minor) changes to programmes, there will normally be prior consultation of students and others. Changes may for example consist of variations to the content and method of delivery of programmes, courses and other services, to discontinue programmes, courses and other services and to merge or combine programmes or courses. The University will endeavour to keep such changes to a minimum, and will inform students.

Entry Requirements

Degree classification

Any

Degree subject

Pharmacy (MPharm or equivalent)

Additional entry requirements

You will need to provide a copy of your General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) certificate or verification of registered pharmacist status.
Applicants must provide evidence of 2 years continuous registration with either the GPhC or the PSNI.
You must have a named designated medical practitioner (DMP) willing to supervise your training.
Registered medical practitioners eligible to be a DMP must have at least 3 years medical, treatment and prescribing responsibility for a group of patients/clients in the field of practice that the pharmacist intends to prescribe. The medical practitioner must work in either a GP practice, secondary or tertiary care, have experience or training in teaching and /or supervision in practice and the support of his/her employer to undertake the role of a DMP.
You must have arrangements in place to undertake 90 hours of learning in practice supervised by your DMP.
DMP commitments and responsibilities are outlined in the Statement of Compliance

Students for whom english is a foreign language

We welcome applications from students whose first language is not English. To ensure such students benefit from postgraduate study, we require evidence of proficiency in English. Our usual entry requirements are as follows:

IELTS: 6.5 (minimum 5.5 in all components)
PTE (Pearson): 58 (minimum 42 in all components)

Test dates should be within two years of the course start date.

Other tests, including Cambridge English exams and the Trinity Integrated Skills in English are also accepted by the university. The full list of accepted tests can be found here: Accepted English Language Tests.

Intakes

This course is open to UK, EU and International applicants. This course has two intakes per year, September and March and runs in either Norwich or Cambridge.

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Course Reference Number: 664402

CREDPG INDEPENDENT PRESCRIBING (CREDIT ONLY) (PART TIME)