Clinical Pharmacy

Advance your clinical pharmacy skills

Start studying in February or July!

Flexible study options

Study online at your own pace, and to suit your work commitments.

Interactive and supportive learning environment

Learn contemporary evidence-based practice, applied to hospital and community pharmacy settings.

Lead with confidence

Become a leader in medications management and medication safety.

Study options

Fully online, flexible and self-directed – this course will enable you to diversify your skills for a range of advanced practice roles emerging in community and hospital settings.

With community pharmacy in Australia undergoing a transition, more pharmacists are moving into clinical environments – either alongside general practitioners or running chronic disease management programs.

These new roles, with more patient-focused primary care, require community pharmacists to have robust clinical knowledge and an understanding of pharmacotherapeutics at an advanced level.

While upgrading your qualifications, you’ll meet the evolving health industry needs for better patient-focused care, and maintain a healthy work, life and study balance.

Broaden your career options and become more self-assured with this four-unit, fully-online course, which will equip you with the latest knowledge and skills in Pharmacotherapeutics and Quality Improvement related project management.

This course provides an opportunity for registered pharmacists, particularly those from rural and remote areas, to develop clinical pharmacy skills and qualifications in clinical pharmacy and pharmacy practice research.

This course will enhance your ability as a registered pharmacist, to contribute to the quality use of medicines and to improve your critical analysis and clinical decision-making skills. You will undertake a practice-based research project providing you with the opportunity to conduct truly transformative research under the guidance of staff from the School of Pharmacy and Pharmacology.

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Meet the course coordinators and discover where further study in Clinical Pharmacy can take you.

Course options

Graduate Certificate in
Clinical Pharmacy

Graduate Diploma of
Clinical Pharmacy

Master of
Clinical Pharmacy

Duration: Minimum 0.5 Years,
up to a maximum of 1.5 Years

Location:Online

Total 4 units (50 credit points)

  • 3 x core units
  • 1 x choice unit

Duration: Minimum 1 Year,
up to a maximum of 3 Years

Location:Online

Total 8 units (100 credit points)

  • 2 x core units
  • 6 x choice units

Duration: Minimum 1.5 Years,
up to a maximum of 4 Years

Location:Online

Total 12 units (150 credit points)

  • 8 x core units
  • 2 x choice units OR
  • Research pathway
  • 10 x  units and 2 x professional impact project units
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Health partner scholarships

To help you advance your career, we offer generous scholarships to our valued partner employees. Search for your employer, speak to your workplace, or contact us on 13 8827 to find out more.

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Career opportunities

The healthcare industry is expected to grow by over 15 per cent over the next five years*. Pharmacy practice is changing with time. Pharmacists are becoming more involved in day to day management of complex diseases including:

  • working as clinical consultants managing drug therapy regimens
  • providing leadership in clinical trials and research in the pharmaceutical industry and healthcare organisations
  • providing professional clinical services within the community pharmacy setting

Completion of the Master of Clinical Pharmacy can also prepare you for enrolment in a Research Higher Degree.

9.0%

Pharmacists

Predicted growth to 2026**

$1,980

Median pay for full time employee

Employee earnings^

26.0%

Government healthcare expenditure

Projected to increase faster than ever over the next 40 years^^

*Australian Bureau of Statistics data
**National Skills Commission five year projections to 2026
^ABS, Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours, May 2021.
^^Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP), Commonwealth of Australia. 2021 Intergenerational Report. Canberra: Treasury, 2021.

Student experiences

Clinical Pharmacy student Raymond Li

The right dose of study and work

For Raymond Li the University of Tasmania’s Master of Clinical Pharmacy was a great way to enhance his expertise and contribute to pharmacy research - all while studying online.

Read more about Raymond's experience

Flexibility is the key to master's success

Mastering distance meant Lyn Tram could study the Master of Clinical Pharmacy her way.

"The guidance and support I received from my supervisors and coordinators really helped to get me through."

Read more about Lyn's experience