Study Pharmacy At University of KwaZulu-Natal
Pharmacy is dynamic, information driven, product-and patient-orientated profession. In accordance with the requirements laid down by the South African Pharmacy Council, the Bachelor of Pharmacy degree is designed to produce healthcare professionals who are committed to meeting the pharmaceutical needs of all health seeking communities.
Pharmacists are responsible for distributing prescription drugs to patients and teaching them how to use their medication properly. They keep a careful watch on patients to make sure they are using their prescriptions properly.
They also advise doctors on the side effects, dosages, selection, and interactions of certain medication. Pharmacists have a good understanding of the physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of each drug as well as the clinical effects and proper uses.
For people wishing to undertake a course work masters our school offers a choice of part time online course work masters in both Pharmacy and Health Sciences. Please view the courses and application process below and visit out list of Graduates and their research topics.
Masters of Pharmacy (online)
The two streams within this qualification provide the competencies required for the preparation of pharmacoeconomists, clinical pharmacists and drug utilization pharmacists. The purpose of the M.Pharm is to produce competent professionals who can practice in the area of pharmacoeconomic evaluations, clinical pharmacy services and drug utilization reviews. Graduates from this programme will have economic, statistical, rational drug use and research methodology as well as scientific literature evaluation perspective on the application of the science of pharmacoeconomics and pharmacy practice.
| Pharmacoeconomics:- | Focuses on economic evaluations of new pharmaceutical products are of increasing importance to countries. Pharmacists who need to involve themselves in pharmacoeconomic evaluations need to consider whether traditional randomized clinical trials provide the most appropriate setting for an economic evaluation, to the more technical question of how to handle cost-effectiveness ratio data, including the issue of the most appropriate inferential apparatus – hypothesis testing, confidence intervals or Bayesian methods.
For more information about academic issues contact Ms Varsha Bangalee
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| Pharmacy Practice:- | In this stream students will realise that before relying on a published study, pharmacists should ensure that it meets criteria related to a valid study. They will explore ways of critically assessing the literature and how to conduct a sound study that can be used to support decisions in such diverse areas as individual patient treatment, formulary management, drug-use guideline development, disease management initiatives, and pharmaceutical service evaluation.
For more information about academic issues contact Professor Fatima Suleman or Mr Andy Gray
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