The Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy (PGDipClinPharm) aims to expand the experience of the pharmacist in the preparation and implementation of pharmaceutical care and medicines management plans for a wide range of therapeutic areas, and for patients with more complex clinical needs. Within this context a degree of specialisation is provided to facilitate the progress to advanced clinical roles. The programmes have been designed to allow students living anywhere in New Zealand to enrol as most of the material will be presented on-line (supplemented by face-to-face weekend workshops for some courses).

Graduates of the Postgraduate Diploma will be able to: Ensure the safe, effective and economic use of medicines for both individual patients and patient groups Design, implement and optimise pharmaceutical care plans for individual patients in a broad range of therapeutic areas Manage the pharmaceutical care of patients with complex clinical needs Develop specialised knowledge of medicines use in areas of clinical interest, including advanced medicines management