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Over 50 clinical presentations and CPD Record Aids exclusively on CPDEasy.com

May 9th, 2012

As an existing CPDEasy.com subscriber you will be thrilled to know that there’s now even more content for you to access to complete your 9-a-year CPD.

The Clinical Pharmacy Congress streams are now available to purchase exclusively on CPDEasy.com. Each presentation comes with audio synchronised slides, a separate audio file to listen to on your phone or MP3 player and a part-populated CPD record aid to make it easy to log and record it as a CPD episode.

Choose a stream or buy all 5 at a discount:
  • Clinical 1: this stream delivers a world-class programme for clinical pharmacists covering areas such as diabetes, neurology, cardiology, rheumatology, oncology and depression. More…
  • Clinical 2: includes mental health, renal, paediatrics, antimicrobials. More…
  • Public Health and Commissioning: includes HLPs, homecare, and local professional networks.More…
  • Professional Development and Leadership stream: covers a wide range of areas from patient safety to the new medicines service. More…
  • Technology: includes eprescribing, medicines information and NICE evidence. More…

There are more than 75 hours of CPD and 50 part-filled Record Aids in your personal CPD learning account to access throughout the year!

Here’s what to do next

  • View an example of what you get for each presentation
  • Click here to purchase the Clinical Pharmacy Congress streams. As a CPDEasy.com subscriber you can claim 20% off the list price. Quote voucher code CPC Reloaded
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Idis rolls out new pharmacy practice videos on CPDEasy.com

March 1st, 2012

Idis has teamed up with CPDEasy.com to bring you its latest series of PeP pharmacy practice educational videos. Each video comes with a CPD Record Aid so you can make it count towards your 9-a-year CPD.

PEP, the Idis Pharmacy Education Programme, has been providing training for pharmacists since 2001. Designed to support busy pharmacists in meeting their continuing professional development (CPD) requirements, PEP is delivered by renowned experts in their field, providing up-to-date information on a range of hot pharmacy topics and offers a flexible way of learning that’s accessible online 24/7.

The featured videos are:
  • Risk Mitigation in Unlicensed Medicines – Ian Bourns, Director of Medicines Management and Pharmacy, East Sussex NHS Trust - Medicines are the most common healthcare intervention providing huge benefits to patients, but they also carry risks in their use. This Module will help you to identify and manage the risks associated with the use of unlicensed medicines to improve their practice and deliver top quality patient care.
  • QIPP – Peter Rowe, National QIPP Lead – Medicines Use and Procurement - The QIPP agenda is driving how the NHS meets the challenges of an unprecedented increase in the demand for healthcare. Not only will you find out more about what QIPP is in this Module, but also about how this impacts on pharmacy and how you provide services to patients.
  • GPhC – Hilary Lloyd, Director of Regulatory Services, General Pharmaceutical Council - All pharmacists are aware of the GPhC, but how much do you know about what it does and why it does it? This Module gives you the lowdown on why regulation is important and how you can comply with the essential regulatory requirements for pharmacists.

NOW take Action and make it COUNT towards your CPD:

  • Access these videos through the Idis PeP channel on CPDEasy.com
  • Download a CPD Record Aid for each of the videos and make them count towards your 9-a-year
  • Roll out this course and others like this in your pharmacy and track staff learning. SIGN UP here or call Priya Kotecha on 020 8297 4863

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P&G PharmacyCare rolls out retail skills training on CPDEasy.com

February 23rd, 2012

P&G PharmacyCare has teamed up with CPDEasy.com to help pharmacy managers offer support staff the vital skills training needed to drive health and beauty sales in the pharmacy.

Part of the successful P&G PharmacyCare initiative, the Pharmacy Retail Skills Training features a series of bite-size Modules to help you drive sales. Tailor made for pharmacy assistants, this course will help you to delegate responsibility for merchandising and category management to your staff so you can focus on delivering other pharmacy service such as NMS and MURs.

The featured Modules are:
  • Influencing Shoppers: One of the most fundamental aspects of being skilled in the art of retail is to understand your customers. This Module helps you to understand what motivates people to buy.
  • Category Management Part 1: Building on ‘Influencing Shoppers’, in this Module you’ll find out more about the key principles of category management to help persuade customers to buy.
  • Category Management Part 2: The focus for this Module is ‘New Product Development’ and why it is important in category management.
  • Category Management Part 3: This Module covers the all important area of ‘Pricing and Promotions’ to help drive customers to your pharmacy.

NOW take Action and make it COUNT towards your CPD:

  • Roll out this course and others like this in your pharmacy and track staff learning. SIGN UP here or call Priya Kotecha on 020 8297 4863
  • View the P&G PharmacyCare Pharmacy Retail Skills channel on CPDEasy.com
  • Download a CPD Record Aid and make it count towards your 9-a-year

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Managing Body Pain in the Pharmacy

October 14th, 2011

Helping a customer choose the right pain relief for muscle or joint pain is an important role for all pharmacy staff, and pharmacists can help their customers to manage pain by providing information about medicines that they can take, and discussing self-care measures. Providing a pharmacy advice service for pain counts as CPD and can go towards your 9-a-year.

Aiding compliance

There are a wide range of OTC medicines available that provide effective pain relief. When selecting pain relief for customers consider the following:

  • Customer preference: you can aid compliance by offering customers a choice of formats. Some might want a simplified, convenient dosing schedule while others prefer a dosing schedule that offers them flexibility.
  • The formulation: oral or topical forms are available but customer preference has a major part to play in choosing the right treatment.
  • The dose: always make sure the customer knows the correct dose and how to take/use appropriately.
  • Suitability: the pain relief should ease symptoms without causing additional problems.

Painkillers in action

Painkillers are categorised according to their mode of action:

Non-opioid analgesics

Relieve mild-to-moderate pain by inhibiting the production of prostaglandins, reducing the pain sensation. These include:

  • Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Examples include diclofenac, ibuprofen, aspirin and naproxen. NSAIDs reduce prostaglandin production, relieving pain and reducing swelling and inflammation. Over-the-counter (OTC) NSAIDs are available in oral and topical formats.
  • Paracetamol is believed to act on prostaglandins in the brain to block the transmission of pain. It does not relieve inflammation or swelling. It is generally taken orally.

Opioid analgesics

Work by blocking pain receptors in the brain, which stops them receiving the pain messages from the damaged part of the body. OTC examples include codeine and dihydrocodeine, which are weak opioid analgesics. Whilst good at relieving pain they do not relieve inflammation and can cause side effects such as drowsiness and constipation.

Combination products

Opioids are only available OTC in low doses in combination with other painkillers. They can cause addiction so there is guidance on how they can be sold OTC.

Self-care measures

There are many ways customers can help themselves to ease pain and prevent future pain problems. Examples include:

  • Managing back pain: advise customers to keep moving (bed rest is no longer recommended) but to avoid lifting and carrying where possible.
  • Managing sports injuries: restrict exercise until the injury has healed, warm up and cool down before exercising, and wear a support bandage if needed.
  • Strains and sprains: remember PRICE – protect, rest, ice, compression and elevation.
NOW take Action and make it COUNT towards your CPD:

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Save £250 on CPDEasy.com for Business at the Pharmacy Show

October 7th, 2011

Visit us at stand M55, see CPDEasy.com for Business in action and find out how you can cut training costs and boost staff performance

 

Find out more:

Book an online 10-minute demo with Priya Kotecha on 0208 2974863 or email priya.kotecha@cpdeasy.com

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Meet your clinical CPD for NMS at the Pharmacy Show

October 4th, 2011

New Medicine Service (NMS) and targeted Medicines Use Reviews (MUR) have now arrived in pharmacy and pharmacists need to make sure their clinical knowledge of the key therapeutic areas covered is up-to-date.

CPDEasy.com is the official training partner for The Pharmacy Show and this year we’re putting together an exciting and interactive CPD package that covers NMS and other hot topics to help you turn your attendance into CPD Records.

All you have to do is download a bespoke CPDEasy.com Record Aid for each seminar. Each Record Aid is compatible with GPhC’s requirements, making the process of turning learning episodes from the conference into a ‘record’ for the GPhC, easy.

Don’t miss these Clinical highlights at The Pharmacy Show:
  • Current practice in respiratory medicine by Toby Capstick of St James’s University Hospital
  • Anticoagulation update – Scott Barrett of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
  • Making sense of new diabetes treatments by Natasha Jacques of Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust

So why not start planning your visit now?

  • Register for the new NMS Channel from CPDEasy.com
  • Check out the Pharmacy Show 2011 packages and see what else is on offer
  • Access a learning plan

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Cut training costs and boost staff performance

September 30th, 2011

CPDEasy.com for Business is a web based learning platform, accessible from any location, that lets your pharmacy train staff on all aspects of the business and ensure contract compliance and clinical governance.

As a result you will be able to drive down training costs by an average of 41% and spend more time growing your pharmacy business.  Book a demo to find out how

With CPDEasy.com for Business you will be able to:

  • Deliver training online
  • Work in conjunction with your existing training set up
  • Integrate with your existing HR systems
  • Create individual learning accounts that motivate
  • Create powerful dashboards for you and your managers to track staff progress

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CPDEasy.com for Business – the easy way to train staff and track their learning

September 29th, 2011

CPDEasy.com for Business is a new service for pharmacy managers and training managers who want a complete learning and development solution that is efficient, effective and gets results

CPDEasy.com for Business – how it works

A web based learning platform that brings all your training in one place, lets you track staff progress and makes it easier to manage training without the burden of paperwork.

What’s on offer:
  • Learning account for each staff member
  • Accessed from anywhere – home or work
  • World of content plus lets you upload your own training and SOPs
  • Compliance training – includes GPhC-accredited and NVQ training, NMS, MUR and other training to support new services
  • Dashboard for you and your managers to track staff progress
And the results…

Drive down training costs by an average 41% and spend more time growing your pharmacy business.

 

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Kick start your NMS at the Pharmacy Show

September 28th, 2011

October sees the introduction of the New Medicine Service (NMS) and targeted Medicines Use Reviews (MUR) and pharmacists will be expected to quickly get on board and deliver results to secure the future of pharmacy services.

CPDEasy.com is the official training partner for The Pharmacy Show and this year we’re putting together an exciting and interactive CPD package that covers NMS and other hot topics to help you turn your attendance into CPD Records.

All you have to do is download a bespoke CPDEasy.com Record Aid for each seminar. Each Record Aid is compatible with GPhC’s requirements, making the process of turning learning episodes from the conference into a ‘record’ for the GPhC, easy.

Don’t miss these NMS highlights at The Pharmacy Show:
  • Optimising the use of medicines – the role of the New Medicine Service and targeted MURs by Jonathan Mason, National Clinical Director for Primary Care and Community Pharmacy
  • The New Medicine Service – getting prepared by Dr Gary Warner of PSNC
  • New Medicine Service – practical tips for delivery by Leyla Hannbeck of PSNC
  • CPDEasy.com NMS Channel

So why not start planning your visit now?

  • Register for the new NMS Channel from CPDEasy.com
  • Check out the Pharmacy Show 2011 packages and see what else is on offer
  • Access your personal Calendar and plan your visit

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Let CPDEasy.com and The Pharmacy Show help you with the GPhC recalls…

September 21st, 2011

The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) membership is coming up for renewal and so there is no better time than now to prepare for the ‘call and review’ of CPD records and take into account the Council’s new requirements that at least 3 of the 9 records start at Reflection.

CPDEasy.com is the official training partner for The Pharmacy Show which means we are putting together an exciting and interactive CPD package to help you turn your attendance into CPD records.

This year there will be 5 CPD packages to reflect the conference streams – Clinical, Patient Services, OTC, Skills and Development and Pharmacy Business – covering all the hot topics in pharmacy including NMS and MUR, pharmacy NHS engagement as well as core clinical updates on diabetes, respiratory and anticoagulants.

To turn your attendance into CPD all you have to do is download a bespoke, CPDEasy.com Record Aid for each seminar. Each Record Aid is compatible with GPhC requirements, making the process of turning learning episodes from the conference into a ‘record’ for the GPhC easy. And for records starting at Reflection simply login to your CPDEasy.com learning account and access a Learning Plan.

NOW take Action and make it COUNT towards your CPD:

  • Access the Pharmacy Show 2011 CPD packages and check out what’s on offer
  • Start a Learning Plan for the Pharmacy Show and make it one of your 3-a- year ‘Reflection’ records
  • Access the GPhC’s Framework for Continuing Professional Development
  • Take part in our poll

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