TabsSummary Course details Course type: Online courseDuration: 12 weeks (online)Home fee: £1,300 / £780 / £520Overseas fee: £1,300 / £780 / £520Fee Structure £1,300 standard fee £780 - 40% discounted fee for charity personnel and students £520 - 60% discounted fee for LMIC nationals (national and domiciled in LMIC country) This is an Online / Part-Time, module is available for continuing professional development. This module forms part of our Diploma in Pharmaceutical SystemsOverview This module aims to provide you with the knowledge and skills required to design and implement a viable plan for strengthening pharmaceutical systems in any given context. Pharmaceutical systems are essential for equitable and affordable access to quality medicines and their appropriate use. They are a foundational element for health systems and a prerequisite to Universal Health Coverage. Maturity of pharmaceutical systems varies between health systems and health programs within the same health system. To facilitate the strengthening of a pharmaceutical system requires a critical understanding of the challenges and gaps to address, key actors involved, available resources and potential enablers and barriers to change. Assessment - 2,000 word assignment. Employing the ‘5-step’ approach to capacity strengthening introduced here, you will be supported to progressively develop a pharmaceutical system strengthening plan (in the form of a case study) that could realistically be implemented in practice given the considerations listed above.Block 0: Module induction Block 1: Introduction Health systems Vs strengthening systems. Recap module 1&2. Introduction to case studies. The five steps approach. Block 2: Understanding the context Key considerations for implementation. Block 3: Approaches to systems strengthening Implementation research Quality improvement Capacity development. Block 4: Designing and implementing a system strengthening project Methodology. Designing tools. Facilitation. Reporting. Block 5: Monitoring, Evaluation, and learning Entrance RequirementsAcademic requirements: Qualified health care professionals; including pharmacist, doctors, nurses or health managers with proven experience of more than 1-2 years in the pharmacy field.Work experience: Pharmacists, doctors, nurses, and health professionals with a minimum 1-2 years of demonstrated experience in pharmacy, either within national health programmes or in a related area such as pharmacy, hospitals, health centres, senior management roles, or industry.English language requirements: The programme is taught in English. Students whose first language is not English must provide evidence of an IELTS (International English Language Testing System) score of at least 6.5 with a minimum of 5.5 in all learning components, or a TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) score of at least 88 for the Internet-based Test (iBT), with minimum scores of 21 for Listening and Writing, 22 for Reading and 23 for Speaking. Tests should be within their validity period of 2 years. Other tests are also accepted - please see our English language pages for a full list https://www.lstmed.ac.uk/study/international-and-eu-students/english-language-requirements AimsThis course aims to: Critically appraise key systems strengthening concepts and methodologies Assess strengths, weaknesses and gaps in a pharmaceutical system Design a comprehensive pharmaceutical system strengthening plan (appropriate to a given health system/program) Make an enquirya00Vg00000BaRD6 Submit your enquiries here Programme Version Name First Name * Last Name * Email * Phone Country * --Select-- Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antarctica Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Bouvet Island Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Caribbean Netherlands Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Colombia Comoros Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo Cook Islands Costa Rica Cote d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Curacao Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea-Bissau Guinea Guyana Haiti Heard and McDonald Islands Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia, Federated States of Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island North Korea Northern Mariana Islands Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestinian Territory, Occupied Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Reunion Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saint Barthelemy Saint Helena Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint-Martin (France) Saint-Martin (Pays-Bas) Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia (Slovak Republic) Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka St. Pierre and Miquelon Sudan Suriname Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand The Netherlands Timor-Leste Togo Tokelau Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands (British) Virgin Islands (U.S.) Wallis and Futuna Islands Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe Nature of Enquiry * --Select-- Course Availability Course Information Fees & Payment Scholarships Disability Accommodation Visa & Immigration Other Subject Description How did you hear about LSTM? --Select-- LSTM Website Word of Mouth Alumni Recommendation Course Search Website Search Engine Advert Professional Journal Careers Fair/Exhibition IEC Abroad Other Keep me informed about this course Keep me informed about LSTM news Apply Start date End date Home fee Overseas fee 7 July 2025 3 October 2025 £1,300 / £780 / £520 £1,300 / £780 / £520 Apply Start date: 7 July 2025 End date: 3 October 2025 Home fee: £1,300 / £780 / £520 Overseas fee: £1,300 / £780 / £520 Apply 20 reads