• Level 5
  • 12 Credits
  • 0.1 EFTS
  • Delivery type:
    Online
  • Course duration: 32 weeks
  • Course cost:
    $438 NZ Domestic
    $1,537 NZ International
  • Workload - Approximately 4 hours per week
  • Availability
    Monthly course availability for upcoming periods
    2027

The purpose of this online pharmacy course is to prepare you to communicate effectively, be able to apply critical thinking and problem solving to advance your role as a technician. This is a project based learning experience.

Students who successfully complete this online pharmacy course will be able to

  • Analyse their current pharmacy practice to identify an area of innovation or improvement
  • Communicate and negotiate with other health professionals/pharmacy staff to discuss and define the purpose and process of their project
  • Develop a comprehensive project plan
  • Implement a plan for an innovation or quality improvement to pharmacy practice
  • Apply communication and leadership skills as appropriate with colleagues and other health professionals
  • Measure, evaluate and present project results
  • Demonstrate personal motivation and self-management

Assessment

This course is 100% internally assessed

Textbooks

No textbooks are required for this course

Computer and internet requirements

This course is delivered online, so you will access your course material and submit assessments online. Our online courses may include reading, videos, quizzes or activities, and you may need to download content.

For online learning you need:

  • Access to a laptop or desktop computer
  • Reliable internet and data plan.  

If you are unsure if your current computer, Windows or internet access will allow you to study online, please contact us before applying to enrol. 

Find out more about online learning 

How to enrol

Before enrolling in this course you need to:

  • choose the qualification you will study the course under
  • check the order that courses in the qualification should be studied in the Qualification Structure table. This is in the Choose courses and apply tab on the qualification page.

How to apply

Apply to study a programme

You can study this course as part of any of the programmes listed below.

Click on a tile to go the programme information, including the entry requirements and how many courses you'll need to do to complete the programme.

From there you click 'Apply now' and start your study journey.