Entry requirementsEntry requirements The programme is open to graduates in medicine, pharmacy and biosciences. Medical and pharmacy graduates are normally required to have had at least three years' postgraduate clinical experience. Pharmacy and bioscience graduates are expected to have a 2.1 Honours degree. In exceptional circumstances, other science graduates or bioscience graduates with a Designated degree may be eligible, on demonstration of appropriate postgraduate professional experience.
This programme offers training that integrates basic and clinical sciences to provide you with the ability to critically evaluate drug literature and an appreciation of how to apply clinical pharmacological principles to the optimisation of therapeutic practice and clinical research. Graduates have the knowledge and experience necessary to engage in and contribute to discussions about therapeutic issues. The research component allows the development of valuable skills for practising and interpreting drug-related research. Graduates are well placed for employment in academia, healthcare and the pharmaceutical industry.
Content
Taught courses
* Principles of pharmacology
* Medical statistics
* Drug disposition
* Pharmacogenomics and molecular medicine
* Topics in therapeutics
* Pharmaceutical medicine.