Course code: 3454 ¸ Course abbreviation: MClinPharm ¸ 2 years part-time ¸ Multimode (Parkville)
The course is designed to enable students to establish skills in evidence-based practice, quality use of medicine, practice-based research, and the provision of clinical pharmacy services at a high level.
The
course is open to pharmacists registered to practice in Australia. Applicants
with a four-year undergraduate degree will be eligible at the end of their
pre-registration year. Those with a three-year degree will be eligible
following a period of clinical experience.
This course is offered every two years, and the next admission is 2005. Places
are limited and acceptance may be via an interview process.
Successful applicants who have commenced or completed other postgraduate programs in clinical pharmacy may apply for advanced standing. Advanced standing will be determined on an individual basis after a review of units completed, course documentation and marks achieved.
The
48 credit-point program combines didactic sessions at the university or at
hospital sites and clinical experiential sessions including tutorials,
seminars, case histories and ward rounds. Areas of study include biostatistics,
epidemiology, theory and practice of evidence-based medicine, clinical
pharmacology, interpretation of clinical data and pharmacotherapy.
Great importance is placed on active student participation in seminar
presentations and discussion groups, and student performance is closely
monitored. Each student will complete a four-week speciality rotation with an
experienced clinical preceptor and will also carry out a small practice-based
research project. Students must arrange the necessary time release from their
employer to complete the placement and research project.
Students must complete the following units:
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