University of Bradford

Program Information

Degree Offered

, PGDip

Format: Campus, Online

Program Description:

We offer two pathways: Hospital and Community.

HOSPITAL
The pathway is part-time. Students on the hospital course attend for the equivalent of two days per month during normal University terms (30 weeks per annum in total).

PG Diploma students may be permitted to transfer to the MSc depending on their performance.

This course provides a general understanding of the factors involved in the safe, effective and economic use of medicines for therapeutic purposes. It concentrates on aspects of importance for pharmacists undertaking clinical duties in hospitals, so that they are competent to analyse and critically evaluate drug therapies in order to recommend appropriate action for the therapeutic management of a patient. Previous experience of hospital pharmacy at ward level is required.

Outline Syllabus
Introduction to clinical pharmacy (double); Respiratory disease; Cardiology; Endocrinology; Musculo-skeletal disease; Paediatrics; Care of the elderly; Mental health; Cancer care; Gastroenterology; Surgery.

Teaching takes the form of study days linked to hospital ward-based practical coursework/assignments. Students on this course attend ward rounds, and critically evaluate the therapeutic management of selected patients.

COMMUNITY
This part-time course provides community pharmacists with a working knowledge of clinical pharmacy within the changing primary healthcare sector. It focuses on the appropriate sale of medicinal products or referral following presentation of symptoms by a patient, and on the medicine management of a patient. The course is of a distance-learning format and modular in design, with community pharmacy-based practical coursework/assignments.

PG Diploma students may be permitted to transfer to the MSc depending on their performance.
Outline Syllabus
All modules are core, double module. Pain; Dermatology; Gastroenterology; Respiratory system; Endocnnology and Cardiovascular Neurology and Psychiatry.

Tuition & Financial Aid

Financial Aid Offered: No