Independent and Supplementary Prescribing

The Independent and Supplementary Prescribing Practice Certificate program from The University of Exeter offers blended online learning supported by minimal face-to-face contact days with communication and clinical skills training within our Clinical Skills Resource Centre.

• Problem Based Learning (PBL) scenarios allow students to tailor their learning to their own needs and develop personal learning objectives.
• Expert tutors and guest lecturers will be invited from a range of clinical and research backgrounds
• Can be taken as a standalone module or the credit can be used towards the MSc Clinical Pharmacy program, MSc Advanced Clinical Practice program or the Advanced Clinical Practice Degree Apprenticeship
• Acquiring this qualification and Independent or Supplementary prescriber status will enable you to seek extended roles in clinical practice as a non-medical prescribing practitioner

Career opportunities:

You will already be a registered health professional in employment in a UK healthcare setting. Acquiring this qualification and Independent/Supplementary prescriber status will enable you to seek extended roles in clinical practice as an autonomous prescribing practitioner. In addition, the ability to tailor some of the assessments to an area of practice will enable you to further your clinical interests.

• Online learning supported by face-to-face contact days

• Problem Based Learning - patient case-based activities that reflect the challenges of current clinical practice

• Communication and clinical skills training within our Clinical Skills Resource Centre

• Supportive, enthusiastic and clinically active tutors

• Increase your professional expertise and status and enhance your career prospects

• Complete the course to obtain a Practice Certificate in Independent/Supplementary Prescribing (as appropriate to your profession)

• Can be taken as a standalone module or the credit can be used towards the MSc Clinical Pharmacy program, MSc Advanced Clinical Practice program or the Advanced Clinical Practice Degree Apprenticeship