Educational Resources
Climate change resources
As future pharmacists, we understand the importance of global issues in our day-to-day tasks. This is an excellent opportunity for all aspiring pharmacists to upgrade and enhance their knowledge using the following resources:
As a member of the BPSA, you also have access to material provided by external organisations (UKCPA and CPPE).
The United KingdoM Clinical Pharmacy Association (UKCPA)
The United Kingdom Clinical Pharmacy Association (UKCPA) encourage, support and promote advanced practice in pharmacy. The UKCPA actively develops clinical pharmacy practice as well as developing individual practitioners, and we are frequently at the forefront of initiatives such as establishing professional curricula, developing professional recognition (credentialing) processes, and developing professional tools and frameworks for practitioners.
As a member of the BPSA you are eligible for FREE electronic membership to UKCPA, (i.e. you will receive no postal mailings from UKCPA and instead must refer to the UKCPA website for notices and announcements). Once you have been registered make sure to sign up to the general discussion forum board to keep up to date with the latest UKCPA news and events.
Included as part of the UKCPA membership is access to the exclusive area of the UKCPA website (www.ukclinicalpharmacy.org) which hosts discussion forums, where you can post questions and queries as well as read discussions posted by others. It is also possible to contact other UKCPA members via the UKCPA website and gain access to their resources, policies, and presentations.
To join UKCPA, please fill out this form. Please note that all Graduate members will have been emailed their BPSA membership number, please ensure you check your junk mail. For undergraduate members, please use your RPS membership number (on your RPS card or available through the RPS website). Newly qualified BPSA Graduate members will also receive a 50% discount on the first year of membership.
centre for pharmacy postgraduate education (CPPE)
We’re here to help you fulfil your potential and we offer a range of creative learning opportunities to do just that. From our face-to-face events to our online and distance learning programmes you’ll see that we are passionate about learning and development. We have an excellent reputation for delivering learning that goes through a robust quality-assurance process and is developed in collaboration with pharmacy and healthcare colleagues.
As a pharmacy undergraduate you can register with the CPPE website without charge to access a taster of your programmes. Our students page has more information.
CENTRE FOR POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION (CPPE) RESOURCES
Student Pharmacist Guide
The overall aim of this guide is to outline the support on offer to pharmacy students from CPPE and other providers. This will help you prepare for practice placements and your foundation year.
CPPE E-Programs Descriptions
Clinical calculations for pharmacy professionals
The aim of this programme is to support pharmacy professionals with calculations in clinical settings when preparing, prescribing, or checking medicines or when advising other healthcare professionals.
Clinical factsheets
The CPPE portfolio has a wide range of factsheets about clinical conditions that you may encounter in practice. These factsheets can help aid your learning and refresh your knowledge of these conditions, and they are regularly reviewed so that all the information presented is up to date and relevant.
Inhaler technique for health professionals: getting it right
This e-programme explains the importance of teaching good inhaler technique to patients and how it can improve treatment outcomes. This is a good resource to help you with patient counselling in practice.