The aim of this programme is to enable pharmacy teams across all areas of practice to facilitate safe and effective transfer of care for patients when they move care setting.
It provides you with the tools and resources available to help you get the right processes in place to support patients effectively, particularly after discharge back into the community.
Learning outcomes
On completion of all aspects of this learning programme you should be able to:
- describe three reasons why transfer of care needs to improve and how pharmacy as a profession can help
- outline the roles of pharmacy professionals in different settings with respect to transfer of care
- describe what the pathway should look like for good transfer of care
- identify processes and standard operating procedures (SOPs) required to implement a good transfer-of-care pathway
- identify people, processes and services to support transfer of care in your locality
- interpret hospital discharge summaries and use the information to optimise patients' benefit from medicines and minimise risk when they transfer back into the community
- identify tools and resources to help you support transfer of care and patient outcomes
- signpost patients to support services offered by pharmacies after discharge from hospital.
How to use this programme
You can access this e-learning programme using a web browser on any device. You will need to be connected to the internet while you work through it.
Learning intended for
- Pharmacists
- Pharmacy technicians
- Trainee pharmacists
- CPPE registrants
