Clinical Pharmacy

University of Queensland

About

This program provides students with knowledge, skills and resources to practise effectively as a clinical pharmacy practitioner involved in the quality use of medicines and pharmaceutical care.

These skills include the capacity to individualise, review and monitor a patient's medication regimen;

demonstrate effective communication skills in clinical and non-clinical scenarios;

critically appraise medical and pharmaceutical literature, recognise and describe social issues relating to medicine use.

Regular updates of course content integrate emerging clinical evidence and current controversies.

A major strength of the program is the emphasis on developing clinical practice and the integration of evidence based medicine.

Structure

The program can be studied completely online in a flexible but structured format. Offering the best of both worlds, two optional face to face intensive weekends will allow in depth practical application in lieu of some online content. The program involves some small group interactive learning and online tutorials with specialists and experts. The courses offer some online didactic lectures and a variety of other, interactive learning experiences. Practitioners and academics teach the courses with expert hospital and community pharmacists contributing significantly to the teaching, together with medical and other healthcare professionals.

Courses

See the course list for courses that can be studied as part of the Graduate Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy.

Click on the course code to view the Course Profile, for further information including advice of courses with shared teaching activities.

Study options

Graduates will have the opportunity to progress to the following programs:

  • Master of Clinical Pharmacy

Entry requirements

To complete the Graduate Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy

To fulfil the requirements of the Graduate Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy, a student must complete the requisite number of courses chosen from the course list in accordance with the Program Rules.

For more information on program requirements, please contact the Faculty.

Students should be aware of the University of Queensland policies and rules which govern the conduct of UQ programs. These may be found on the UQ policies and rules page on the my.UQ website.

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