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ExploreOur learning and assessment will support you in keeping your knowledge and skills up to date in order to deliver high-quality pharmacy services. We can help you to equip yourself with the tools to be service-ready and support the medicines optimisation and public health agendas.
ExploreThe aim of this programme is to support you in shared decision making with people who are starting, restarting or changing contraception within the NHS Pharmacy Contraception Service (PCS). The learning contains information on how to reach a shared decision on an appropriate formulation of contraception provided with the person using this service.
Scenarios based on those encountered in practice enable community pharmacy professionals to gain experience in the communication skills that they need to initiate contraception, within a safe learning environment.
Book a place on the post-workshop panel discussion webinar: NHS Pharmacy Contraception service (PCS) - panel discussion : CPPE
27 April 2025 at 10:00
NHS Pharmacy Contraception Service: delivering effective consultations to initiate contraceptionGreat Danes Hotel, Kent, ME17 1RE
Tanya Gray
PLEASE NOTE: This event is only for pharmacists who are taking part in the RPS advanced credentialing support programme
The aim of this first online group tutorial is to support candidates build their RPS advanced credentialing portfolio. There are two group tutorials that form part of the programme. Group tutorials will contain elements of group coaching and peer coaching.
The first tutorial will include exploration on what gaps have been identified in individual learning needs analysis (LNA) meetings, and what specific actions each candidate is prioritising.
This group tutorial will run from 7pm to 8.30pm
Prework
All candidates must complete the pre-workshop activities as outlined on Canvas:
All prework must be completed for this workshop or you will not be permitted to attend.
28 April 2025 at 19:00
Group Tutorial 1 (RPS advanced credentialing support programme)Zoom Room (Larch), it will also be in your my bookings, _ZR_PL
Lisa Drinkwater and Faiza Ali
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.
It will enable you to identify specific issues that should be considered in optimising the medicines of people living with long-term neurological conditions, living in either care homes or their own homes and will support you as a pharmacy professional to help implement the Enhanced health in care home framework.
After you select Choose an event, please be aware that workshop listings which require keycodes to access are for pharmacy professionals taking part in the Primary care pharmacy education pathway, while workshops that do not require a keycode are for all other pharmacy professionals who have identified this topic as a learning need.
28 April 2025 at 09:30
Neurology in primary careZoom Room (Ash), it will also be in your my bookings, _ZR_PA
Navneet Seehra and Georgina Heapy
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.
It will enable you to identify specific issues that should be considered in optimising the medicines of people living with long-term neurological conditions, living in either care homes or their own homes and will support you as a pharmacy professional to help implement the Enhanced health in care home framework.
After you select Choose an event, please be aware that workshop listings which require keycodes to access are for pharmacy professionals taking part in the Primary care pharmacy education pathway, while workshops that do not require a keycode are for all other pharmacy professionals who have identified this topic as a learning need.
28 April 2025 at 13:30
Neurology in primary careZoom Room (Ash), it will also be in your my bookings, _ZR_PA
Navneet Seehra and Georgina Heapy
The aim of this learning programme is to support pharmacists to develop the knowledge, skills and confidence needed to undertake effective consultations, communications and clinical assessments in order to provide the NHS Pharmacy First service.
You will need to bring along your own otoscope to use during the workshop – this is important to ensure that you have adequate time available to practise examination skills.
PLEASE NOTE: You will not be able to book this workshop if you have already attended the Ear, nose and throat examination: advancing clinical assessment skills workshop.
28 April 2025 at 09:30
NHS Pharmacy First: Clinical assessment and examination skills full-day workshopJohn Charles Centre for Sport, West Yorkshire, LS11 5DJ
Deborah Needham and Matthew Auckland
NOTE: This is an internal training event is suitable for CPPE staff only.
29 April 2025 at 14:00
CPPE learning development and innovation sharing (LDIS)Zoom workshop, , Online
Clare Smith and Hayley Berry
PLEASE NOTE: This programme is currently run for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians taking part in the Primary care pharmacy education pathway and the Advancing your practice in education pathway.
The overall aim of this programme is to develop your facilitation and presentation skills and give you confidence to help others to get the most from their learning experiences, so that you can acquire the knowledge, develop the skills and demonstrate the behaviours needed to deliver high-quality facilitation and presentation skills as part of your pharmacy practice.
29 April 2025 at 10:00
Helping others learnHoliday Inn Manchester - City Centre, Manchester, M1 3DT
Michelle Staples and Emma Bocan-White
The aim of this focal point is to develop your skills and confidence in using a person-centred approach to help manage the risks associated with valproate.
29 April 2025 at 19:00
Valproate: the hard conversations - focal pointZoom Room (Ru), it will also be in your my bookings, _ZR_Ru
Sarah Hughes and Mandip Rooprai
This workshop is open to all pharmacy professionals who wish to improve their ability to demonstrate competence in the skills required for learning at Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) level 7 (Master’s degree). It is valuable learning for those completing their advanced practice portfolios and an optional part of the preparing to train as an independent prescriber programme. The aim of this programme is to support you to gain more confidence in academic writing and reflection in preparation for your HEI course such as independent prescribing or another Master’s level course or portfolio submission.
After booking the workshop, there is no pre-workshop book to download but about four weeks before the event the tutor will send and email with some tasks for you to complete ahead of the workshop. We strongly advise you to complete these so that you get the best from the workshop.
Bookings are subject to the CPPE cancellation policy.
30 April 2025 at 19:00
Academic writing and reflective practiceZoom Room (Bu), it will also be in your my bookings, _ZR_Bu
Craig Smith and Natalie O'Brien
PLEASE NOTE: This programme is currently run for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians taking part in the Primary care pharmacy education pathway and the Advancing your practice in education pathway.
The overall aim of this programme is to develop your facilitation and presentation skills and give you confidence to help others to get the most from their learning experiences, so that you can acquire the knowledge, develop the skills and demonstrate the behaviours needed to deliver high-quality facilitation and presentation skills as part of your pharmacy practice.
30 April 2025 at 10:00
Helping others learnThe Montague on the Gardens Hotel, London, WC1B 5BJ
Tanya Gray and Jordan Stroulger
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We provide a variety of learning programmes and assessments linked to clinical pharmacy, diseases and therapeutics. Our programmes support you to advance your knowledge and skills and deliver medicines optimisation in practice for all areas of pharmacy.
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