Overview

The Clinical Pharmacy programme at University College Cork Online is designed to maximise contact between student and tutor while allowing distance learning via the internet and through teleconferences/webinars with experienced medical and pharmacy practitioners.

Course Practicalities

Delivered entirely by distance learning. Apart from the final year exams, students are not required to attend the university. A compulsory induction webinar at the start of year 1 in online assessments. Students communicate with the module co-ordinators and each other through regular teleconferences/ webinars and via the Internet (using Blackboard, UCC’s learning management system).

Course materials are circulated under a strict timetable and all module assignments must be returned within set deadlines. Average 10 to 15 hours a week on teleconference/webinar preparation and participation, general reading, case studies, assignments and examination study and half a day each week on clinical placement/ work-based learning.

Skills and Careers Information

If you are interested in becoming a leader in clinical pharmacy services, our course will provide you with the skills you need. These include presentation skills, report writing, critical appraisal of drug therapies and rational drug use, pharmacoeconomic evaluation, research project management and medication safety management.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Biostatistics/Critical Appraisal

Pharmacoeconomics

Pharmacotherapy II: Endocrinology, CNS (Psychiatry/ Neurology), Musculoskeletal, Infectious Disease

Pharmacotherapy III: Special Populations

Pharmacotherapy I: Renal, Cardiovascular, Respiratory and Gastrointestinal Disorders

Drugs and Therapeutics: Safety, Efficacy and Rational Use

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2024-09-11 00:00:00
- Apply before 2024-06-30 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2024-07-03 00:00:00 , EEA/EU

More details

UCC operates a rounds closing date system for the majority of postgraduate taught courses

Language

English

IELTS

6.5

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TOEFL^® IBT

90

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Credits

90 ECTS

Pathway I - 60 credits of taught modules (part 1) and 30 credits of a research project (part 2).

Pathway II (one year course) - 45 credits

Delivered

Online

Disciplines

Public Health Pharmacy Health Administration View 26 other Masters in Health Administration in Ireland

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

IELTS

6.5

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90

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Other requirements

General requirements

Candidates must hold a primary pharmacy degree from a School of Pharmacy that is approved by the Programme Committee;

They must be registered with the professional accreditation authority in the country in which they are practising;

Candidates should have practical experience in their area of qualifications of at least one year post-registration;

Candidates must be employed in a healthcare setting;

Applicants may be requested to undergo an interview;

All candidates will be required to have full access to computer and internet facilities and to be computer literate;

In some exceptional circumstances candidates, by virtue of their training and experience may, at the discretion of the Programme Director and the Head of School, be deemed suitable for entry to the degree.

Tuition Fee

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International

8500 EUR/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 8500 EUR per year during 24 months.
EU/EEA

4230 EUR/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 4230 EUR per year during 24 months.

Funding

Studyportals Student Grant Deadline: 30 June 2020

Apply and be among one of the 20 students to win €1000.

Studyportals Student Grant Deadline: 30 June 2020

Apply and be among one of the 20 students to win €1000.

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Scholarships Information

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