Online Community Pharmacy Public Health Services Degree :: Accredited Universities

These programmes are aimed at pharmacists seeking to develop themselves as leading community pharmacy public health practitioners.

They deliver academic knowledge and practice-based skills which will give pharmacists confidence to develop their Healthy Living Pharmacies into being public health hubs for a local populations.

LPC chairs and members will find the learning invaluable for the commissioning of innovative, cost effective, high quality community pharmacy based public health services

Entry Requirements

All applicants must be able to meet the following requirements:

have an honours degree in pharmacy usually at a minimum level of 2:2
be registered as a pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council (UK) or equivalent regulatory authority in the students home country for overseas students
be in employment in the community healthcare pharmacy sector or have access to an appropriate area of practice whilst enrolled on the programme
submit a written document to support their application which gives a review of their pharmacy experience, their reason/s for undertaking the programme and their expectations of what they hope to gain from the programme.
Applicants for CPD units will require a degree in a health related subject, be registered with their professional regulatory body and have access to patients in order to complete the programme assessments.

International Students : All International students must upload a scanned copy of their passport as part of the application process.

English language requirements
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Students whose first language is not English require either:

IELTS level 7.0 overall with level 7.0 in reading and writing specifically
TOEFL 600 (paper-based), 250 (computer-based) or minimum of 100 (Internet-based test)
Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English Grade B

All certification should have been achieved within the past two years.

Other entry requirements
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Applicants need to be working a minimum of one day per week in community or primary care pharmacy and have access to patients.

As this is a completely online programme, students must have access to a computer with fast and reliable internet connection. There is a minimum level of computer skills required, these include the ability to:

navigate the Blackboard learner management system to locate teaching and learning materials and to access and submit assessments (with initial basic training)
work efficiently with Word (or similar) and Powerpoint programmes
use the internet to search websites
navigate e-learning programmes
download PDF learning materials
use video equipment to undertake assessments.

Other Fees

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This postgraduate qualification provides pharmacists with the knowledge and skills to direct and deliver efficient and effective community pharmacy public health services. It aims to instil professionals with the confidence to actively seek out opportunities to be the chosen first class provider of public health services in new world commissioning.

The programme consists of core and optional units. Students will be able to choose a number of optional units that meet their specific learning needs from a range of community pharmacy public health service areas.
This is a completely online programme which is accessible from home PCs. In most cases students have complete flexibility about when to undertake their learning; however there will be some activities which require being online at specific times.

The programme is run on a modular part-time basis. Students are expected to commit to a minimum of 10 hours learning per week.

Entry Requirements

Academic entry qualification overview
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All applicants must be able to meet the following requirements:

have an honours degree in pharmacy usually at a minimum level of 2:2

be registered as a pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council (UK) or equivalent regulatory authority in the students home country for overseas students

be in employment in the community healthcare pharmacy sector or have access to an appropriate area of practice whilst enrolled on the programme

submit a written document to support their application which gives a review of their pharmacy experience, their reason/s for undertaking the programme and their expectations of what they hope to gain from the programme.

Applicants for CPD units will require a degree in a health related subject, be registered with their professional regulatory body and have access to patients in order to complete the programme assessments.

International Students:
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All International students must upload a scanned copy of their passport as part of the application process.

English language requirements
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Students whose first language is not English require either:

IELTS level 7.0 overall with level 7.0 in reading and writing specifically

TOEFL 600 (paper-based), 250 (computer-based) or minimum of 100 (Internet-based test)

Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English Grade B

All certification should have been achieved within the past two years.

Some English language test results are only valid for two years. Your English language test report must be valid on the start date of the course.

Other entry requirements
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Applicants need to be working a minimum of one day per week in community or primary care pharmacy and have access to patients.

As this is a completely online programme, students must have access to a computer with fast and reliable internet connection. There is a minimum level of computer skills required, these include the ability to:

navigate the Blackboard learner management system to
locate teaching and learning materials and to access and submit assessments (with initial basic training)

work efficiently with Word (or similar) and Powerpoint programmes

use the internet to search websites

navigate e-learning programmes

download PDF learning materials

use video equipment to undertake assessments.

Other Fees

Show Less