Pharmacy Practice (Taught)

Please note that this course page includes information for the 2025/26 academic year. Details for 2026/27 entry to this course have not yet been finalised. Contact us for more information.

The PGCert Pharmacy practice is a workplace-based programme, aligned to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Foundation Pharmacy Framework, which allows pharmacists to develop their clinical and service skills.

This collaborative programme between local NHS pharmacy services and the University provides pharmacy practice training that is responsive to the UK government's national objectives.

Your learning will reflect the local context in which pharmacists work, and the changing needs of patients.

This is a workplace-based learning programme and placements are part of your employment prior to enrolment. You will be taught through blended learning which combines face-to-face with online study.

You may be sponsored by your employer or may choose to self-fund. If you are being sponsored you should ensure funding is in place prior to submitting an application as places cannot be held in the event of funding not being secured.

There is flexibility within the programme. You may choose to exit the programme with the PGCert and/or take a break prior to starting the PGDip. The programme is part of the Joint Programmes Board (JPB) partners group and there is flexible movement of students who complete the PGCert to study in other local HEIs.

97% of our research is of international standing (Research Excellence Framework [REF] 2021, combining 4, 3 and 2* submissions – Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy).

For more information, please visit our programme page: https://www.reading.ac.uk/ready-to-study/study/subject-area/pharmacy-pg/PGCert-Pharmacy-Practice

Introduction to Postgraduate Pharmacy Practice

This 60 credit module aims to develop the foundation knowledge, skills and behaviours required for recently qualified, early-career, pharmacists, as well as for those who wish to move sector of practice or who are returning to work following a career break. The module focuses on the principles of pharmaceutical care and relevant core knowledge, applying these to a range of patients. (N.B. this module was previously called Introduction to Foundation Pharmacy Practice).

Please note that modules are subject to change.