This course is a 40-credit module which is open to registered pharmacists with at least two years post-registration experience in a clinical, patient-facing role.
The course leader and admissions tutor for this course is Obaida Ahmed, please contact them via e-mail O.Ahmed7@wlv.ac.uk
- Open to registered pharmacists with at least two years of patient-facing experience
- Comprehensive 40-credit module covering all aspects of independent prescribing
- Opportunity to enhance skills with an optional Advanced Health Assessment module
- Develop expertise in consultation, decision-making, and applied therapeutics
- Learn to prescribe within a team context and understand the public health implications
Upon successful completion of the 40-credit module, you will be awarded the Practice Certificate in Independent Prescribing from the University of Wolverhampton. Your name will then be forwarded to the Registrar of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), and you will be eligible to apply for annotation on the GPhC Register as an Independent Prescriber. This entitles you, with the support of your employer (unless self-employed), to practice as a Supplementary or Independent Prescriber.
You may also choose to study an optional 20-credit module in Advanced Health Assessment Skills, to give you additional confidence and expertise in managing your patients. Successful completion of both modules will lead to the additional award of the Postgraduate Certificate in Prescribing Studies, which will provide evidence to employing organisations of your ability to practice (including prescribing) at an advanced level in your chosen therapeutic area. However, this is entirely optional and you may choose to exit after completing only the Practice Certificate in Independent Prescribing (module code 7PY019).