Foundation trainees
This collection of resources has been created to support your preparation for the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) registration assessment as you take the final step towards your future pharmacy career.
You can access advice on how to plan and structure revision time effectively or practice the different types of pharmacy calculations that will feature in the exam.
To help you revise the learning outcomes related to therapeutic approaches, links have been provided to our clinical condition ‘hub’ pages where you can access expert authored content on a range of different topic.
Exam preparation
Preparing for the GPhC registration exams: how to approach learning outcomes relating to professional practice
Preparing for the GPhC registration exams: how to revise learning outcomes relating to clinical knowledge and therapeutic approaches
Calculations
Preparing for the GPhC pharmaceutical calculations assessment
Medication maths: estimations of kidney function
Medication maths: using a resource or artefact when calculating doses and dose regimen
Medication maths: displacement volumes and values
Medication maths: dilutions
Medication maths: calculations involving molecular weight
Medication maths: infusion rates
Medication maths: using provided formula
Medication maths: how to solve dose and dosage calculations (video)
Medication maths: how to solve infusion calculations (video)
Medication maths: quantities to supply and using provided formulae calculations (video)
Medication maths: how to solve pharmacy calculations — concentrations, dilutions and health economics (video)
A guide to rounding for pharmacy students and trainees
Paediatrics
Urinary tract infection in children: diagnosis and management
Role of pharmacists in supporting children and young people who self-harm
Pharmacological management of Tourette syndrome
Case-based learning: pharmacy involvement in congenital heart disease
Congenital heart disease: an overview
Neonatal sepsis: prevention and management
Premature birth: managing associated complications
Prescribing
Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitors and B-cell malignancies: a guide for pharmacists
Supported content
Creating effective assessment activities for foundation trainees
Emergency contraception: best practice for pharmacy
Selecting an appropriate model of supervision for foundation trainees
How to optimise the 90 hours of dedicated prescribing practice during the foundation training year
How to be an effective designated prescribing practitioner
Discussing evidence with patients when prescribing
Latest Learning & CPD
How to use emotional intelligence typologies to improve communication and interpersonal skills
Test your knowledge of renal conditions
Dengue fever and chikungunya: identification in travellers
Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitors and B-cell malignancies: a guide for pharmacists
Supported contentUrinary tract infection in children: diagnosis and management
Creating effective assessment activities for foundation trainees
