Independent Prescribing for Pharmacists

On thisPgCert Independent Prescribing for Pharmacists courseat University of Portsmouth , you'll develop your clinical examination and consultation skills, and build on your understanding of pharmacology and therapeutics, to inform evidence-based management decisions alongside patients within your chosen scope of practice.

When you graduate, you'll be qualified for a career as an independent prescriber within a clinical setting.

On this course, you'll:

• Learn from experts in the School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, and the School of Health and Care Professions

• Get hands-on experience in clinical examination and history taking

• Study topics including pharmacology and therapeutics for prescribers, clinical skills for prescribers, and professional aspects of prescribing

• Improve your counselling and consultation skills in our practice dispensary facilities, where you'll consult with patient actors

• Build on your clinical simulation experience in our clinical skills suite, featuring a Laerdal human patient simulator

• Be supported by experienced clinical pharmacists as you develop your competencies portfolio

Career development

Graduates have gone on to take roles in:

• Mental health

• Rheumatology

• Minor ailments

• Pain management

• Nutrition

• Travel medicine

• Critical care

• Cardiology

• Renal disease

• HIV medicine

• Respiratory and dermatology

Module studied:

• Prescribing and Therapeutics for Pharmacists

• Work with experienced practising pharmacists to develop the knowledge and skills you need for clinical and professional prescribing.