Diploma/M.Sc. in Community Pharmacy
Duration: P.Grad.Dip. - 21 months, part-time, M.Sc. - 24 months, part-time. (It is also possible to complete the P.Grad.Dip. in 24 months and the M.Sc. in 36 months.)
Closing Date: 31 July 2013
Application: Applications for this course should be made online through http://www.tcd.ie/courses/postgraduate/az/course.php?id=DPTPH-CPHA-1P09
Course Co-ordinator: Asst. Prof. Sheila Ryder
Email: Sheila Ryder or Marian Cash
Telephone: +353 1 896 3736 / 2786
Fax: +353 1 896 2524
Graduate Studies Homepage: Graduate Studies Office
These courses have been specifically designed to meet the needs of practising community pharmacists. Because of their distance-learning format, participants can continue in full-time employment throughout the courses.
Objectives
The courses are intended to help community pharmacists to:
- Develop their clinical, managerial and research skills
- Meet duties imposed by the HSE contract
- Undertake the role of a supervising pharmacist or superintendent pharmacist with confidence
- Extend their professional role
- Contribute to patient care as part of the primary health care team.
Course structure
The two courses have core material in common. Participants initially enter at M.Sc. level, and in Year 2 they may choose either to graduate with a Postgraduate Diploma in Community Pharmacy or to undertake a research component with a view to gaining a M.Sc. in Community Pharmacy.
Both courses are available on a part-time basis and participants undertake a series of modules covering clinical, social and business aspects of pharmacy practice, with opportunities for specialisation in particular fields. Pharmacists undertaking the M.Sc. complete an additional module on research methods and perform a research project relevant to community pharmacy practice.
Assessment
The core material common to both the Diploma and the M.Sc. is assessed on a continuous basis with written assignments and practice-based workbooks. Written examinations are held annually.
M.Sc. candidates must also present their research both orally and as a written dissertation.
Entry requirements
Applicants must:
- Be registered as pharmacists with the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (or be entitled to apply for registration)
- Work on a regular basis (full/part-time) in community pharmacy.
Further information
Additional information is available from the Course Co-ordinator or Executive Officer.
Address: School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Trinity College, Dublin 2.
Telephone: +353 1-896 3736, Fax: +353 1-896 2524, E-mail: compharm@tcd.ie.