Swansea University

Non-Medical Prescribing for Allied Health Professionals, PGCert

Swansea UniversityCarmarthen (Nursing), United Kingdom

Course overview

Gain the knowledge and skills you need to prescribe safely and appropriately within your area of practice with our PGCert Non-Medical Prescribing for Allied Health Professionals. This one-year course will equip you with the competency to practise within current legislation as an independent or supplementary non-medical prescriber.

Key highlights

  • Develops skills to prescribe safely and appropriately within your practice area
  • Prepares you to practise as an independent or supplementary prescriber
  • Covers prescribing within current legislation

Entry requirements

You can apply for this course if you:

Scholarships

  • Chevening Scholarships

  • International Postgraduate Alumni Bursaries

    First Class - £5,000 per year; Second Class, First division - £3,000 per year; Second Class, Second division - £1,000 per year; Taught Masters to Research Degree - £3,000 per year subject to satisfactory progress.

  • Swansea University International Postgraduate Research Excellence Scholarship (SUIPRES)

    The SUIPRES Scholarship covers the difference between the International and the Home tuition fee rate for the duration of the PhD/Professional Doctorate programme.

Careers this course leads to

  • Independent prescriber (allied health professional)
  • Supplementary prescriber
  • Prescribing physiotherapist
  • Prescribing podiatrist
  • Prescribing paramedic
  • Prescribing therapeutic radiographer

Cost of study

UK/Home: £1,750 per year

Admission

Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Swansea University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.

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