Continuing professional development (CPD)

Random audit of pharmacists’ CPD records moves closer following evaluation of GPhC’s ‘call and review’

The introduction of a random audit of pharmacists’ continuing professional development records is looking more likely following an evaluation of the current “call and review” system.…

Join the Faculty to prepare for GPhC revalidation, RPS says

Royal Pharmaceutical Society encourages members to start building a Faculty portfolio to get ready for the GPhC’s continuing fitness to practice requirements.…

RPS to lead update to national prescribing framework

Pharmacists are to receive support tools and guidance as part of a planned update to the national prescribing framework.…

Health board says all its pharmacists should become RPS Faculty members

Welsh health board says Faculty membership will show its pharmacists “are working to the highest level”.…

Tough, costly, rewarding: how 12 pharmacists found the RPS Faculty process

As the RPS Faculty prepares to accept the first pharmacists with less than ten years’ experience, Stephen Robinson explores the views of those applicants about to undergo their final assessment.…

Top 10 learning articles of 2014 from The Pharmaceutical Journal

Our response to the Ebola outbreak is a sign of how our learning content is changing to meet your needs.…

How to print CPD questions

Many readers have asked how to print CPD questions on the Pharmaceutical Journal website. Chris Chapman describes the new solution…

Liberal Democrat peer to lead revalidation advisory group

Lord Kirwood of Kirkhope has been appointed chairman of a group set up to provide advice to pharmacy regulators about continuing fitness to practise reforms.…

A global view of continuing professional development

There is significant variability between continuing professional development frameworks across the world and these will continue to change and evolve.…

Ensuring relevance across the breadth of pharmacy

Newly elected RPS President Ash Soni looks at some of the challenges ahead, including gaining his own Faculty accreditation.…