Foundation trainees
This collection of resources has been created to support your preparation for the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) registration assessment as you take the final step towards your future pharmacy career.
You can access advice on how to plan and structure revision time effectively or practice the different types of pharmacy calculations that will feature in the exam.
To help you revise the learning outcomes related to therapeutic approaches, links have been provided to our clinical condition ‘hub’ pages where you can access expert authored content on a range of different topic.
Exam preparation
Preparing for the GPhC registration exams: how to approach learning outcomes relating to professional practice
Preparing for the GPhC registration exams: how to revise learning outcomes relating to clinical knowledge and therapeutic approaches
Calculations
Preparing for the GPhC pharmaceutical calculations assessment
Medication maths: estimations of kidney function
Medication maths: using a resource or artefact when calculating doses and dose regimen
Medication maths: displacement volumes and values
Medication maths: dilutions
Medication maths: calculations involving molecular weight
Medication maths: infusion rates
Medication maths: using provided formula
Medication maths: how to solve dose and dosage calculations (video)
Medication maths: how to solve infusion calculations (video)
Medication maths: quantities to supply and using provided formulae calculations (video)
Medication maths: how to solve pharmacy calculations — concentrations, dilutions and health economics (video)
A guide to rounding for pharmacy students and trainees
Paediatrics
Pharmacological management of Tourette syndrome
Case-based learning: pharmacy involvement in congenital heart disease
Congenital heart disease: an overview
Neonatal sepsis: prevention and management
Premature birth: managing associated complications
Stimulant and non-stimulant agents for ADHD
Gastrointestinal complications associated with prematurity
Prescribing
How to optimise the 90 hours of dedicated prescribing practice during the foundation training year
How to be an effective designated prescribing practitioner
Discussing evidence with patients when prescribing
Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia: diagnosis and management
Supported content
Understanding scope of practice and accountability when prescribing
Test yourself: the 2024 CPD and learning quiz
Prescribing dilemma: angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors for heart failure in an older patient
Latest Learning & CPD
Pharmacological management of Tourette syndrome
How to optimise the 90 hours of dedicated prescribing practice during the foundation training year
How to be an effective designated prescribing practitioner
Test your knowledge of neurodevelopment and neurological conditions
Case-based learning: understanding and managing levetiracetam-induced psychiatric symptoms
Recognising adverse events and using the Yellow Card system
