Choices!!

[chemistry]

Originally Posted by MPharm

Up till now, I have received three offers from the following universities and I found it is very difficult to make up my mind. Would anyone can help me by giving some of your valuable comments?

1. Portsmouth: cheap (9050 pounds every years but the best in new universities)

2. Nottingham (12600 pounds every years but the best in UK)

3. Brighton (2000 pounds scholarships every year but not the best)

Every schools has it pros and cons but I really do not know find one...

Hi,
did you go for an interview at Nottingham? I have got an interview very soon. Do you know what they ask? By the way, have you decided which uni you will go?
thanks

[Asterix]

does sunderland have much reputation for industry?

[Titch]

Originally Posted by MPharm

One more thing I would like to know and that is if I have been an independent prescriber, can I prescribe all the drugs?

At present NO

Under CD regs pharmacist independent prescribers cannot prescribe any CDs.

Even restricts prescribing of weaker CDs so no pholcodeine or co-codamol 8/500 even.

Hopefully regs will change later this year.


By time you finish Uni there will probably only be a prescribing course not a choice of Supplementary and Independent. At present those Unis that offer SP have developed a IP conversion course which "tops up" qualification.

AFAIK once accreditation for SP course runs out they will accredit a IP course that will give a joint IP/SP qualification and scrap the SP and IP conversion courses.

Course varies depending on which Uni you study prescribing qualification with - all involve time with a mentor (normally a GP.)
Think some impose time limit i.e. you have to be a pharmacist for x no of years (2 or 3 I think) before applying - don't think this is set by DOH and it's just what the Uni's do.