Welcome to the CPPE Shared decision making programme.
NHS England and NHS Improvement has commissioned CPPE to develop a programme of learning centred on embedding shared decision making into patient consultations.
Shared decision making and personalised care are core elements of the NHS Long Term Plan. Pharmacy professionals are seen as being a key provider of personalised care within primary care. Shared decision making is linked to improved outcomes for patients and puts patients at the centre of their own care, making them experts in their own healthcare decisions.
The Shared decision making programme is now open to all NHS pharmacy professionals in a patient-facing role in England. When we say patient facing we mean that you are in a role where you speak with patients face-to-face or via phone or video.
The programme is delivered online and consists of an e-course and two full day online workshops.
Pharmacists currently on the Primary care pharmacy education pathway (PCPEP) will complete this programme as part of module 5. If you are a PCPEP learner you will find further details of how to enroll within module 5 on Canvas.
Pharmacy technicians on the Primary Care Education pathway (PCPEP) are now being offered the Shared decision making programme as an optional extra.
On completion of this programme participants should be able to:
This programme consists of a six unit, self-directed e-course and two full day online workshops. Depending on the dates of the online workshops that you select, it will take between six and nine weeks to complete the programme.
As represented in the image below you will be required to complete the first four units of the e-course, and the CPPE Remote consultation skills e-learning prior to attending the first online workshop. You will then have between three and four weeks (depending on the dates of your online workshops) to complete units 5 and 6 of the e-course before attending the second online workshop.
We estimate that each unit will take you around three hours to complete. The estimated study time for the Remote consultation skills e-learning is 2 hours and 30 minutes.
Please note that you will be required to complete a case study prior to attending online workshop 2. You can use a remote consultation for this case study, but you will need to ensure that you are undertaking consultations during this programme in order for you to select an appropriate case.
You will find information on how to book the workshops after you have completed unit 1 of the e-course. The timings for the online workshops are as follows:
Units one to four of the e-course start by looking at what shared decision making is and how it can be applied in practice. You will also be introduced to tools, models and concepts to help you develop your shared decision-making skills.
The first online workshop will be an opportunity for you to apply what you have learned by working with your peers and medical actors in a safe environment.
Unit five moves on to looking at applying shared decision making in complex situations.
Unit six supports you to gather details relating to one of your real-life consultations, in the form of a case study, which you will discuss with a peer at online workshop 2.
The second online workshop, the last element in this programme, gives you a final opportunity to put your skills to the test and will give you an opportunity to reflect on what you have learned throughout the programme.
The Shared decision making programme runs over a period of around nine weeks and consists of an e-course and two mandatory full-day online workshops. The e-course comprises of six units and the two online workshops are placed after unit four and unit six of the e-course. The workshops are around three weeks apart and each workshop will last for six hours with a one hour break in the middle.
You can apply below and if you are eligible you will be given access to the e-course. You will receive information on how to book the workshops after you have completed unit 1 of the e-course.
