South East Medicines Management Education & Development
STUDY DAYS
REGIONAL PREREGISTRATION PHARMACIST
TRAINING PROGRAMME2004 - 2005
MandatoryDays / Dates / Course Title / Topics to be covered
August
September
October
November
December
January
March
April
June
July / Wed - Fri
18th, 19th and 20th
Fri 10th
Thur 7th & Fri 8th
Thur 4th
Tue9th
or Tue 16th
Mon 13th
Wed 5th or another date TBC
Wed 16th or
Wed 23rd
Thur14th
Fri 15th
Thur 9th
Tues 19th / Introductory Residential Course
Baseline OSCEs
Pharmacy in the NHS
Consultation Skills
Technical Services for Preregs
Responding to symptoms and cross-sector planning
Management Skills
Professional Responsibilities
OSCEs
Pfizer Audit Presentations / Competency
Learning CPD
Reflective practice
TeamBuilding
Audit Skills
First Aid
NHS Structure
NHS Plan and NSFs
OSCE debrief
Role of pharmacists in the
healthcare team
Consultation skills
Checking dispensed items
Supplementary Prescribing
Calculations
GMP
Causes of errors in
aseptic
Responding to symptoms
Primary/secondary care interface
Cross sector planning
Conflict Management
Negotiating & influencing skills
Risk Management
Clinical Governance
Pharmacy and the law ethics
Exam Preparation
Audit Outcomes
Optional Days / Critical appraisal skills
(places limited)
Recruitment & Selection
Radiopharmacy
Mental Health
Statutory Committee Visits / Tues 12th October 2004
Thurs 3rd February 2005
Thur 28th April 2005
Thurs 26th May 2005
Monthly
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF STUDY DAY PROGRAMME 2004/5
Mandatory Courses/Days
Introductory Residential Course
To describe the principles of "competence based training" in relation to the RPSGB manual and SEMMED Guide to Preregistration Training.
To undertake reflective practice
To develop the concept of lifelong learning and introduce learning contracts between the preregistration pharmacists and South East Medicines Management Education and development Team.
To introduce audit and its application to pharmacy
To demonstrate an awareness of basic First Aid skills to a level required by the RPSGB.
To be aware of the structure of the NHS and the role of the pharmacy profession within it.
To describe the attributes of an effective team
Baseline OSCEs
To identify a baseline level of clinical competence
Pharmacy in the NHS
To describe the content of the NHS Plan and National Service Frameworks and discuss probable resultant changes in pharmacy practice
To develop a system for self checking and checking others dispensing
To describe the role of pharmacists and pharmacy support staff in the healthcare team
To be aware of the impact of non-medical prescribing on the pharmacy profession
To identify the components of an ideal consultation
Consultation skills
To structure a consultation with a patient focussing on the effective use of the medicines
Technical Services
To describe the principles and application of Good Manufacturing Practice.
To discuss the current national agenda for aseptic services in the NHS.
To debate the causes and consequences of errors in aseptic services.
To accurately carry out pharmaceutical calculations.
To describe the current guidelines, legislation and audit requirements associated with aseptic
services.
Cross sector Planning and responding to symptoms
To develop skills to enable the appropriate response to the presenting symptoms of patients/customers
To network with community preregistration pharmacists and set realistic achievable learning outcomes for the period of cross sector training.
To gain an appreciation of primary/secondary care interface issues and the concept of seamless care in practice.
Management skills
To identify and apply the principles of conflict management
To describe and apply influencing skills
Professional responsibilities
To prepare for the RPSGB registration examination
To be aware of pharmacist's liability.
To construct possible solutions to ethical dilemmas faced by pharmacists
To introduce the concept of risk management and its application to pharmacy.
To describe the concept of clinical governance and its application to pharmacy.
OSCEs
To assess the level of clinical competence of preregistration pharmacists
To develop an action plan to improve clinical practice
Pfizer Audit Presentation
To present an audit project in an oral or poster form.
Optional Courses/Days
Recruitment and Selection
To critically examine the recruitment and interview process
To recognise personal qualities of value to potential employers
To prepare for successful job applications
To identify areas for improvement in the event of unsuccessful job applications
Critical Appraisal Skills
To identify sources of Evidence Based Medicine
To describe the criteria used to evaluate the quality of a RCT
To use the above for assessing the validity and applicability of the results of a randomised
controlled trial (RCT).
To use simple statistics in interpreting study results
Mental Health
To describe the signs, symptoms and treatments for depression
To discuss the signs, symptoms and treatments for schizophrenia
To describe the role of the pharmacist in the Mental Health Team
Radiopharmacy
To describe the main concepts of radiopharmaceuticals.
To discuss the use of radiopharmaceuticals in diagnosis and treatment.
To discuss the benefits and hazards of radiation.
To describe the role of the radiopharmacist and allied healthcare team.