Learning Optimising the pharmacy team to deliver effective medicines reconciliation during new patient registration Medicines reconciliation contributes to patient safety and continuity of care during registration at a new primary care setting. This article explores how to optimise the multidisciplinary team and involve pharmacy technicians in the process, using four case scenarios.…Published: 21 June 2024
Learning Principles of diagnostic reasoning This article introduces principles and techniques that help prescribers to systematically structure their approach to differential diagnosis.…Published: 23 February 2024
Learning How to approach challenging scenarios in primary care pharmacy Three examples of vulnerable patients and those at risk of harm. The featured scenarios consider themes of suicide, addiction and sexual violence.…Published: 12 September 2023
Learning Complex decision-making for foundation and newly qualified pharmacists An outline of the skills pharmacists need in order to make complex clinical decisions and how to improve these over time.…Published: 18 October 2022
Learning Approaching difficult situations: how to have challenging conversations A guide, including example audio dialogue, on how to deal with challenging conversations that can arise in pharmacy practice.…Published: 16 November 2021
Learning How to apply evidence to practice A step-by-step example of how to use research data to make an evidence-based clinical decision.…Published: 2 November 2021
Learning Critical appraisal: how to evaluate research for use in clinical practice The ability to make appropriate evidence-based decisions in clinical practice relies on pharmacists having the skills to extract and translate the most relevant and useful information from published literature.…Published: 22 June 2021
Learning How to investigate and manage a medication incident Of the nearly 237 million medication errors occurring in England each year, 28% have the potential to cause harm. This article outlines the immediate steps to be taken following identification of a medicines safety incident.…Published: 13 February 2019
Learning Patient consent in the UK A ruling by the UK Supreme Court means patients must be given information tailored to their own needs before consent is obtained.…Published: 9 July 2015
