DEGREE-LEVEL AMBITIONS: RGU’S NEW BSc FAST-TRACK
Robert Gordon University (RGU) will enrol the inaugural cohort of its BSc (Hons) Clinical Practice for Pharmacy Technicians this September, marking the first time UK practising technicians can study to honours-degree level in their own profession.
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ed by the School of Pharmacy, Applied Sciences and Public Health, the course is designed ‘to bridge the knowledge gap
identified by practising pharmacy technicians’ and enhance their contribution to patient-centred care.
The degree responds directly to calls from pharmacy technicians for more formal clinical training. As pharmacists continue to take on new responsibilities such as independent prescribing, pharmacy technicians are stepping up too. This course is built to equip them with the skills and confidence they need to do just that.
Why It Matters Pharmacy technicians play a crucial role in the UK healthcare system, working under the supervision of pharmacists to ensure the safe running of pharmacy operations and to help patients get the most from their medicines. With the expanded role of pharmacists, now including independent prescribing, there is a growing need for pharmacy technicians to undertake more clinical responsibilities.
This new top-up degree, which launches in September 2025, will equip pharmacy technicians with the necessary clinical training and knowledge to confidently and competently take on these expanded clinical roles. This pharmacy related degree qualification will also align pharmacy technicians with the rest of the healthcare family who typically enter to practice with a degree qualification. Designed for working professionals, it is fully online, flexible and accessible, making it easier for technicians to fit study around their lives.
Course architecture: a flexible ‘top- up’ honours route RGU’s programme is a four year course, but can be started in year 2 or year 3 following completion of other college courses. Students will progress from foundation pharmaceutical sciences to advanced therapeutics, clinical decision-making and quality-improvement science, mapped against the four pillars of practice in the new post-registration workforce framework. Year 3 focuses on interpreting investigational data for chronic conditions and applying evidence-based treatments. In year 4, an integration of clinical pharmacology and therapeutics to manage patients with complex needs through evidence-based treatment
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