UTS launches Pharmacy School
August 11, 2011
THE University of Technology
Sydney has today announced the
debut of a new school of pharmacy.
From 2012 UTS will offer a
graduate-entry masters degree as
well as PhDs, promising to deliver
graduates who are eligible for
registration as a pharmacist “and
can manage the new and
increasingly complex business,
service delivery and health
dimensions of the profession”.
The school is headed up by UTS
Professor of Pharmacy Practice,
Charlie Benrimoj, who moved
across from Sydney University
earlier this year.
“The UTS pharmacy school will
become only the second of such
schools here in Sydney with its
population of four million,” said
UTS Vice-Chancellor Professor Ross
Milbourne.
“We believe the courses will be in
demand from graduates seeking to
enhance their careers in this
growing city,” he said.
The pharmacy school is the first
fruits of a fledgling strategy at UTS
to boost its health offerings.
Benrimoj said the development of
the program meant UTS had been
in a unique position to employ best
practice at every stage.
“Working with key professional
partners and an educational
designer, our pharmacy academics
have created an innovative and
rigorous graduate entry curriculum.
“The programs utilise cuttingedge
tools to integrate
pharmaceutical science with clinical
practice, technology and
interdisciplinary skills,” he said.
Preliminary Australian Pharmacy
Council Accreditation has already
been received for the new masters
program, and a website promoting
the course went live this morning
at www.pharmacy.uts.edu.au.
The course is open to graduates
who have a science or related
degree, and enables entry into the
internship program leading to
registration as a pharmacist.
“It has been designed to address
the increasing need to produce
graduates who can fulfil the
expanded and diverse roles in
pharmacy that primarily focus on
the quality use of medicine and
service provision,” Benrimoj said.
A series of information evenings
about the new course will be held
in September and October.
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