Community engagement is defined as a process whereby universities engage with external organisations to undertake joint activities that can be mutually beneficial, even if each side benefits in a different way. Community engaged learning (CEL) is a course-based, credit-bearing educational experience that allows students to participate in an organised community-based activity that meets identified community needs. Communities include groups of individuals or organizations that have a commitment to solving problems with university cooperation. Students gain academic credit for engaging and reflecting on learning or research on issues in society, in partnership with external partners. However, integrating meaningful and sustainable CEL activities into academic programmes, especially regulated, professional programmes like pharmacy are challenging due to busy and demanding curricula, in addition to staffing and resource constraints. This research sought to determine, using the published literature, the type of CEL activities being used in the education of healthcare professionals. In addition, we were interested to audit the MPharm programme in UCC to identify the variety and extent of CEL activities embedded in the programme. To develop a framework for integration, we also sought to devise a list of additional CEL activities that could be incorporated across the MPharm and other healthcare programmes.