Prescribing for Pharmacists PgCert
Queen's University BelfastBelfast, United Kingdom
Course overview
Do you want to advance your pharmacy career by becoming a non-medical prescriber? This programme is accredited by both the General Pharmaceutical Council and Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland to train pharmacists as non-medical prescribers. Students undertake online and work-based training and assessment in addition to a 5-day clinical skills residential in January at our Clinical Skills Centre on-campus in Belfast.
This programme has been developed to train pharmacists in Great Britain as non-medical prescribers. When the course is oversubscribed, priority will be given to students already enrolled on the QUB Advanced Clinical Pharmacy Practice Programme. If you are employed as a pharmacist in Northern Ireland and wish to train as a non-medical prescriber, please visit our PG Cert in Independent Prescribing.
As well as the QUB administrative application process there is a separate application process based on the GPhC eligibility criteria and to obtain these forms they should contact [email protected].
Key highlights
- Accredited by the General Pharmaceutical Council and PSNI
- Trains pharmacists in Great Britain as non-medical prescribers
- Combines online learning with work-based training and assessment
- Five-day clinical skills residential at on-campus Clinical Skills Centre
Entry requirements
- IELTS: 6 — 6.0 IELTS* score of 6.0, with not less than 5.5 in any component, or an equivalent qualification acceptable to the University is require
Scholarships
International Postgraduate Taught Scholarship
Year one award of between £2000 and £5000.
Up to £2,000The Burdett Trust MSc Nursing Scholarships
For Home Students: Tuition fees £7,665 Stipend £10,250. For International Students: Tuition fees £24,295 Stipend £17,000
Vice Chancellor’s International Attainment Scholarship - Postgraduate Taught
Value: 50% of tuition fees paid for up to a maximum of two years.
Up to 50% of fees
Careers this course leads to
- Pharmacist independent prescriber
- Clinical pharmacist
- Advanced practice pharmacist
- General practice pharmacist
- Community pharmacist prescriber
Cost of study
UK/Home: £2,475
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 Queen's University Belfast, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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