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How to handle online criticism

Pharmacy professionals give their thoughts and advice on the receiving negative comments on social media.…

Why are pharmacy students steering clear of summer placements?

Real-world experiences during pharmacy summer placements can boost a student’s prospects, but uptake appears to be dropping.…

Celebrating the class of 1979 Portsmouth pharmacy graduates

This year, 2019, marks 40 years since the 1976 intake at the University of Portsmouth School of Pharmacy finished their course and began their preregistration year. If anyone is free to meet up in Portsmouth on 13 July or 14 July 2019, please correspond with Martyn Hudson at stridingedge@ntlworld.co…

Pharmacy degree apprenticeship proposals on hold

Proposals for a five-year pharmacy apprenticeship will not go through to the next stage of development until representatives from the wider pharmacy industry are included in the trailblazer group, the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education has announced.…

Should the pharmacy degree be five years long?

The General Pharmaceutical Council has proposed radical changes to pharmacy education, but not everyone agrees that it has found the best way forward. Berwyn Owen and Nigel Ratcliffe give arguments for and against.…

Piloting an undergraduate student-led health check service

There is a growing focus on the development of communication and clinical skills during undergraduate pharmacy programmes; this has been demonstrated particularly by the General Pharmaceutical Council’s recent consultation on initial education and training[1] . A health check service …

Will pharmacy become a five-year degree?

Proposals from the General Pharmaceutical Council to overhaul pharmacy education and training have been met with a mixed response. …

Regulator will ‘specifically engage’ with Pharmacy Schools Council over education proposals

The chair of the General Pharmaceutical Council has said he plans to “specifically engage” with the Pharmacy Schools Council on funding for its new education and training standards.…

Training places in community pharmacy under threat following GPhC proposals, warn pharmacy bodies

Training placements in community pharmacy are under threat unless the sector is fully involved in implementing plans to introduce a five-year integrated pharmacy degree and the reforms are fully funded, it has emerged.…

GPhC education proposals not written with student development in mind, says BPSA

The British Pharmaceutical Students’ Association has said it “tends to disagree” with plans put forward by the General Pharmaceutical Council to integrate the five years of initial training and education for pharmacists.…