PG Cert in Clinical Pharmacy specialisation in Prescribing

A specialisation is a focused collection of courses within a programme that allows you to gain deep, targeted knowledge in a specific sub-field. Normally these courses make up more than 50 percent of a qualification, some of which lead to registration within a certain field. They may be interdisciplinary, professionally oriented, or designed to meet accreditation requirements. Specialisations often restrict elective choice in favour of a clearly defined study plan.

Completed specialisations will appear on your academic transcript.

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The aim of the pharmacist Prescribing qualification is to build on the clinical capabilities gained in the Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy, and equip pharmacists with the knowledge, skills and attributes to competently prescribe medicines within a collaborative healthcare team environment.

PGCertClinPharm - Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy

You can study prescribing in a Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy in Prescribing.
The areas of study are:
- Consultation, patient assessment and decision-making skills
- Influences on prescribing
- Medicines adherence
- Safe and effective prescribing
- Prescribing in a collaborative healthcare team context
- Legal and ethical aspects of prescribing
- Clinical governance
- Prescribing in the public health context
- Prescribing in the context of the New Zealand Healthcare System

Pharmacist prescribers are experienced pharmacists who work in patient-focused roles in collaborative healthcare teams to optimise medicines use.
- In primary care, Pharmacist Prescribers assess patients and then prescribe medicines. Areas of prescribing practice include renal, diabetes, hypertension, gout and management of cardiovascular risk.
- In hospitals, pharmacists are working as members of the clinical team who can now prescribe. Areas of prescribing practice include renal, emergency admission, surgical preadmission, parenteral nutrition, paediatrics and mental health.

The role pharmacists can play in patient care is rapidly expanding and New Zealand is at the forefront of this. Legislation has now been passed that allows pharmacists to prescribe, and the numbers of New Zealand pharmacists registered to prescribe is steadily growing.
This innovation is in line with the Government’s commitment to support health practitioners to work to their full capacity and provide better, timely, more convenient access to services for patients.

Jobs related to Prescribing
- Clinical pharmacist
- Pharmacist prescriber

Complete 60 points comprising:

60 points for all Compulsory Courses

Compulsory Courses

Complete 60 points for ALL of the following:

PHARMACY 769 - Principles of Prescribing (30 points)

PHARMACY 770 - Prescribing Practicum (30 points)

Please note that while regulations and programme rules for future academic years may be displayed or made available in advance, they remain subject to change. Official, final approved programme regulations for the upcoming academic year will be available when the University Calendar is published in late October of the preceding year. Any information available prior to Calendar publication should be treated as provisional.

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