Education and training

What are the views of the RPS and Pharmaceutical Press on AI training using copyrighted materials?

The government recently launched a consultation on artificial intelligence (AI) and copyright. The deadline for submission of views was 25 February 2025. Its preferred solution is for a copyright exception, allowing AI companies to use creator’s works to train their models, unless creators sp…

How to design and implement effective health education interventions in primary care pharmacy settings

Pharmacists working in primary care can utilise existing frameworks to guide the design and implementation of health education interventions.…

Foundation trainees need experiential placements in hospices to help manage an ageing population

As the population ages and requires more complex care, pharmacists should be trained early on how to use their skills in a hospice setting.…

Pharmacy educators should incorporate sustainability into curriculums, says GPhC

Updated guidance urges pharmacy education and training providers to make changes to course provisions to inform future pharmacists about sustainability issues that affect pharmacy and patients.…

Some UCLan students should not have been offered MPharm placements, says GPhC

The General Pharmaceutical Council has intervened at the University of Central Lancashire’s School of Pharmacy owing to “extensive” issues, including a lack of pharmacists as senior staff.…

How we are helping to address the DPP shortage

Pharmacist Ruhina Kassam explains why she set up DPP Connect to match trainee independent prescribers with designated prescribing practitioners, and how her business could help the NHS in the future.…

How an MPharm placement in social care is preparing students for real-world roles

Pharmacist educators in Manchester explain the value brought to students by a residential nursing home placement within the MPharm programme.…

GPhC could consider scrapping registration assessment

Meeting minutes have also revealed discussions about delivering the registration exam calculations paper as an “on-demand paper to be taken at a time selected by the candidate”.…

Educational supervision is needed to support community pharmacists as independent prescribers 

Why independent prescribers working in community pharmacy need support from education supervisors to become competent and confident prescribers.…

Top ten features of 2024

From dangerous new synthetic opioids to the use of artificial intelligence to transform drug discovery, our most popular features this year have covered a wide array of topics.…