CREDPG INDEPENDENT PRESCRIBING FOR PHARMACISTS (CREDIT ONLY UEA)

Key details

CREDPG INDEPENDENT PRESCRIBING FOR PHARMACISTS (CREDIT ONLY UEA)

Start Year

2023

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 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.

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 practising 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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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.

Students will select one of the following modules only, depending on entry point. September students will take PHA-7016Y; March students will take PHA-7017Y.

Assessment for Year 1

You will be assessed entirely by portfolio with the option of either recorded in-practice consultations at your place of work, or a simulated patient consultation.

To complete the course successfully you will also need to demonstrate:

Attendance of all study days
Completion of e-learning
Completion of practice activities and assignments within the workplace
Personal development planning and related evidence collection

Compulsory Modules

INDEPENDENT PRESCRIBING FOR PHARMACISTS

Code PHA-7016Y

Credits 40

THIS MODULE IS FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED ON THE INDEPENDENT PRESCRIBING FOR PHARMACISTS PROGRAMME. Students will identify the key skills in examination and diagnostics required for them to perform in their prescribing role and pursue competency in these areas with their Designated Medical Practitioner (DMP). Advanced consultation skills, clinical decision-making, law and ethics, and public health will be taught in face-to-face learning sets at UEA. This means a diverse range of clinical specialities can be accommodated within the learning set. This module will be taken by students for the September intake.

INDEPENDENT PRESCRIBING FOR PHARMACISTS

Code PHA-7017Y

Credits 40

THIS MODULE IS FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED ON THE INDEPENDENT PRESCRIBING FOR PHARMACISTS PROGRAMME. Students will identify the key skills in examination and diagnostics required for them to perform in their prescribing role and pursue competency in these areas with their Designated Medical Practitioner (DMP). Advanced consultation skills, clinical decision-making, law and ethics, and public health will be taught in face-to-face learning sets at UEA. This means that a diverse range of clinical specialities can be accommodated within the learning set. This module will be taken by students for the April intake.

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Important Information

Whilst the University will make every effort to offer the modules listed, changes may sometimes be made arising from the annual monitoring and review of modules. Where this activity leads to significant change to a programme and modules, the University will endeavour to consult with affected students. The University may not be able to offer a module for reasons outside of its control, such as the illness of a member of staff. Availability of optional modules may be restricted owing to timetabling, lack of demand, or limited places. Where this is the case, you will be asked to make alternative module choices and you will be supported during this process.

Entry Requirements

Degree classification

Any

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): 67 (minimum 59 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

There are two intakes for this course in March and September each year.

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Course Reference Number: 6884614

CREDPG INDEPENDENT PRESCRIBING FOR PHARMACISTS (CREDIT ONLY UEA)