This e-course has been developed for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians with an interest in structured medication reviews (SMRs).
It will support pharmacists working in all areas of practice to achieve the core learning needed to begin undertaking SMRs. It will enable pharmacy technicians to support pharmacists in the SMR process.
NHS England's guidance on Structured medication review and medicines optimisation states only appropriately trained clinicians working within their sphere of competence should undertake SMRs.
To carry out SMRs, pharmacists need to have a prescribing qualification and advanced assessment and history taking skills, or be enrolled in a current training pathway to develop them. Pharmacists should also be able to take a holistic view of a patient’s medication. This e-course is only part of the training that will support you to gain the competence to carry out SMRs
Pharmacy technicians should not carry out full SMRs but may be involved in activities leading up to them. These could include supporting communication with patients in preparation for an SMR, or other approved activities in line with organisational policies.
This e-course will support pharmacy professionals achieve the core learning needed in order to begin undertaking person-centred structured medication reviews in their practice.
To facilitate your learning, we have structured the course into nine units. Some units are larger than others, but we estimate that you will need to commit an average of six hours of learning for each unit.
On completion of all aspects of this learning programme you shoud be able to:
We run our e-courses online in Canvas. After booking, if you have not used Canvas before you will be registered by CPPE and informed of your login details. This e-course is self-directed. This means that you can work through the course at a time and pace that suits you. In Canvas there will be a menu on the left for navigating through each area, so that you can access each unit and its content separately.
To activate your e-course booking you need to go to the e-course section of your Learning record and click "Course access information".
