South East Medicines Management Education & Development

South East Medicines Management Education & Development

STUDY DAYS

REGIONAL PREREGISTRATION PHARMACIST

TRAINING PROGRAMME2004 - 2005

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.