Consultant pharmacist numbers ‘should rise ten-fold’ Chief pharmaceutical officer for England targets key role for senior pharmacists in ongoing NHS reforms.…
Nothing wrong with the quality of MPharm graduatesThe Pharmacy Schools Council is concerned about the news item which appears to declare the “failure” of the current MPharm degree in educating pharmacists for future roles ( The Pharmaceutical Journal 2015;294:677). We strongly disagree with this sentiment…
Calculation exam could be done at universityI agree with the British Pharmaceutical Students’ Association (BPSA) view that the General Pharmaceutical Council’s registration assessment does not reflect current practice. To reduce some pressure, perhaps pharmacy students could sit the calculation exam while at university. The passin…
Test your knowledge of medicinal chemistry ‘Medicinal chemistry self assessment’, by Robin M Zavod, Marc W Harrold.…
Pre-registration pharmacist June exam pass rate falls to 74% A total of 2,077 pre-registration trainee pharmacists out of 2,811 passed their June 2015 registration assessment, a pass rate of 74%, the General Pharmaceutical Council has announced.…
Clinical Pharmacist’s monthly news round-up: the top 10 in the past month What has been happening in the world of pharmacy? Here’s our pick of must-read news from the past month.…
Demonstrating my clinical practice Building my RPS Faculty portfolio seemed daunting at first, but as a prescriber I realised I had plenty of activities that could be used.…
Pharmacy students demand changes to registration assessment The British Pharmaceutical Students’ Association has called for changes to be made in how future pharmacists are assessed, after trainees and tutors complained about the June 2015 registration assessment.…
Tuesday 8 September: RPS Faculty webinarRoyal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) Faculty webinar, ‘You, your professional practice and the Faculty’. Learn a bout how using the Faculty assessment supports your professional practice. Find out how the Faculty s upports the forthcoming continuing fi…
Pharmacy students must be better prepared for their future careersI read with interest the General Pharmaceutical Council’s (GPhC) recent conclusion that the existing MPharm degree offered by British universities fails to equip pharmacists with the skills needed to deliver care and services expected of them in the future ( The Pharmaceutical Jour…