Clinical Pharmacy Practice with Hospital Placement MSc
University of HuddersfieldUniversity of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield HD1 3DH
Course overview
Are you an overseas pharmacist looking to enhance your clinical expertise and gain hands-on experience in the UK? Our degree provides a unique blend of knowledge, training, and practical experience tailored to the most popular career pathways in the pharmacy profession. As part of the course, you’ll have a work placement in a hospital setting, such as the NHS in the UK.
You’ll develop the scientific and clinical skills necessary for practicing as a pharmacist and stay up-to-date with the latest research and discoveries to inform your future clinical pharmacy practice. Industry-Relevant Experience: You will gain significant practical experience and confidence whilst studying on this course as you will be exposed to simulated and real-life situations and patient facing roles in both the classroom and a UK hospital setting. Skills Development: You will be shown how to use various IT resources in a pharmacy, and various clinical information resources used in a clinical practice.
Comprehensive Understanding: The course structure is designed to maximise your learning experience, with dedicated teaching time as well as hands-on project work.
Key highlights
- Work placement in a UK hospital setting, such as the NHS
- Designed for overseas pharmacists seeking UK clinical experience
- Simulated and real-life patient-facing roles in classroom and hospital
- Training in pharmacy IT and clinical information resources
- Develops scientific and clinical skills for practising as a pharmacist
- Combines dedicated teaching time with hands-on project work
Entry requirements
- Degree: 2nd class — to include Pharmacy; or above
- Additional condition: work_experience — …have worked, prior to your application At least 3-months relevant work experience before starting the course You will be required to undertake an Occupational Health screening, and/or Enhanced Level D…
- Additional condition: occupational_health — …experience before starting the course You will be required to undertake an Occupational Health screening, and/or Enhanced Level Disclosure and Barring Service checks upon admission to, and at certain other poi…
Scholarships
The Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship
Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship Scheme provides a fee waiver of at least 50% on full-time or part-time research degrees, some schools may offer 100%.
Careers this course leads to
- Clinical pharmacist
- Hospital pharmacist
- Community pharmacist
- Medicines information pharmacist
- Primary care pharmacist
Cost of study
UK/Home: £19,800 | International: £21,000
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 University of Huddersfield, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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