IELTS Academic, IELTS score of 6.0 in the academic module (with no individual band below 5.5). IELTS Online is also accepted.
Internet-based TOEFL, Score of 80 (writing 20) TOEFL iBT Home Edition is currently accepted for applications for intakes commencing semester 2 2022 and 2023 intakes. The University of Otago TOEFL institution code is: 9483 (Please note we do not accept MyBest TOEFL scores).
Paper-based TOEFL, Score of 550 (TWE 4.5) The University of Otago TOEFL institution code is: 9483
Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English (CAE), Overall score of 176 (with no individual band below 169)
Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE), Overall score of 176 (with no individual band below 169)
Pharmacists help improve health outcomes for communities, while enjoying an amazing work–life balance.
As medicine experts, pharmacists work directly with patients, helping them understand their medicines and how to use them in the most effective way.
Pharmacists are essential members of the healthcare team. They’re trusted by other healthcare professionals to assess prescriptions and recommend the best combination of medicines.
But this is just part of their role. As a pharmacist, you can also assess and treat health conditions, prescribe medication, and give life-saving vaccinations. This is the future of pharmacy – going beyond the script.
What is pharmacy?
Pharmacists often work in community pharmacies, in hospital pharmacies and in medical clinics.
For these reasons, pharmacists are the health professionals you see most often. They’re truly at the heart of healthy communities.
Pharmacists can continue on to become pharmaceutical scientists to develop new medicines – or with government and research organisations.
Some patients have chronic or ongoing health issues, and rely on regular contact with community pharmacists to help manage their conditions. Other patients have an acute (short-term) condition that can be treated by medication.
As a pharmacist, you can make an authentic difference to the lives of your patients, their whānau, and their communities.
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1st year
Health Sciences First Year Course
Note: Students enrolled in the Health Sciences First Year course will be required to achieve a satisfactory mark in a standard diagnostic English test or another approved measure of achievement.
2nd year
PHCY 210 Introduction to Pharmacy
PHCY 211 Fundamental Pharmaceutical Science
PHCY 220 Integrated Modules A
Note: Candidates for the second and subsequent years of the BPharm programme will normally have passed all papers for the previous year of study.
3rd year
PHCY 310 Integrated Modules B
PHCY 320 Integrated Modules C
4th year
PHCY 410 Elective Studies A
PHCY 420 Pharmacy Practice Leadership and Management
PHCY 431 Structured Practical Experiential Programme
PHCY 480 Honours Research Project
PHCY 485 Applied Pharmacotherapy and Patient Care for Honours
You will have many opportunities as a pharmacist. You can work in, and/or own, a community pharmacy and enjoy close relationships with the local community by making medicine-related decisions, monitoring patient therapy, and consulting with physicians and other healthcare providers. Alternatively, you could work in a clinic and provide advice to patients and healthcare professionals about medicines.
As a hospital pharmacist, you are able to specialise in many areas, for example: diabetes, paediatrics, intensive care, respiratory medicine, infectious diseases, cardiology, mental health, cancer management, and more. Hospital pharmacists are a core team member and contribute to hospital ward rounds with the medical team, advise medical and nursing staff, and provide information to patients about their medicines.
Pharmacists also fulfil important roles in places such as the Ministry of Health, Medsafe (medicines registration agency), universities, drug companies, pharmacy regulatory bodies, Pharmac and the armed forces.
Finally, pharmacists can continue their education and complete graduate studies in a variety of disciplines including clinical pharmacy practice, clinical pharmacology, pharmaceutical sciences, and social and administrative pharmacy and embrace additional careers in academia or industry.
Health Insurance: 600 per year
