MSc Pharmacy Practice  MSc Pharmacy Practice University of Portsmouth ../webroot/files/Institutions/cover_photo/1567487692University-of-Portsmouth-1.jpg

This popular course is suited to pharmacists currently employed in hospital, community or primary care. The course forms the next stage in the career structure after the MPharm and professional registration with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB). It is designed to extend your knowledge and skills in pharmacy practice and aims to reinforce and develop an informed and critical appreciation of current and future roles within the pharmacy profession. The programme will be delivered locally by the School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Portsmouth. However, it has been developed in conjunction with four other Schools of Pharmacy ? the University of London, King?s College London, the University of Brighton and the University of East Anglia ? allowing a broad range of expertise to be used. The development of a joint syllabus also provides an opportunity for transferable credit between universities. All applicants must be working in a practice environment that will offer the appropriate level of support. For hospital and primary care-based participants, this involves an accredited tutor and for community pharmacists tutorial support will be given by the University. The course is a three-year, part-time programme (one day per week or fortnight, depending on the stage of the course, or evenings for community pharmacist participants). Course Content: The course encompasses initial clinical skills, then focuses on therapeutics-related skills before developing applied therapeutics skills in year two and research skills as well as specialist options in year three. Year one In your first year you will study: Community pharmacy ? Applied Pharmacy Practice Skills ? Pharmacy Practitioner Development in the NHS ? including MUR, medication review and response to symptoms Hospital pharmacy ? Applied Pharmacy Practice Skills ? Pharmacy Practitioner Development in the NHS ? including patient and clinical monitoring, health policy and pharmaceutical care Primary care ? Applied Pharmacy Practice Skills ? Pharmacy Practitioner Development in the NHS ? including prescribing support Year two Year two units are the same for all three areas of practice and include a detailed investigation of applied therapeutics and pharmaceutical care relevant to patient groups within your particular area of pharmacy practice. Year three Optional units in year three include: ? Prescribing ? Public Health ? Extended and Advanced Services ? Facilitation Skills ? Critical Care ? Cardiovascular Care ? Learning and Teaching Individual or groups of units can be studied to meet service development needs such as supplementary and independent prescribing. However, please note that specific therapeutic and workplace requirements apply for the prescribing units ? the applicant needs to have a designated medical practitioner, evidence of therapeutic expertise in the clinical area and a suitable clinical environment in which prescribing is going to be carried out. Career Progression: On completion of the programme, hospital pharmacists will be able to apply for posts at advanced level. Community pharmacists will be more confident to provide enhanced and advanced services. Primary care pharmacists will gain experience in the wider issues associated within primary care. Former graduates have gone on to a variety of roles, such as prescribing support pharmacist, medication review pharmacist, supplementary prescriber, clinical specialist pharmacist and teacherpractitioner. Information Days: The University runs a series of Postgraduate Information Days throughout the year. For details and to book a place, please click on the Open Days tab above.