Note: This course is not available in 2025.
Course overview
- Description
The Doctor of Pharmacy is a one year full time course for Australian registered pharmacists. This one year course provides the opportunity for registered pharmacists to upgrade their existing qualifications to a Doctor of Pharmacy. This course will prepare pharmacists to undertake extended roles as they will be credentialled in medication management reviews, aged care pharmacy, prescribing and they will be diabetes educators.
- Course title
- Doctor of Pharmacy Practice (coursework) (extended)
- Award abbreviation
- DPharm
- Course code
- 92620
- Course type
- Master's by coursework (extended)
- Status
- Not available in 2025
- Administered by
- Allied Health
Course details
- Intake periods
- Beginning of year and mid-year
- Attendance type
- Full- or part-time
- Articulation
- The Doctor of Pharmacy Practice has the following exit award: 93210 Graduate Certificate in Quality Use of Medicines and Prescribing (24 points) (24 points)
- Credit points required
- 48
A standard full-time load is 24 points per semester. - Standard course duration
- 1 year
- Time limit
- 6 years
- Delivery mode
- Online
- Locations offered
- UWA (Perth)
- Domestic fee type
- Postgraduate fee-paying/FEE-HELP
- Available to international students
- Not available to international students on student visas. Available to international students on other visas if visa conditions allow (see https://www.immi.gov.au). For information on international student fees see 'Student Procedures: Fees'. (Enquiries: https://www.uwa.edu.au/askuwa)
- Course Coordinator(s)
- Dr Amy Page
- Fees
- Visit the fees calculator.
Prospective students should see the Future Students website for details on admission requirements, intake periods, fees, availability to international students, careers information etc.
No study plans found for this course. See study plans for more information.
Specialisations
Course structure
Key to availability of units:
- S1
- Semester 1
- S2
- Semester 2
- SS
- summer teaching period
- N/A
- not available in 2025 – may be available in 2026 or 2027
- *
- to be advised
Take all units (12 points):
Students who have successfully completed the PHCYN504 Advanced Clinical Skills microcredential within 5 years prior to enrolling in this degree will receive direct credit for both of these units.
Advanced Clinical Skills
| Availability | Unit code | Unitname | Unit requirements | Contact hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| * | PHCY5167 | ( points) | None | |
| * | PHCY5168 | ( points) | None |
Pharmacists wanting to participate in the Community Pharmacy Enhanced Access Program should undertake this additional 0 credit point unit after completing PHCY5151, PHCY5152, PHCY5167 and PHCY5168.
Note: Pharmacists wanting to participate in the Community Pharmacy Enhanced Access Program should undertake this additional 0 credit point unit after completing PHCY5151, PHCY5152, PHCY5167 and PHCY5168.
Community pharmacy enhanced access program
| Availability | Unit code | Unitname | Unit requirements | Contact hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| * | PHCY5153 | (0 points) | None |
Take all units (12 points):
receive direct credit for both of these units in line with the Recognition of Prior Learning Policy..
Students who have completed an Australian Diabetes Education Association accredited Graduate Certificate in the last five years will receive Recognition of Prior Learning for these units.
Diabetes Education
| Availability | Unit code | Unitname | Unit requirements | Contact hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | PHCY5163 | Diabetes Education 1 |
| This unit is available online in asynchronous format of learning. |
| N/A | PHCY5164 | Diabetes Education 2 |
| This unit is available online in asynchronous format of learning. It includes compulsory experiential learning. |
Take all units (12 points):
Students who have completed an Australian Pharmacy Council accredited program in Medication Management Reviews in the last five years will receive Recognition of Prior Learning for PHCY5156 Medication Management Reviews in line with the Recognition of Prior Learning Policy..
Students who have completed an Australian Pharmacy Council accredited program in Aged Care Pharmacy in the last five years will receive Recognition of Prior Learning for PHCY5157 Aged Care Pharmacy in line with the Recognition of Prior Learning Policy.
Medication Management Reviews and Aged Care Pharmacy
| Availability | Unit code | Unitname | Unit requirements | Contact hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | PHCY5156 | Medication Management Reviews |
| This unit is available online in asynchronous format of learning. It includes a compulsory experiential learning. |
| N/A | PHCY5157 | Aged Care Pharmacy |
| This unit is available online in asynchronous format of learning. It includes compulsory experiential learning. |
Take all units (12 points):
Note: Students who have completed an Australian Pharmacy Council accredited program in Pharmacy Prescribing in the last five years will receive Recognition of Prior Learning for PHCY5152 Quality Use of Medicines and Safe Prescribing and PHCY5151 Advanced Clinical Reasoning in line with the Recognition of Prior Learning Policy.
Prescribing skills
| Availability | Unit code | Unitname | Unit requirements | Contact hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | PHCY5151 | Advanced Clinical Reasoning |
| This unit is available online in asynchronous format of learning. It includes compulsory experiential learning. |
| N/A | PHCY5152 | Quality Use of Medicines and Safe Prescribing | This unit is available online in asynchronous format of learning. |
See also the rules for the course and the Student Rules.
Rules
Note: This course is not available in 2025.
Applicability of the Student Rules, policies and procedures
1.(1) The Student Rules apply to students in this course.
(2) The policy, policy statements and guidance documents and student procedures apply, except as otherwise indicated in the rules for this course.
English Language competency requirements
3. To be considered eligible for consideration for admission to this course an applicant must satisfy the University's English language competence requirement as set out in the University Policy on Admission: Coursework.
Admission requirements
4. To be considered for admission to this course an applicant must have—
(a) (i) a bachelor's degree in pharmacy, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA; or
(ii) a master's degree in pharmacy, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA
and
(b) general registration with the Pharmacy Board of Australia
Admission ranking and selection
5. Where relevant, admission will be awarded to the highest ranked applicants or applicants selected based on the relevant requirements.
Articulations and exit awards
6.(1) This course has the following exit award:
- 93210 Graduate Certificate in Quality Use of Medicines and Prescribing (24 points)
(2) A student who withdraws from the Doctor of Pharmacy Practice course before completing it, but after completing:
PHCY5151
PHCY5152
PHCY5167
PHCY5168, may apply to the School to be awarded the Graduate Certificate in Quality Use of Medicines and Prescribing.
Course structure
7.(1) The course consists of units to a total value of 48 points.
(2) Units must be selected in accordance with the course structure, as set out in these rules.
Additional rules
Microcredential: PHCYN502 Diabetes Education
14. Students who enrol in this course and have already completed PHCYN502 Diabetes Education will be awarded direct credit for PHCY5163 Diabetes Education 1 and PHCY5164 Diabetes Education 2.
AND/OR
Students who enrol in this course and subsequently complete PHCYN502 Diabetes Education will be awarded direct credit for PHCY5163 Diabetes Education 1 and PHCY5164 Diabetes Education 2
Microcredential: PHCYN503 Medication Management Reviews and Aged Care Pharmacist
15. Students who enrol in this course and subsequently complete PHCYN503 Medication Management Reviews and Aged Care Pharmacist will be awarded direct credit for PHCY5156 Medication Management Reviews and PHCY5157 Aged Care Pharmacy.
AND/OR
Microcredential: PHCYM505 Prescribing Skills for Pharmacists
16. Students who enrol in this course and subsequently complete PHCYM505 Prescribing Skills for Pharmacists will be awarded direct credit for PHCY5151 Advanced Clinical Reasoning and PHCY5152 Quality Use of Medicines and Prescribing.
AND/OR
Microcredential: PHCYM504 Advanced Clinical Practice
17. Students who enrol in this course and subsequently complete PHCYM504 Prescribing Skills for Pharmacists will be awarded direct credit for PHCY5150 Advanced Clinical Reasoning.
AND/OR
Microcredential: PHCYM506 Clinical skills for pharmacists enhanced access program
18. Students who enrol in this course and subsequently complete PHCYM506 Clinical skills for pharmacists enhanced access program will be awarded direct credit for PHCY5153 Clinical skills for pharmacists enhanced access program.