Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy

About the Program

The University of Queensland's School of Pharmacy has an established suite of graduate programs for practicing pharmacists. These programs are aimed at extending your expertise in clinical practice and provide the opportunities to specialise.

A multi-disciplinary team approach is used in the delivery of all programs, which includes input from clinical pharmacists, medical practitioners, academia and government agencies from metropolitan and rural environments.

Why Undertake a Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Program?

• To enhance your knowledge base to improve your practice
• To be confident that you can identify all relevant actual and potential problems for your patients
• To know how to enterpret the evidence better
• To increase your confidence in solving clinical problems

Study Options

Graduate Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy 
This program is tailored to meet the needs of graduates with limited study time and can be completed in a minimum of one year part-time.

Graduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy
This program enables students to develop a broad understanding of Pharmacotherapeutics within the stated program aims and can be completed over a minimum of two years part-time or one year full-time.

Master of Clinical Pharmacy
This program is intended to those professionals wishing to develop their research skills in Pharmacy Practice and can be completed in a minimum of 3 years part-time or 18 months full-time. This degree includes the teaching of components of the Graduate Diploma with the addition of the General Pharmacy Clerkship and the Masters Research Project.

Doctor of Clinical Pharmacy
PLEASE NOTE: We will not be accepting further enrolments in this course for 2012/2013. For further information, please contact the Postgraduate Coursework Officer on pgcoursework@pharmacy.uq.edu.au
This program is directed to experienced pharmacists wanting to gain a higher degree that is an alternative to a PhD. Practice-based coursework and research are combined providing the opportunity to choose your specific areas of interest in clinical pharmacy practice for research and further study.

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