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Pharmacy CPD Modules

Keep your therapeutic and clinical knowledge up to date with Pharmacy Magazine’s CPD modules aimed at UK based community pharmacists. More

Pharmacy Magazine’s award-winning CPD programme provides you with the practical knowledge you need to keep up to date with the latest clinical and therapeutic developments in pharmacy and help develop your practice.

Training can be recorded in a personal revalidation record, which mirrors the GPhC’s revalidation requirements. If you haven’t already, register on the website to set up and access your own learning log, where you can track your progress and record your learning outcomes.

Browse our comprehensive portfolio of pharmacy CPD modules in a variety of formats to improve your clinical knowledge base and develop your professional skills at any stage of your career.

Why is CPD in pharmacy important?

Continuing professional development (CPD) is a key component of the GPhC’s compulsory revalidation process for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.

Registrants are legally and professionally required to undertake CPD activities to maintain their registration.

The purpose of CPD is to develop your professional practice and keep your skills and knowledge up to date, so ensuring the highest standard of clinical care for patients.

What do our CPD modules cover?

Pharmacy Magazine’s CPD programme covers both formal and informal learning activities, and our modules vary in length, starting from just five-minute refreshers up to full twenty minute courses. Our CPD courses cover a wide range of pharmacy topics, including:

  • Pharmacy First Conditions
  • First prescriptions – NMS refreshers
  • Clinical service toolkits
  • Brief learning notes
  • Mental health
  • Clinical services
  • Women’s health 
  • Men’s health
  • Diabetes
  • Skin conditions 
  • Respiratory 
  • Public health
  • Heart health
  • Allergies 
  • And many more… 

Who are our CPD modules for?

Pharmacy Magazine’s CPD modules are aimed at pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in the UK community pharmacy sector. 

Browse our extensive portfolio of CPD learning content, including our new Pharmacy First programme to fulfil your educational journey.

We also offer over-the-counter training modules, pharmacy podcasts and hundreds of shorter clinical updates. See OTC category reviews for more information.

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Business building by going online

Use this CPD module to consider how expanding your pharmacy online can benefit your business.

04 May 2022 , 60 Min Module

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Consultations about first prescriptions

This module supports pharmacists when consulting with patients prescribed a medicine for the first time.

16 Mar 2022 , 20 Min Module

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Managing sleep disorders

This module examines the way pharmacy teams can support those struggling with sleep disorders.

18 Feb 2022 , 20 Min Module

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Managing the menopause

The module examines the way community pharmacists can support women going through the menopause.

11 Jan 2022 , 20 Min Module

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Key clinical developments in 2021

This module provides an update of the major developments in pharmacy practice during 2021.

16 Dec 2021 , 20 Min Module

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Identifying patients with hypertension

This module looks at the role of community pharmacy in identifying people who may have high blood pressure.

16 Nov 2021 , 30 Min Module

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Treating patients with schizophrenia

The module will refresh your knowledge about the pharmacological treatment of schizophrenia.

20 Oct 2021 , 30 Min Module

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Update on incontinence

This module explains how to differentiate between the types of incontinence.

01 Oct 2021 , 30 Min Module

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Conversations about depression

This module focuses on supporting patients in the early stages of antidepressant therapy.

20 Aug 2021 , 20 Min Module

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Microvascular complications of diabetes

Update on the microvascular complications of diabetes and their prevention.

21 Jul 2021 , 20 Min Module

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Dealing with long Covid

This CPD module looks at the medium and long-term effects of Covid-19 in different body systems.

15 Jun 2021 , 20 Min Module

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Managing patients with COPD

This module will help you understand the latest thinking in COPD treatment and management.

19 May 2021 , 20 Min Module

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Anxiety disorders in young people

This module looks at the management of the main types of anxiety disorders in young people.

20 Apr 2021 , 20 Min Module

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Management of childhood eczema

Atopic eczema has a profound impact on children's quality of life. How can pharmacy teams help?

12 Mar 2021 , 6 Min Module

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Managing irritable bowel syndrome

This CPD module provides an update on the diagnosis and management of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).

17 Feb 2021 , 5 Min Module

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Managing symptoms of constipation

This CPD module provides an update on the management of constipation in adults. After reading this module you should be able to explain to patients the likely causes of constipation and suggest possible solutions.

19 Jan 2021 , 6 Min Module

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