NES PHARMACY

Achieving Excellence in Pharmacy Education Conference 2018

The morning plenary included three presentations:

2Education developments in Scotland towards ‘Achieving Excellence in Pharmaceutical Care’

Professor Anne Watson, Postgraduate Pharmacy Dean, NES, presented the current and future priorities for pharmacy education to meet the Government’s vision for pharmacy in Scotland.

She highlighted the importance of considering workforce requirements to inform development and the need for clinical and educational supervision at all levels of education.

1 Achieving Excellence in Pharmaceutical Care

Dr Rose Marie Parr, Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, Scottish Government, set the scene by presenting the Government’s vision for the Pharmacy Profession in Scotland.

She highlighted the need to consider how we can work differently to achieve a whole system approach which incorporates hospital pharmacy, general practice and community pharmacy.

On 27th April 2018, NHS Education for Scotland (NES) Pharmacy hosted the Achieving Excellence in Pharmacy Education Conference as part of the NES Scottish Medical Education Conference, at the EICC, Edinburgh. Over 130 delegates attended this national event, which was chaired by Professor Angela Timoney, Chair of NES Pharmacy Professional Advisory Group and Director of Pharmacy, NHS Lothian. 27

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Dr Rose Marie Parr Professor Anne Watson

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3Quality of the learning environment from the perspective of a different profession

Professor Alastair R McLellan, Postgraduate Medical Dean, NES, provided an overview of the quality management process embedded in medical education in Scotland. Professor McLellan advised that good training can only be given where there is good clinical care and that effort is necessary for effective quality management.

He emphasised that training is about patient safety.

Professor Angela Timoney presented “The NES Pharmacy Award for Trainee Excellence 2018” to Andrew Carruthers, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

Professor Anne Watson recognised the 43 Foundation Vocational Training Pharmacists who had completed their training in 2017-18, and awarded a certificate to Heather Kelly (NHS Lothian) who could attend on the day.

AWARDS AND CERTIFICATES

POSTER AWARDS

Winners on the theme of “Pharmacy Education Innovation and Development” were:

Only Smarties have the answer!: supporting pharmacy undergraduates in understanding medicines taking behaviourRuth Edwards & Alyson Brown, Robert Gordon University (RGU)

Exploring the active involvement of patients and carers in the design and delivery of the MPharm curriculum – A pre-registration trainee perspectiveRuth Edwards & Antonella Tonna, RGU

Exploring a Problem-Based Learning approach in pharmaceuticsBarbara McKenzie & Alyson Brown, RGU

Professor Alastair R McLellan

Following the plenary there was an opportunity for delegates to participate in two of four workshops:

WORKSHOPS

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Development of a Vocational Training Foundation Programme for Pharmacy Technicians

Val Findlay, NES, and Arlene Turnbull, NHS Forth Valley/NES

Val Findlay and Arlene Turnbull provided an overview on the development of a Vocational Training Foundation Programme for Pharmacy Technicians in Scotland; including the development, pilot and evaluation of a Foundation Framework for General Practice pharmacy technicians, and plans for further development in community and hospital pharmacy.

Delegates were able to discuss their thoughts on the transferability of core competencies across sectors and the requirement for role specific competencies for each sector. They also shared their thoughts for an assessment strategy for the programme.

of experiential learning. Heather Harrison set the scene by describing the progress made since the last conference. Further presentations from the two Schools of Pharmacy and NES described the experiential opportunities currently available to undergraduate students, pre-registration trainees and foundation pharmacists, including the challenges for assuring consistency and quality.

Delegates were invited to share their thoughts on what we should continue to do, what we should stop doing and what we could do differently to enhance experiential learning in Scotland. All thoughts were transcribed and will be reported back when available. These considerations will be fed into the advisory groups for the Five-Year workstream.

Development of experiential learning in Scotland

Dr Ailsa Power, Heather Harrison, Gail Craig, Fiona McMillan, NES; Dr Anne Boyter, University of Strathclyde (UoS); Alyson Brown, RGU

The aim of this workshop was to update delegates on the progress of developing experiential learning in pharmacy education, particularly in the FIve-year programme for early years. The workshop had a particular focus on quality management

Pharmacy Teams Working in General Practice - interim review of the national evaluation

Fiona Reid, NES; Dr Catriona Matheson, Health Research Consultant; Professor Derek Stewart, RGU and Dr Katie MacLure, RGU; Rachel Bruce, UoS

Professor Stewart provided an overview of the interim findings from the national evaluation currently being undertaken by the two Schools of Pharmacy in Scotland. In four rotational workshops, delegates reviewed and discussed the data collected on the demographics of this workforce across Scotland, confidence and competence of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians working in General Practice and reported clinical activities undertaken. Fiona McMillan

CONTACT:

Fiona StewartAssociate Postgraduate Pharmacy Deanfiona.stewart@nes.scot.nhs.uk

Dr Leon ZlotosPrincipal Lead Professional Developmentleon.zlotos@nes.scot.nhs.uk

Delegates also contributed to education and training requirements for part of the workforce, employed via Primary Care Funds and completing the NES Learning Pathway, in relation to initial education and training needs on employment as well as their medium - long term educational needs following attendance at the series of NES national bootcamps. Over 60 pharmacists and pharmacy technicians attended this session which was very well received.

GPhC: What’s new in relation to education

Evelyn McPhail, NHS Fife and GPhC Council member; Lynsey Cleland, Osama Ammar, Juliette Becuwe, GPhC

Lynsey Cleland, Director for Scotland (GPhC) provided an overview of the regulatory activity that has a focus on education and training, followed by Osama Ammar, Head of Revalidation, who provided an overview of Revalidation. Juliette Becuwe, Policy Officer, described the current consultation on standards for pharmacist independent prescribing.

Delegates were able to discuss and contribute to this consultation, with much of the discussion focussed on the current course entry requirement for two year’s post-registration experience, and a suggested move to non-medical prescribing practitioners to supervise training, rather than a medical practitioner for each student.

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Andrew Radley, NHS Tayside, (a delegate)