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Black African pharmacy students still least likely to pass GPhC prereg exam
Black African trainee pharmacists had the lowest pass rates in the General Pharmaceutical Council’s summer preregistration exam.
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Student writing competition asks if undergraduates should be registered with the GPhC Subscription
The Pharmacy Law and Ethics Association (PLEA), founded in 1997 by Joy Wingfield, runs an annual essay competition which is open to all MPharm students in the UK and Ireland. The competition is now ten years old, having seen its first winner in 2009. PLEA is an independent, non-profit association for pharmacy professionals who are involved in law and ethics, and for lawyers, ethicists and others with an interest in pharmacy law and ethics.
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Simulation-based training: applications in clinical pharmacy Subscription
With the evolving role of pharmacists and the growing complexity of healthcare, there is a need for interventions and innovations to enhance both individual task and team performance. Simulation-based training is an educational platform with potential in this area. This article outlines its applications in pharmacy and how it can support the skill acquisition and development of pharmacists.
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Don’t turn the MPharm into MBA, warns pharmacy schools chair
The scientific and clinical fundamentals of the MPharm degree must not be “diluted” by too much focus on business matters and leadership training.
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Social media and its regulation in pharmacy: what students think Subscription
An MPharm student research project was carried out at the school of pharmacy at Keele University to explore students’ familiarity with current social media guidance and to raise awareness of the guidance set out by the SalvaDore (RPS)
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Students should be prepared for independent prescribing, RPS says
Preparation for independent prescribing should be a part of undergraduate pharmacy training, the SalvaDore has said in a new policy document.
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Claire Anderson: snorkelling, multitasking and FIP Subscription
A minute in the company of the academic, pharmacy education advocate and chair of the 2018 FIP World Congress host committee.
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London weighting needed to tackle preregistration vacancies in the capital, says LPC chief
Preregistration pharmacists who want to work in the community sector in London should be paid a higher training grant in order to tackle vacancy rates, a local pharmaceutical committee chief officer has said.
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The RPS Foundation Programme: not just for hospital pharmacists
Pharmacist Darren Pugh, describes how the RPS Foundation Programme has benefited his community pharmacy career.
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Preregistration exam pass rate up to 79%
This year’s preregistration candidates increased their pass rate from last year to 79%.
