The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 268 No 7199 p729-736
25 May 2002

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Other postgraduate courses

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• Certificate/diploma/MSc in community pharmacy
Certificate/diploma/MSc in hospital pharmacy

Certificate/diploma/MSc in community pharmacy
Certificate/diploma/MSc in hospital pharmacy

The courses are task-orientated, with an emphasis on an evidence-based and problem-solving approach to current practice. Students undertake a common programme at the postgraduate certificate level (minimum one year). The course is divided into modules delivered entirely by distance-learning, including self-assessment exercises. Assessment is based on the answers to a series of case-based questions returned to the university for marking. On successful completion of the certificate year, students may progress to the diploma (minimum two years). The diploma requires an additional stage of a notional 600 hours of guided study with a four-day residential module, in separate streams for the hospital and community pharmacy qualifications. The MSc programme, common to both courses, involves a further 600 hours study including a research methods module and a practice-based research project.

Entry requirements
Certificate, MRPharmS plus one year’s practice experience
diploma, certificate plus practice based employment throughout the course
MSc, as for diploma

Fees
Certificate, £1,250+VAT
Diploma and MSc, £1,450+VAT

Contact
Lyn Landon, Pharmacy Postgraduate Programme Administrator, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, De Montfort University, Hawthorn Building 0.42, The Gateway, Leicester, LE1 9BH

Tel: 0116 257 7275
fax 0116 2577661
e-mail SASCPD@dmu.ac.uk