Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, Programme Catalogue 2013/14 |
TSPA-ADL16: PG Dip Advanced and Specialist Healthcare Practice |
Leading to the award of POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA
IN ADVANCED AND SPECIALIST HEALTHCARE PRACTICE |
Mode of attendance: Distance Learning |
 NFAAR-CPD assessment regulations for students commencing study from 2011/12 onwards (students who commenced prior to 2011/12 should consult their programme handbook for their assessment regulations):- Assessment Regulations: Appendix 16
 - Exemption: Unit PA50249 has a pass mark of 50% rather than 40%
- Taught credits: 60
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Modular - no specific semester: Taught Units |
| Optional Units: Select a minimum of 42 and a maximum of 60 Credits from the following list: |
| PA50269 | Leadership in health | 12 Credits |
| PA50270 | Research design and methods for practice | 12 Credits |
| PA50271 | Managing in health | 12 Credits |
| PA50272 | Supporting education, training and development in a health context | 12 Credits |
| PA50273 | Advanced clinical practice 1 | 12 Credits |
| PA50274 | Advanced clinical practice 2 | 12 Credits |
| PA50275 | Advanced professional development 1 | 3 Credits |
| PA50276 | Advanced professional development 2 | 3 Credits |
| Optional Units: Select a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 18 Credits from the following list: |
| NB. Units offered by the Department for Health (codes beginning 'HL') may only be taken subject to the approval of the relevant Director of Studies and in discussion with the Study Advisor. |
| HL50007 | Governance & organisational change | 6 Credits |
| HL50079 | Introduction to practice-based research | 6 Credits |
| HL50082 | Evidence into practice | 6 Credits |
| HL50105 | Research design and methods | 12 Credits |
| PA50186 | Cardiovascular therapeutics | 6 Credits |
| PA50187 | Gastro-intestinal therapeutics | 6 Credits |
| PA50190 | Public health pharmacy | 6 Credits |
| PA50199 | Respiratory therapeutics | 6 Credits |
| PA50216 | Medicines management in general practice | 6 Credits |
| PA50217 | Medicines management in the NHS | 6 Credits |
| PA50221 | Prescribing for special groups | 6 Credits |
| PA50235 | Management of minor ailments | 6 Credits |
| PA50240 | Using evidence in practice | 6 Credits |
| PA50248 | Conversion unit for supplementary to independent prescribing | 3 Credits |
| PA50249 | Pharmacist independent prescribing | 18 Credits |
| PA50296 | Drug safety surveillance | 6 Credits |
