Neurology in primary care
The aim of this online workshop is to update your clinical knowledge of the pharmaceutical management of several long-term neurological conditions to enable you to help facilitate the seamless transfer of care for people living with these conditions between different care settings. You will consider how to support people living with multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s and Acquired Brain Injury.
Dermatology: An introduction to managing common skin conditions
This programme offers you the tools for taking a person-centred dermatological clinical history and recognising the typical signs and symptoms of several common skin conditions. It will also help you, in a community setting, to support people with common skin conditions to self-manage their symptoms.
Processing Acute Medication Requests
This course teaches you how to identify and classify the 4 types of Acute Medication Requests. You will understand how to apply appropriate decision-making skills when deciding whether to issue, refuse or refer an Acute Medication Request. You will also understand what factors need to be considered when processing an Acute Medication Request.
Structured medication review
The aim of this course is to equip you with the knowledge, skills and behaviours that you need to begin undertaking person-centred structured medication reviews.
EMIS Web GP SYSTEM Training
EMIS Web GP System training, an introduction into EMIS Web, Home screen Overview, find a patient, adding a consultation, medication screen, actioning tasks, ordering blood tests, investigation screen, letters and communications.
This e-learning programme provides key information about repeat dispensing, practical implications of implementing the service and how to use electronic repeat dispensing. It is an interactive programme including videos, quizzes and reflective exercises.
On completion of all aspects of this learning programme you should be able to:
- describe what the NHS repeat dispensing service is and the rules and regulations governing the service
- explain how to provide a safe and efficient repeat dispensing service
- list nine key requirements of repeat dispensing
- explain repeat dispensing and its benefits to patients and assess whether the service is suitable for them
- compare and contrast paper-based and electronic repeat dispensing
- list the benefits and challenges associated with repeat dispensing from a prescriber, practice staff, pharmacy team and patient perspective.
Primary care essentials e-course
This Primary care essentials e-course is a standalone module. However, it also forms part of the Primary care pharmacy education pathway which is the training for pharmacy professionals with roles in primary care networks (PCN). You can access the pathway here.
The aim of this e-course is to introduce the fundamentals of new roles in primary care for those who are not eligible for the Primary care pharmacy education pathway.
This e-course will cover NHS structure and primary care, introduction to local general practice and care homes, medicines optimisation, medication review, prescribing and repeat prescribing, prescribing data, clinical information technology systems, audits, evidence-based use of medicines, working with the multidisciplinary team and person-centred professionalism.
By working through the activities in each unit and focusing on the tasks relating to your role, you will develop knowledge, skills, experience, and behaviours to support you in a role in primary care.
We have structured the programme into ten learning units and we estimate that you will probably need to commit between eight to ten hours of learning per unit to gain maximum benefit from the programme.