Monash adds new degree
April 8, 2016
MELBOURNE'S Monash
University yesterday announced
a “groundbreaking new double
degree” which it says will prepare
pharmacists to play a more
prominent role in improving
standards of patient care.
The five year Bachelor of
Pharmacy (Honours)/Master of
Pharmacy will commence next year,
with the first cohort of students
to graduate with both a B.Pharm
(Honours) and a M.Pharm.
“The master’s component of
the course gives students the
higher level of skills they will
require to advance the profession
of pharmacy as it is practiced in
Australia,” said Monash Director of
Pharmacy Education, Professor Carl
Fitzpatrick.
He said the new double degree
would give students a deeper
knowledge of medicines and their
effects on the body, as well as
focusing on building skills needed
to drive better health outcomes
for patients as pharmacy practice
evolves - such as problem solving,
critical thinking, empathy, integrity
and teamwork.
Fitzpatrick said traditionally
pharmacy degrees in Australia had
offered a five year pathway to apply
to register as a pharmacist - a four
year degree and an intern year.
The new course will allow
students to become registered
within the same five year period
but with the advantage of doing so
with a master’s degree as well as a
bachelor’s.
The new Monash pharmacy
course is one of the university’s
so-called “vertical” double degrees
which pair a bachelor and a
master’s course in the same field.
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