Developmental Resources for Pharmacy – Clinical Practice

BMJ Best Practice uses evidence-based research, guidelines and expert opinion to deliver guidance on disease diagnosis, treatment and prevention for healthcare professionals. BMJ Best Practice can be accessed through an OpenAthens account.

This offer is part of the Pharmacy Integration Programme providing flexible training to support community pharmacists in developing their clinical examination and consultation skills to assess, treat and manage common health problems.

CPPE offers a range of clinical and professional development resources and training opportunities for pharmacists, foundation trainee pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.

To help pharmacy technicians to develop the skills and confidence to deliver effective clinical services in community pharmacy and the health and justice sector.

To support pharmacy technicians to develop confidence to work under patient group directions (PGDs).

elfh has a wide range of clinical resources supporting a range of health professionals at various levels of practice. Elfh can be accessed through an OpenAthens account.

The Medicines Learning Portal provides resources and expertise that will help pharmacists in tackling clinical problems that will confront them throughout their careers.

The site is aimed at foundation trainee and early careers pharmacists in hospitals; however, pharmacists in other sectors and pharmacy technicians may also find the resources helpful, depending on their role.

The Medicines Safety Portal aims to help primary care professionals to use medicines safely. It includes specific clinical sections for common medicines and includes resources to help with problem solving on subjects such as interactions, medicines shortages, and the safety of herbal medicines.

The NHS Knowledge and Library Hub connects healthcare staff and trainees to a range of knowledge and evidence based resources, services, tools and databases. The NHS Knowledge and Library Hub can be accessed via an OpenAthens account.

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Clinical Knowledge Summaries (NICE CKS) provides resources on common conditions that are often seen within primary care. The resources provide an overview of the current evidence base and practical guidance on best practice.

SCRIPT is an e-learning programme to improve prescribing safety and competency among healthcare professionals. The program focuses on prescribing, therapeutics and medicines management and there is a pharmacy specific program consisting of 59 modules.

CPPE Genomics Learning Gateway provides learning resources and assessments to support pharmacy staff develop their knowledge of genomics.

The Medicines Learning Portal pharmacogenomics tutorial has been commissioned by NHS England to support pharmacy professionals and trainees working in primary and/or secondary care who currently have limited experience working with pharmacogenomic information.

NHS England WT&E Genomics Education Programme provides access to learning and development opportunities to support NHS professionals to use genomics effectively in their professional practice.