Please note: our Substance use and misuse workshop is no longer running and the distance learning has been replaced with the Substance use and misuse e-course.
In addition to the Supervised consumption of prescribed medicines Declaration of Competence (DoC), this topic also links to the Needle and Syringe Programme (NSP) and Blood borne virus testing DoCs.
Transcript
Welcome to the CPPE page on substance misuse, which will introduce you to CPPE resources and information from other websites on this topic.
Many of you will already deliver pharmacy services for substance misusers in the community.
The aim of this page is to signpost you to the relevant resources to support you and your team to deliver these services, and to communicate effectively with patients.
You will find information about both our Substance use and misuse workshop and distance learning programme, and RCGP courses on substance misuse.
You can also make your way to the Substance misuse floor on theLearningpharmacy.com and to other useful national resources.
This topic links to the Supervised consumption of prescribed medicines Declaration of Competence, or DoC.
So, if you are working towards this DoC, this page is an ideal starting point to ensure that you are service-ready and have the appropriate knowledge, skills and behaviours to deliver a high-quality and consistent service.
The aim of this e-course is to support pharmacy professionals to provide a person-centred approach to care for people who use and misuse substances.
To facilitate your learning, we have structured the course into four units. Some units are larger than others, but we estimate that you will need to commit an average of three hours of learning for each unit.
12h:00m (for events this includes pre and post event learning)
Learning Objectives:
On completion of all aspects of this learning programme you should be able to:This resource is not currently available to you, click for more information.
Healthcare professionals will encounter individuals who are addicted to, or misuse, prescribed and over-the-counter (OTC) medicines or who are not using medicines the way that they were intended.
This learning programme considers what can be done to recognise the key risk factors and triggers that may lead us to prevent these medicines from being misused and looks at the support we can provide to people who have become dependent on medicines.
2h:00m (for events this includes pre and post event learning)
Learning Objectives:
On completion of all aspects of this learning programme you should be able to:This e-lecture complements the CPPE learning available about substance misuse by covering the misuse of anabolic steroids and how needle and syringe programmes can support this group.
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.0h:30m (for events this includes pre and post event learning)
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this e-lecture you will be able to:This e-assessment is linked with the CPPE Substance use and misuse e-course and assesses you on the learning objectives in that programme.
Why should I do this assessment?
This e-assessment completes the learning you began with the CPPE Substance use and misuse e-course. Access and successful completion will contribute to your own personal development plan, be recorded in your My CPPE record and will enable you to complete a CPD entry on the learning. It may also provide evidence for achieving competencies in the RPS Foundation or Advanced Pharmacy Frameworks. If you are working towards completing a Declaration of Competence for a pharmacy service, successful completion of this assessment will provide evidence of your learning.This e-assessment is linked with the CPPE Addiction, misuse and dependency programme and assesses you on the learning objectives in that programme.
Why should I do this assessment?
This e-assessment completes the learning you began with the CPPE Addiction, misuse and dependency programme. Access and successful completion will contribute to your own personal development plan, be recorded in your ‘My CPPE’ record and will enable you to complete a CPD entry on the learning. It may also provide evidence for achieving competencies in the RPS Foundation or Advanced Pharmacy Frameworks.This link provides information on the RCGP Certificate in the Management of Drug Misuse (level 1). This supports practitioners who want to become more confident in assessing and managing the drug using patient.
Work your way around the Substance misuse learning topic, taking part in bite-sized interactive challenges that will help you and your team give advice about legal highs. The challenges also suggest how you can help to improve dental health for substance misusers, while learning to deal with patients regularly asking to purchase higher risk over-the-counter medicines.
You can access this learning here: Substance misuse - theLearningpharmacy.com
The individual floors on this resource may not have been updated for more than 12 months. The next review of this resource will take place in 2023. When working through the hotspot activities on each floor, you should make sure that you are using the most up-to-date guidance and resources available in order to support both you and your team effectively.
Learning Objectives:
On completion of all aspects of this learning programme you shoud be able to:Please help us improve our website by letting us know what you like and reporting anything that isn't quite right.
