The Bachelor of Pharmacy with Professional Honours gives registered pharmacists and pharmacy interns a flexible alternative to professional development and a seamless pathway into postgraduate study.
The course is fully online and available part-time to enable your studies to fit in with your career and lifestyle. There are two streams available, to cater for pharmacists at different stages in their career.
For recent pharmacy graduates who are about to begin their intern year, currently completing their intern year or who have been registered for two years or less, read about Stream 2 for a special offer available in 2013.
Stream 1 is for registered pharmacists with at least 1 year of practice experience who are seeking to undertake further study for career progression.
Entry Requirements:
This course will equip you with advanced knowledge in pharmacotherapeutics to encourage evidence based application in both community and clinical practice.
Opportunities
Professional Honours (Stream 1) will enable you to develop professionally via coursework units that will use case-based learning of medication management and clinical pharmacy issues.
You will develop your research skills, introducing research methodology and literature evaluation within research units that will see you develop your own research project.
Professional Honours (Stream 1) is a pathway to a Master of Clinical Pharmacy. Completion of Professional Honours (Stream 1) gains you direct entry into the Master course and you will gain credit for all units completed, meaning that you only have to do the research project you have just developed.
Stream 2 is for recent pharmacy graduates who are seeking advancement in an increasingly competitive industry.
Entry Requirements:
This course will integrate with assessments completed in your intern training program and will build on your clinical knowledge and skills for application in the workplace.
Opportunities
Professional Honours (Stream 2) will give you that competitive edge. It is designed to integrate with your intern training program to give you additional skills that can be applied in your intern year and initial years of registration as a pharmacist.
We believe that Professional Honours will give you a clear advantage in your field and that your expanded skills and knowledge will set you up for greater success as you embark on an exciting career in pharmacy.
Professional Honours (Stream 2) is a pathway to a Master of Clinical Pharmacy. Completion of Professional Honours (Stream 2) gains you direct entry into the Master course and you will gain credit for units completed, meaning that you will have started coursework units into a postgraduate degree.
SPECIAL OFFER for students who apply into the course to start in October 2013, we are offering a HECS waiver for all units in this course studied in 2013 and 2014!
The HECS waiver is only available to eligible domestic applicants.
Successful completion of the Bachelor of Pharmacy with Professional Honours will entitle you to use the ProfHons post-nominal, and gives you entry into and credit towards the Master of Clinical Pharmacy when you are ready to take your career to the next level.
For more information on the Professional Honours course structure refer to the Course and Unit Handbook.
Interested? For more information about Professional Honours, please contact the School:
Telephone: +613 6226 2190
Email: Pharmacy@utas.edu.au