Medway school of pharmacy

General Information

Award

CPD for Prescribers

• Generalist Certificate in Pharmacotherapy: Topic signifier (For example Generalist Certificate in Pharmacotherapy: Asthma)
• Specialist Certificate in Pharmacotherapy: Topic signifier

Medicines Use Review

• Skills for the Future 1 – Practice Certificate in Medicines Use Review (5 credits)
• Skills for the Future 2 – Practice certificate: MUR in Practice (5 credits)

Enhanced Services

• Patient Monitoring In Practice – Practice Certificate in Patient Monitoring in Practice (10 credits)
• Practice Certificate: Minor Ailments: Service Development (10 credits)
• Practice certificate: Minor Ailments: Infections and Infestations (10 credits)
• Practice Certificate: Minor Ailments: Pain and Injuries (5 credits)
• Practice Certificate: Minor Ailments: Optimising Health (5 credits)
• Practice certificate in Hypertension (5 credits)
• Practice Certificate in Type 2 Diabetes (5 credits)
• Practice Certificate in Obesity and Impaired Glucose Tolerance (5 credits)
• Applied Therapeutics: Asthma (5 credits)

Location

Study days are held at the Anson Building, Universities at Medway Campus, Chatham Maritime, Kent

Length

Study days run from 10am-4pm. Practice Certificates are usually completed in 4-6 months.

Features

The short course provision offers a range of options for health care professionals wishing to enhance the medicines management services they offer patients and fulfil learning needs as part of CPD. It is possible to compile short course credits (and one Medicines Management Core Course) in order to apply for a Certificate in Pharmacotherapy using this route. Students who wish to continue to Diploma level will have to register for the Diploma programme separately. See separate entry on MSc for details.