The goal of pharmacy care is to maximise positive healthcare outcomes and improve patients' quality of life with minimum risk.
In your first year you will learn the foundations of biochemistry, physiology and pharmacy practice. You'll also study interprofessional healthcare 麻豆原创 students from other health science degrees.
You then study pharmaceutics, medicinal chemistry, antimicrobial chemotherapy, pharmacology and pharmacotherapy, and continue to develop your pharmacy practice skills.
You will complete a minimum of 10 weeks (375+ hours) of clinical placements during the course and there are opportunities for you to take your placements interstate and overseas in hospitals, the community or in industry.
Following graduation, you'll need to complete an internship of 1,824 hours (about one year full-time) to register as a pharmacist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra).
What jobs can the Pharmacy lead to?
Careers
Pharmacist
Pharmacologist
Industries
Clinical pharmacy
Community care
Hospital pharmacy
Retail pharmacy
Research
What you'll learn
Apply extensive knowledge and cognitive skills with initiative and judgement in professional pharmacy practice, and contribute to evidence-based practice through scholarship and research
Apply critical thinking, creativity and reflection to plan and execute project work and/or provide solutions to complex pharmaceutical problems with intellectual independence
Access, review, analyse, consolidate and synthesise information to resolve clinical, professional and scientific problems in pharmacy
Communicate effectively as a pharmacist with a variety of audiences to present a clear and coherent exposition of knowledge and ideas for professional and research purposes
Utilise pharmacy software and technology for pharmacy practice, scholarship and research purposes
Demonstrate responsibility and accountability for own learning as a pharmacist
Provide pharmaceutical services, and undertake pharmacy practice research, with sensitivity to political, social, cultural, geographical, technological and global influences
Engage in high-quality, ethical and culturally-competent pharmaceutical service delivery and research as appropriate to individuals, as well as broader sociocultural contexts
Work collaboratively and ethically within complex and dynamic practice and research parameters; demonstrating sophisticated skills for numeracy, literacy, technical writing and interpersonal communication
*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please
February 2025
Bentley Campus
Kent Street,
BENTLEY,
Western Australia,
6102, PERTH, Australia
Students from different countries should have qualifications equivalent to Australian Year 12 and a scaled mark of at least 50 in English, Literature, or English as an Additional Language or Dialect.
IELTS Academic (International English Language Testing System): Writing: 7.0; Speaking: 7.0; Reading: 7.0; Listening: 7.0; Overall band score: 7.0
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
Curtin is ranked in the top one per cent of universities worldwide in the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2019.