July/August 2024 • PharmaTimes Magazine • 13
// EDUCATION //
The MSc Clinical Pharmacy and Healthcare Leadership (International) course offers a compelling route to healthcare excellence – apply now
Healthy pursuit
Get the knowledge and skills you need to enhance your clinical practice and become a healthcare leader.
Study the new MSc Clinical Pharmacy and Healthcare Leadership (International) course at the University of Bradford, UK.
This programme combines clinical pharmacy and leadership skills to deliver an understanding of developing and delivering services to ensure patients receive person-centred care.
You’ll be empowered to lead the way in the development and implementation of innovative clinical pharmacy services across different healthcare sectors.
Develop specialist knowledge
Teaching will take the form of face-to-face and online learning.
Our inclusive, Team-Based Learning (TBL) approach will give you regular opportunities to be assessed, receive feedback and track your progress to help you perform at your best.
Both semesters will combine clinical pharmacy practice modules with healthcare leadership (semester 1), and strategic planning and quality improvement (semester 2).
You will develop an advanced understanding of key topics, including:
- Various clinical practice areas, such as cardiovascular, respiratory, endocrine, renal, infection, immunology, mental health, cancer care and pain
- How treatments, comorbidities, patient values and beliefs intersect and impact treatment decisions
- Leadership skills required to influence others and lead, implement and evaluate changes and innovations.
About this degree
Learn through workshops, simulations and application exercises. You’ll have the opportunity to apply your knowledge in patient care and service delivery using authentic cases.
Your personal academic tutor (PAT) will give you tailored study support and pastoral care. Your tutor will also guide you to the support services in the University, such as the Academic Skills and English Language teams.
Research or quality improvement project
Gain research experience by conducting your own research or quality improvement project, supervised by one of our academic experts.
Placement route
If you are registered on our placement route, you will undertake work placements of at least 20 days (140 hours) in total across hospital, community and primary care pharmacy settings, giving you first-hand experience of UK pharmacy practice in the workplace.*
*Please note that places on the ‘with placement’ Master’s route are limited.
Find out more
Who is eligible to apply?
You must be registered with the relevant pharmacy regulator in your country of practice.
Visit our website to learn more about English language requirements.
Scholarships and funding
It can be hard to know what financial help is available to you as a student. At the University of Bradford, we offer financial advice to help you fund your studies and maximise the money available to you.
Take the next step in your journey and discover more about MSc Clinical Pharmacy and Healthcare Leadership (International).
Find out about our entry requirements and how to apply to start in September 2024.
University of Bradford Campus
This one-year, full-time course will take place on our University of Bradford campus in the heart of the UK.
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