Preregistration trainee

How to optimise the 90 hours of dedicated prescribing practice during the foundation training year 

Advice and guidance for designated prescribing practitioners, designated supervisors and training providers on how select an appropriate nominated prescribing area and effectively structure learning opportunities for foundation trainees.…

How to be an effective designated prescribing practitioner

The first article in a short series providing practical guidance for designated prescribing practitioners as they support the learning and development of future pharmacist prescribers.…

Medication maths: using provided formula

This article is part of a comprehensive series on pharmaceutical calculations in preparation for the General Pharmaceutical Council registration assessment, providing guidance on how to tackle questions related to provided formulas, including a worked example of a sample exam question.…

Using entrustable professional activities to build the future pharmacist

Entrustable professional activities are used when training MPharm students to address the issue of competencies in practice-based environments not preparing students for real patient problems during experiential learning.…

How The Pharmaceutical Journal supports foundation trainees in revising and preparing for the GPhC registration exam

A summary of our learning resources and content collections aimed at supporting foundation trainees in exam preparation.…

Becoming future-ready: submit your ideas for transforming pharmacy training

The Pharmaceutical Journal is calling on MPharm students and foundation trainees to submit their evidence-based critiques of pharmacy training with the aim of improving practice readiness.…

Medication maths: infusion rates

This article is part of a comprehensive series on pharmaceutical calculations in preparation for the General Pharmaceutical Council registration assessment, providing guidance on how to tackle questions related to infusion rates, including a worked example of a sample exam question.…

NHS England seeking supplier for foundation course content

The contract will run from 2025 when NHS England takes over responsibility for the foundation pharmacist training programme from the General Pharmaceutical Council.…

PJ view: Pharmacy schools must reclaim past progress in closing MPharm awarding gap

Pharmacy schools must take action against the widening MPharm ethnicity awarding gap before it has a significant impact on the sector and its ability to serve diverse patient populations.…

Spotlight: MPharm ethnicity awarding gap rewidens

In this Spotlight episode of The PJ Pod, we discuss The Pharmaceutical Journal’s latest analysis of MPharm awarding gap data from 2021/2022 and 2022/2023.…