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Making a successful hospital pharmacy preregistration application

Are you hoping to apply for a preregistration placement in hospital? Helen Middleton provides some essential information on the process, plus tips on how to make a successful application

Body language: how to read and use it in a pharmacy

For pharmacists, being able to communicate effectively through non-verbal means is just as important as through verbal means. In this article, Parastou Donyai tells you how to read other people’s body language and use your own to improve communication

Have you started saving yet?

Under 40? Five tips to avoid being poorer than your parents when you retire

Can patient-centred professionalism be engendered in young pharmacists?

How can the learning and development of professionalism by young pharmacists be best  supported during their preregistration training and early years in practice?

How do changes in post-study visas affect international MPharm students?

Kevin M. Shakesheff and Hannif Lula summarise the situation regarding visas for international students on MPharm degree programmes in the UK who want to undertake preregistration training

The annual summer placement race

It seems like getting a summer placement is becoming more competitive each year, but students still have to find one if they are to gain experience and a head-start when they look for preregistration placements. Ranveer Bassey provides some information about applying to different sectors for a placement, with a focus on community pharmacy

How to ensure you do well at a hospital preregistration placement interview

Congratulations, you have got an interview for hospital preregistration training. Now, you just need to make a good impression at the interview. Helen Middleton, Helen Badham and Janet Whittam show you how to prepare for your interview and enable you to show a potential employer you are the right person for the job 

The Overseas Pharmacist Assessment Programme

Every year, pharmacists from all over the world apply to practise in Britain. Some of them will need to complete the Overseas Pharmacist Assessment Programme before they can proceed. Haitham Hawary explains about the programme

Overseas pharmacists and trainees to be affected by new immigration rules

“Highly skilled” overseas pharmacists wishing to enter the UK to work will have to satisfy more demanding criteria, a business immigration solicitor has told PJ Online. Preregistration trainee pharmacists who are already in the UK on post-study visas will also have to meet the stricter criteria 

Time limit for registration set by Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Pharmacy graduates and preregistration trainees who have been in the system for a number of years but have not yet registered as a pharmacist have until 20 December 2013 to do so, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society says.

Completing an NHS ethics application: a fourth year students' perspective

All pharmacy students need to complete a research project in their third or fourth year of study and some of these might require ethical approval. Nadia Amin outlines her experience of completing a full NHS ethics application form using the Integrated Research Application System. 

CPPE’s MUR assessment now available to preregistration trainees

Preregistration trainees in England can now access the Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education’s medicines use review online assessment. 

Preregistration training explained

These questions and answers, prepared by Damian Day, head of education and quality assurance at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, explain what is happening regarding preregistration training and the registration examination as the Society prepares to hand over its regulatory functions 

Winning the interview game

The good news is that you have been short-listed and invited to attend an interview, and that is certainly cause for celebration. The bad news, however,is that for most people, interviews of any type are nerve wracking experiences. Ruth McGuire discusses key features of the interview process and suggests methods to help you shine at the job interview 

How to write a successful CV

From vacation placements, to the preregistration year and beyond, you will need to have a well organised, up-to-date CV. Nesta Thomas explains how you could write a CV that will impress employers

Take control of your finances

Looking after your finances as an undergraduate can be challenging. With the current down turn of the economic climate, coupled with rising fuel and food prices, Malwinder Singh Sidhu looks at simple ways to manage your student funds 

 

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