Short courses for pharmacy professionals

Enhance your career in pharmacy with our interactive, online CPD short courses.

Expand your knowledge

Enhance your career with our interactive, online CPD short courses designed specifically for pharmacy professionals. Learn at your own pace, build confidence in key areas of practice, and gain practical skills you can apply immediately in your role.

Our flexible online short courses are created by academic and industry experts and take just a few hours to complete. They’re ideal for eligible healthcare professionals looking to:

build on your existing skills as a pharmacist or pharmacy technician
take a first step toward further study at the University of Bath
explore current topics shaping pharmacy practice
strengthen your professional and clinical skill

Course features

Short online courses across key areas of pharmacy practice:

£25 per course (unless otherwise indicated), including materials and a certificate
includes reading, videos, interactive activities and quizzes
study at your own pace in 2–3 hours
registration and payment is available via our online store - see individual course listings below

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Our current short courses

You can continue your professional development with our growing selection of short courses. Explore topics across clinical skills, public health, medicines information, education and more.

Sports Pharmacy

An introduction to clean sport, banned substances and performance‑enhancing drugs
Focus: how pharmacists support athletes and sport programmes
Ideal for: starting point before further learning in Sports Pharmacy

Mental Health

Learn the role pharmacy professionals play in supporting patient mental health and providing holistic care
Ideal for: preparation for the Mental Health unit

Pharmaceutical Public Health

Understand how environmental sustainability links to public health and pharmacy practice
Covers: emissions reduction, sustainable medicines, lower carbon practice
Ideal for: preparation for the Pharmaceutical Public Health unit

Answering Queries About Medicines

How to access reliable resources and give accurate, safe information to patients and healthcare colleagues
Ideal for: a foundation for the 11 week Foundation Skills (Secondary Care) unit

Polypharmacy

This course is currently free
Learn the principles of multimorbidity, polypharmacy and deprescribing
Covers: screening tools, risk management, structured medication reviews
Ideal for: preparation for the Managing Polypharmacy and Multimorbidity unit

Interpreting Key Blood Test Results

A practical guide to key routine blood tests in pharmacy practice
Covers: haematology, urea and electrolytes, phosphate and magnesium, liver function tests
Ideal for: preparation for the Professional Skills for Medicines Optimisation unit

Introduction to Education in Pharmacy

An introduction to essential theories of learning
Focus: enhancing your ability to support learners in planning and preparing teaching
Ideal for: preparation for the Supporting Education and Training in Healthcare unit

Interested in gaining a qualification with one of our postgraduate courses?

Search our courses Our postgraduate courses can be studied part time alongside work, and are suitable for pharmacists at all stages of their career.