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Graduate Certificate in Pharmacy Practice

The Graduate Certificate in Pharmacy Practice has two core units of 12 credit points and 12 elective credit points. Upon successful completion of the Graduate Certificate in Pharmacy Practice, students can choose to exit the program or articulate into the Master of Pharmacy Practice, if satisfactory marks are achieved. Credit towards higher degrees such as Master of Clinical Pharmacy, Graduate Diploma in Wound Care and Master of Wound Care may also be granted, dependent on your choice of elective units.

Core elective units

The core electives for registered, practising pharmacists are listed below. Students are required to choose at least two of the following:

Elective units

Students who would like to discuss the combination of units which may best suit their career plans should contact Laura Dean, Course Director, via email or telephone: +61 3 9903 9047.

Study area	Unit code	Title	Credit points	Semester offered
Clinical
	VCP5013	Dermatology	6	1 and 2
	VCP5015	Geriatric pharmacy practice	6	1 and 2
	VCP5016	Geriatric disease state management	6	1 and 2
	VCP5017	Mental health	6	1 and 2
	ECX9720	Introduction to epidemiology and biostatistics	6	1, 2 and summer
	VCG5021	Patient data and pharmacotherapy I	6	2, 2011
Economics & Management	ECX9700	Introduction to health economics	6	1
	ECX9710	Pharmaceutical economics	6	2
	ECX9730	Economic evaluation in healthcare	6	2
	ECX9750	Principles of health economics for developing countries	6	1
		Pharmacy Practice and Planning	6	1
		The Australian Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Environment	6	2
Wounds	VCW1101	Biology of wound healing	3	1 and 2
	VCW1102	Wound assessment	6	1 and 2
	VCW1103	Wound dressings	3	1 and 2
	VCW1104	Management of acute wounds	3	1 and 2
	VCW1105	Management of chronic wounds	3	1 and 2
	VCW1106	Systemic medication and wound healing	3	1 and 2

Note: Patient data and pharmacotherapy unit VCG5021, is only available with the approval of Course Director Master of Clinical Pharmacy. Students must be employed in a hospital clinical setting and have completed the prerequisite requirements.

Economics & Management units are restricted to 12 credit points enrolment within the Master of Pharmacy Practice and the Graduate Certificate in Pharmacy Practice. The management units: Pharmacy Practice and Planning and The Australian Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Environment are offered by complementary enrolment with Chifley Business School.