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Future proof your role as a Pharmacist. Learn through an innovative and flexible teaching style. Build upon current knowledge and experience and extend your professional development.
The Clinical Pharmacy MSc has been designed to align with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) foundation and advanced practice frameworks and the RPS knowledge summary guides. Gain vital core skills and knowledge necessary to prepare for your role as an advanced pharmacist practitioner and utilise your portfolio assessments to be used towards building your RPS individual pharmacist portfolio.
The course has been developed by healthcare professionals and academics to reflect the most up-to-date and relevant areas to a pharmacist’s practice. Customise your clinical learning needs for your pharmacist role through our tailored module approach. There is a mentor and non-mentor route offered for the majority of modules (please see specific modules for further details); we would advise that you look to identify a chosen mentor as soon as possible in the application process, but if you are unable to find a suitable one then the non-mentor based route is available. The mentor must have a diploma (or higher qualification) in Clinical Pharmacy and must have held this qualification for a minimum of one year before becoming a mentor.
The Clinical Pharmacy MSc is delivered through a blended learning approach. A strong focus is on the interactive distance-learning material, which you can work through at a time convenient to you.
Teaching is delivered through online lectures, expert interviews, directed reading, case-based scenarios, research, tutorials and online tutor support. Content is divided into bite-sized chunks so even in a short amount of time you could cover a specific area, self-check your knowledge in a quiz, watch an expert consult or watch a video. In addition to online teaching you will have the opportunity to attend conference days on campus at the University. You will be taught by experienced academic pharmacists working in current practice, highly specialist advanced clinical pharmacist practitioners, medical consultants and many other healthcare professionals.
Assessments include written/online examinations, OSCEs, a work-based portfolio mapped to the RPS pharmacy frameworks, and written coursework.
The suite of modules running over the academic year allow you the learner to manage your own time and give you flexibility of when you study across the module time period. Compared to an undergraduate course, you will find that this Masters requires a higher level of independent working.
Our typical offer is:
| Qualification | Minimum grade |
|---|---|
| a Canadian bachelor's degree | GPA 2.40 |
| a USA bachelor's degree | GPA 2.5 |
If you already hold a postgraduate qualification, please see our Applying for additional postgraduate degrees Help and Advice article.
If you don't meet our standard entry requirements, you can take one of the foundation pathways at our partners ONCAMPUS Sunderland. Find out more information and whether your course is eligible on our ONCAMPUS page.
If your qualification is not listed above, please contact the Student Administration team at studentadmin@sunderland.ac.uk for further advice.
We usually require:
If English is not your first language, please see our English language requirements.
Tuition fees are:
Each year of the course requires 60 credits to complete. Please note that part-time courses are not available to international students who require a Student visa to study in the UK. Fees for international students who do not require a Student visa will be agreed at application stage, and may differ from the above.
Learn more about settled status, pre-settled status, special discounts, visa requirements and Common Travel Area (CTA) agreements for the Republic of Ireland applicants in our Help and Advice article.
This information was correct at the time of publication.
We encourage you to plan your career progression with your employer.
On completing this course you will be equipped with the advanced skills and knowledge specifically needed for progression into various senior pharmacist roles.
A promotion to a higher band of pay can quickly ensure a good return on your investment in the course. Within the NHS, salaries for specialist clinical pharmacist are rated as Band 7 (up to around £40,000).
We have a recommended route for your learning on the course, however, this is only a guide and you may have specific requirements or areas that you would want to cover. The recommended route would be:
Year 1: Clinical Decision Making and Stages of Care (20 credits), Patient Safety (20 credits) and two additional 10 credit modules.
Year 2: The Chronic Patient (20 credits), The Acute Patient (20 credits), and two additional 10 credit modules.
Year 3: Research Methods & Research Project (60 credits) OR Pharmacist Independent Prescribing (40 credits) and two additional 10 credit modules.
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