​​This course will enable you to extend your scope of clinical practice to prescribe medicines as an Independent and Supplementary Non-medical Prescriber. Non-medical prescribing is becoming a well-established means of managing a service user’s condition enabling quicker access to medicines, delivering high quality, innovative clinical care and offering choice for service users. The course explores current practices as well as supporting professional and personal development. You will have advanced skills in assessment and diagnosis and have demonstrable expertise in an identified area of clinical practice, e.g. mental health, adult nursing, child nursing, learning disabilities and midwifery.​

Inmaculada Diaz Alonso
Course Director

Welcome and Induction  

Your course will begin with an Online Welcome session on Tuesday 1 September 2026 from 10am - 11am.

The session will take place on Teams - please use the link below to join the session:

Microsoft Teams meeting

Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/392951129087164?p=eLT5VplyShaeUBisWw

Meeting ID: 392 951 129 087 164

Passcode: Sf6o4vN3

Your Teaching Timetable

Teaching for the course will then begin w.c 21 September 2026.

You can access the timetable for the first module below:

Module 1 - Pharmacology and the Principles of Prescribing

On a mobile device, click the arrow next to “Search” at the top right of the page to view your timetable.

UniTimetables provides an overview of all teaching activities for a course. If your course is taught in groups, it will display information for all groups, not just the group you will be assigned to.

Your individual student timetable will show you what modules and groups, you are expected to attend and the rooms and times for these sessions via MyTimetable. This will be available for when your teaching starts.

Learn more about timetabling for new students including user guides and videos.

In addition, check the Student Events Hub for a range of fun activities to help you make friends and live your best CCCU student life.

Key Dates

Academic Calendar: 12-week Trimesters (long break)

View key dates for this Academic Calendar for 2026-27 including when teaching starts and finishes and when you break for holidays.

Welcome

Welcome to the University Certificate Non-Medical Prescribing course. 

Whether you are completing the course as a stand-alone module or as part of the MSc Advanced Clinical Practice course we look forward to meeting you in September!

Getting started

Your Course

​​Learning and teaching strategies will involve you as an active participant on this course; you will be encouraged to use self-evaluation and reflection on your own experience to deepen and consolidate your understanding as well as plan for your future learning.

​The programme structure consists of academic study and experiential learning providing you with a flexible learning environment. The programme uses a variety of interactive learning activities. You will take part in lectures, workshops, seminars and self or academic directed exercises.

There will be the opportunity for work-based learning you will work with your practice supervisor and practice assessor to experience at first hand prescribing decisions and dilemmas. This approach encourages shared learning communities and working together with practice partners to support students through the learning experience.

​A blended learning approach to delivery of the programme allows for a combination of online digital media and traditional classroom-based activities to be used.

Blackboard

You will have access to the University Virtual Learning Environment (Blackboard) which will provide essential documents, lecture notes access to useful web sites and a discussion forum.

Support

We are proud to be an inclusive University that supports a diverse community of students. Please note that if you have a disability or would like to learn more about the support that we can offer to students, please visit the Disability and Mental Health website. This is available once you have accepted your offer.

Fees

Should fees be supported by your employer or another sponsor you will be asked to provide evidence and specific details via the university's registration portal 'MyRecord'. 

Your Must Do Tasks

Once you have been invited to register for your course, there are some key tasks you'll need to complete to make sure you are ready to become a CCCU student.

Registration invitations are sent towards the end of August. We'll send yours to the email address you used when you applied, so please check this inbox regularly to make sure you don't miss any important information.

Pre-course reading

Please follow the below link to access the reading list for the course:

Independent & Supplementary Prescribing [CANT MED] | Canterbury Christ Church University

Contact details

Have a question?

Student Zone is here to help you make the most of your CCCU experience.

Email - studentzone@canterbury.ac.uk

Telephone - 01227 922222 (10am-2pm)