Overview
Key features
This Independent Prescribing for Pharmacists Practice Certificate from De Montfort University will help you to learn about the many facets of prescribing, including clinical, communication, and consultation skills, the psychology of prescribing, and legal and ethical considerations of prescribing.
During the course, you will be expected to complete 450 hours of learning across a variety of platforms. You will attend eight compulsory face-to-face study days where you will be taught in small groups. This encourages important discussion and debate between pharmacists and lecturers, allowing for valuable reflection on the future of prescribing practice and promoting self-awareness as a non-medical prescriber.
You will also undertake the equivalent of at least 12 days (or 90 hours) of practice-based experience, under the supervision of your Designated Prescribing Practitioner (DPP), working towards competencies in a chosen area of practice.
To reinforce your learning, we support self-directed learning through our easy-to-use online learning platform. This format allows you to study at a time convenient to you, and encourages communication with fellow pharmacists and lecturers through discussion boards.
Potential Careers:
Upon successful completion of this course you will be awarded a Practice Certificate in Independent Prescribing, which will allow you to apply to the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) for your register entry to be annotated to that of a prescriber. You will then be able to work as a pharmacist independent prescriber.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Clinical reasoning and complex decision making
- Communication and consultation skills
- Clinical skills including NEWS2 assessment, cardiovascular, abdominal and respiratory examinations
- Influences on prescribing
- Psychology of prescribing
- Legal and ethical aspects of prescribing
- Understanding clinical risk
- Using evidence-based medicine and critical appraisal
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 6 months
- Part-time
- 12 months
- Flexible
Start dates & application deadlines
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Disciplines
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Academic requirements
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Student insurance
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Applicants need to be registered as a pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) or, in Northern Ireland, with the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (PSNI).
- Applicants should be in good standing with the GPhC and/or PSNI and any other healthcare regulator with which they are registered.
- Applicants should hold a third-class honours (3rd) or above in Pharmacy or equivalent degree qualification.
- Applicants must have relevant experience in a UK pharmacy setting and be able to recognise, understand and articulate the skills and attributes required by a prescriber to act as the foundation of their prescribing practice whilst training.
- Applicants should undertake their learning in practice in the UK or Northern Ireland.
- For the purposes of developing their independent prescribing practice applicants must identify an area of clinical or therapeutic practice on which to base their learning.
Tuition Fee
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2225 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 2225 GBP for the full programme during 6 months. -
National
2225 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 2225 GBP for the full programme during 6 months.
The fees for January and April entry is £2,150 for 45 credits (national students)
Living costs for Leicester
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
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