Bachelor of Pharmacy
Brisbane, Australia
DURATION
4 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Feb 2025
TUITION FEES
AUD 39,600 / per year
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
Develop your skills in labs and simulation facilities that mimic the pharmacy environment. More than 500 hours of professional placement from your first year.
Highlights
- Complete more than 500 hours of professional placement in hospital, community, and other pharmacy environments
- Study priority clinical areas using a person-centred approach
- Honours component which develops skills for leadership and research and provides a competitive advantage in future career options.
Why choose this course?
Pharmacists care for communities, they are an integral member of the healthcare team and have an essential role in ensuring the appropriate use of medicines. They have expertise in the safe and quality use of medications and in their role as healthcare professionals they review, optimise, supply, and educate patients and other healthcare professionals on the safe use of medicines.
Pharmacists are regularly ranked as one of the most trusted healthcare professionals. They are often one of the first health professionals accessed for advice on medication, and play a major role as healthcare providers and educators to the community. More than ever, pharmacists are contributing to improved health care through their growing scope of services in both primary and secondary care, such as pharmacist vaccination services.
Admissions
Curriculum
Year 1, Semester 1 (Feb)
- Foundations of Clinical Practice
- Chemistry for Medicines
- Human Anatomy and Physiology
- Statistical Methods in Health
Year 1, Semester 2 (July)
- Introduction to Pharmacy Practice
- Molecules to Medicines
- Disease Processes
- Introduction to Clinical Therapeutics for Health
Year 2, Semester 1 (Feb)
- I Pharmacist
- Evidence-Based Clinical Practice
- Medical Microbiology and Infection Control
- Biochemistry
Year 2, Semester 2 (July)
- Molecular Basis of Medicines
- Person-centred care: Musculoskeletal Dermatological and Special Senses
- Person-centred care: Gastrointestinal
Year 3, Semester 1 (Feb)
- Person-centred care: Cardiovascular and Renal
- Person-centred care: Respiratory
- Person-centred care: Endocrine
- Person-centred care: Oncology and Immunology
Year 3, Semester 2 (July)
- Person-centred care: Neurology
- Person-centred care: Mental Health
- Pharmacist Prescribing
- Food and Nutrition Across the Lifecycle
Year 4, Semester 1 (Feb)
- Person-centred care: Neurology
- Person-centred care: Mental Health
- Pharmacist Prescribing
- Food and Nutrition Across the Lifecycle
Year 4, Semester 2 (July)
- Person-centred care: Neurology
- Person-centred care: Mental Health
- Pharmacist Prescribing
- Food and Nutrition Across the Lifecycle
Program Outcome
Our course reflects the complexity of pharmacy practice in the real world. Your studies will focus on priority clinical areas. You will learn from pharmacy experts with established careers in the pharmacy profession.
Each semester you will build on previous learning to develop a thorough understanding of the factors that can contribute to person-centred care.
You will complete more than 500 hours of professional placement in this course. Placements start in the first semester of your second year and are completed in hospital and community pharmacy environments, and in emerging primary and secondary healthcare roles where pharmacists are increasingly being employed.
On campus you will develop your skills in modern scientific laboratories and simulation facilities that mimic an authentic pharmacy environment.
The honours component of the course offers you a competitive advantage in the workplace. You will be a critical thinker with a strong foundation in research and have advanced skills to become a leader in a profession where responsibilities, capabilities and scopes are expanding.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Your skills will be in demand as this course focuses on preparing for working in all aspects of the pharmacy profession.
Pharmacists are employed in a growing range of settings in both primary and secondary care including community pharmacies, general practice, aged care facilities, hospitals, industry, regulatory and research roles.
As the most accessible healthcare professional contacted for advice about health, pharmacists frequently play a major role in health education and promotions. Clinical pharmacists work closely with other healthcare professionals in a person-care role, to evaluate newly released medicines, coordinate clinical trials, or prepare medicines for patients requiring specialised treatments. You could work in:
- Community pharmacy including business management and ownership
- Primary care roles based in community or clinical settings, such as GP clinics, Aged care facilities
- Hospital roles, including possible structured training residency programs and ongoing specialist roles in areas such as internal medicine and surgery, critical care, ambulatory care.
If you are driven to make a difference through research and discovery, we will prepare you for postgraduate studies in pharmacy-related areas. Our curriculum incorporates both theoretical and applied aspects of research, health promotion, and business directly associated with the pharmacy profession in Australia. If you’re passionate about research QUT can prepare you for a career as a pharmaceutical research scientist.
Professional recognition
This course is accredited by the Australian Pharmacy Council. Upon completion of an Australian Pharmacy Council accredited and Pharmacy Board of Australia approved program, graduates are required to complete the Pharmacy Board of Australia’s registration requirements to be eligible to apply for general pharmacist registration in Australia. See the Pharmacy Board of Australia registration standards and requirements for more information.
Graduates are eligible for membership with a number of professional associations, including the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, the Pharmacy Guild of Australia and the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia.
Possible careers
- Community pharmacist
- Hospital pharmacist
- Pharmaceutical research scientist