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The British Pharmaceutical Students' Association (2011-12)
The British Pharmaceutical Students’ Association is in its 70th year and is the official student organisation of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. It represents undergraduate pharmacy students and preregistration trainees. Ryan Hamilton, MRPharmS, president of the BPSA, explains what the association has to offer.
Ryan Hamilton, president of the British
Pharmaceutical Students’ Association, explains what the BPSA is doing to
support students and trainees
Advice published on accepting preregistration offers
Guidance on accepting or rejecting preregistration training offers has been issued
BPSA appoints ambassadors to support its work
Seven ambassadors have been appointed by the British Pharmaceutical Students’ Association...
The Orang Asli health education project
Pharmacy students from the University of
Nottingham describe a health education project to engage with the Orang
Asli community in Broga, Malaysia
What are university students’ views on the self-prescribing of “smart drugs”?
Margit Anne Petersen, Emily Laing and
Janine M. Traulsen discuss the results of a small pilot study on
students’ experience and social understandings of taking smart drugs
What is the situation with “smart drugs” use among UK university students?
We know that the use of cognitive
enhancers among university students in the US has soared over the past
few years, but what about in the UK? Adam Rathbone investigates
Boots drops paid summer work for some students
Boots UK is no longer offering five-week paid summer placements for first and second year pharmacy students
Nottingham gears up to launch five-year MPharm degree
A five-year MPharm degree is set to be launched by the University of Nottingham, with its first intake in September 2013
Student news most read on PJ Online in 2012
Student stories dominated the top 10 most read news items of 2012 on PJ Online, with six making the list
Student numbers to be restricted in line with NHS-funded training places
Pharmacy student numbers in England will be restricted to bring them in line with the number of NHS-funded training placements
BNFC added to list of reference sources for registration exam
Preregistration trainees sitting next year’s registration examination will be able to refer to the British National Formulary for Children
University of Lincoln’s planned school of pharmacy appoints head
Pharmacist Paul Grassby has been appointed head of the new school of pharmacy at the University of Lincoln
Research placements: how to find one and what you need to know
Adam Brelsford undertook a research
summer placement at Cardiff University last summer. Here, he provides
advice on how to find a placement and what you might experience
Reopen the book on pharmacy law
Failing to provide a guidance document on
pharmacy law will provide a blanket defence for pharmacists facing
fitness-to-practise proceedings for legal breaches
Placing science in the wider context of pharmacists’ professional aspirations
English
Pharmacy Board scientist member Rachel Airley explains why an
appreciation of science is essential to the practice and profession of
pharmacy in the future
Low pass rate in September registration exam
Only 58.2 per cent of 402 preregistration trainees who sat the September registration examination have passed
CUHOP becomes PhSC — the Pharmacy Schools Council
CUHOP (the Council of University Heads of Pharmacy) is now to be known as the Pharmacy Schools Council (PhSC
Using expert patients to improve the expertise of future pharmacists
Margaret Culshaw describes how volunteer
expert patients can help pharmacy students prepare for their
professional lives in the real world
JMU student given suspended jail sentence after hacking emails
A pharmacy student who hacked the email accounts of academics in an attempt to access upcoming examination questions has been given a suspended jail sentenceSociety’s visa sponsorship scheme proving popular
More than 100 non-European Economic Area (EEA) UK pharmacy students have applied for visa sponsorship under the new Royal Pharmaceutical Society scheme in order to complete their preregistration training
Using the coaching approach to communicate with patients
Radha Patel undertook a hospital placement and learnt about the coaching
approach method of communicating with patients. In this article, she
explains how this works
Student numbers too high say RPS conference participants
Pharmacy student numbers are too high, Royal Pharmaceutical Society conference participants agreed yesterday (9 September 2012) in a straw poll following a lively debate on the topicPlan for school of pharmacy at Lincoln university
Student trends may have implications for the future of the profession
Ranveer Bassey provides a snapshot of pharmacy education in the UK today
Pharmacy students want guidelines on Facebook and online professionalism
The General Pharmaceutical Council should
take the lead in introducing specific guidelines on the use of social
media for pharmacists and for pharmacy students
Pass rate over 94 per cent for summer registration exam
Almost 95 per cent of pharmacy students passed this summer’s registration examinationUrgent debate called for on imbalance between undergraduate and prereg places
Pharmacy students may face severe problems completing their professional training unless there is an increase in the number of available preregistration training places, according to the BPSA
Pharmacy students promote health
RPS local practice forum facilitators provide a round up of what LPFs have been doing
RPS visa sponsorship scheme to go ahead
Royal Pharmaceutical Society sponsorship for overseas pharmacy graduates has now been approved by the Department of Health
Vikesh Kakad and Oksana Pyzuik report from the World Health Organization’s 65th World Health Assembly for Tomorrow’s Pharmacist readers
Huddersfield university marks MPharm course accreditation
The University of Huddersfield’s MPharm course was granted full accreditation this week (12 June 2012) by the General Pharmaceutical Council.MPharm places need managing without a blanket cap
Undergraduate pharmacy places need to be managed without the use of a blanket cap, according to the British Pharmaceutical Students’ Association...
Student registration unnecessary and ineffective, says BPSA
BPSA announces Vikesh Ka’kad as new president
Preregistration trainee Vikesh Ka’kad is the new president of the British Pharmaceutical Students’ Association, it was announced today...
Resist digital marshmallows if you want to improve your academic performance!
What better way to distract yourself from revising for your exams than
to read this article by Ranveer Bassey on how you could improve your
academic performance
Pharmacy schools call for cap on student numbers
Heads of pharmacy schools are calling on the Government to regulate the number of undergraduate placesRPS set to sponsor overseas trainees scuppered by visa changes
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
Whether your eye is on a PhD or on a DPharm, is doctoral study for you?
Pharmacists who want to challenge themselves academically beyond master’s level may be attracted by the idea of studying for a doctorate — which can focus on research or an area of professional practice
Team work is the name of the game at the intercollegiate debate championships
University College London took top honours on 31 March when the UK Intercollegiate Pharmacy Debating Championships were once again staged at King’s College London. But that did not deter pharmacy student Adam Ali from the University of Hertfordshire, the runners-up, from sending this report.Extra registration exam venues unveiled
Eight venues will be used for this summer’s registration examination, an increase from the five venues used last year...
Visa eligibility requirements have been relaxed for non-EEA pharmacy students who wish to carry out their preregistration training in a UK...
Prereg fee cut agreed by GPhC
Fees for entry to this year’s preregistration training scheme and registration examination will be cut, the General Pharmaceutical Council...
Preregistration fee cut being considered by GPhC
Entry fees for the preregistration year and examination will be cut this summer if a set of proposals, due to be considered...
Students praised for role in “Ask your pharmacist” research
Pharmacy students at King’s College London have been praised by England’s chief pharmacist Keith Ridge for getting involved in research into people’s awareness of pharmacy services during last year’s “Ask your pharmacist” week.
Training offers withdrawn over new visa rules
Some preregistration training offers are being withdrawn by community
pharmacy employers because of changes to the visa system, according to
the British Pharmaceutical Students’ Association.
Why pharmacists must teach students
Encouraging practising pharmacists to take up teaching and research positions in universities can help practitioners meet the Government’s wider agenda for pharmacy
Need assistance with revising for the registration exam? TP ONtrack can help
It is only just over four months to the
June registration examination and tutors will now be encouraging
trainees to plan revision. Start now with TP ONtrack. Benedict Lam
explains
University applications drop 10 per cent in England
University applications have decreased by almost 10 per cent this year in England — where tuition fees are due to rise
The reflective portfolio as a means of assessment within the MPharm course
Anne Noott describes how the school of
pharmacy at the University of Wolverhampton has been making use of an
online reflective portfolio as a means of assessment
Pharmacy and medicine students learning to work together in Cardiff
Pharmacy and medical students will be working together closely at
Cardiff University to encourage teamwork from an early stage...
What the RPS offers preregistration trainees
RPS Support can provide tools to ensure the preregistration year goes smoothly
Social mobility is a key priority for the Government. David G. Allison and Julian Skyrme provide data from Manchester that suggest its pharmacy course promotes social mobility
A brief overview of the US pharmacy course from two visiting students
US pharmacy students on an exchange
programme gave a local practice forum meeting in West Yorkshire an
insight into the DPharm programme. Gill Hawksworth reports
The World Healthcare Students Symposium 2011
From 18–25 November 2011, Prague was the location of the fourth World Healthcare Students Symposium. David Preece reports
Brighton students take on "The Apprentice"-style learning mode
Pharmacy students at the University of Brighton are being set a series of tasks similar to those seen on BBC television show "The Apprentice"...
Anthony Smith leaving School of Pharmacy for UCL post
Anthony Smith is to leave his post as dean of the London School of Pharmacy when it merges with University College London next month...
Pharmacy law and the registration examination: an open and closed case
Removal of certain texts from the open book pharmacy registration examination raises questions about how preregistration trainees’ knowledge of pharmacy law is to be tested
The physical sciences in a clinical curriculum — a personal perspective
Alexander Florence argues why
pharmaceutical science is an integral part of the pharmacy degree,
despite recent arguments that it is not important in practice
A glimpse of the pharmacy undergraduate course at the University of Toronto
In this article, Anne Noott describes the
undergraduate course at the school of pharmacy, University of Toronto,
and compares it with the UK MPharm course
Registration exam resources no longer to include MEP and Drug Tariff
Preregistration trainees taking next year’s summer and autumn registration examinations will no longer have use of the Drug Tariff...
Success rate exceeds 87 per cent for September registration exam
Nearly 88 per cent of preregistration trainees who sat the September registration examination — 500 out of 569 (87.9 per cent) — have passed
Registration exam to be run differently following GPhC-BPSA talks
Recommended changes to the running of the registration examination have been accepted by the General Pharmaceutical Council, following discussions with the British Pharmaceutical Students’ Association
Pharmacy students help boost research to ease eye problems associated with cystinosis
Three final-year pharmacy students from the University of Sunderland who helped test a range of drugs to treat eye problems in patients suffering from a rare genetic disease have showcased their results at an international conference.
Moving from “know” to “do” will be a key feature of undergraduate education
New education standards mean MPharm providers will need to balance the adoption of competency-based approaches with the need to educate pharmacists at the highest level
What three young pharmacists believe they gain from membership of the Society
Following the decision by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society to establish associate membership for preregistration trainee pharmacists, Jeff Mills asked three young pharmacists about their careers so far and what membership of the Society during their preregistration year meant to them
My gripes with certain patients in community pharmacy
Having worked in a community pharmacy for
six months now, I have noticed first-hand the impatience of some
patients when requesting their medicines as though pharmacy is a fast
food restaurant.
“Virtual reality world” created for pharmacy students at Keele University
The Drug Information Association 23rd Annual Euromeeting
Sandeep Lyall, Adenike Oyefeso and Zekiya Berhe’s final-year project was selected by the Drug Information Association in its student poster competition. Here, they describe their experience of travelling to Geneva, Switzerland, to attend the Drug Information Association 23rd Annual EuroMeeting conference and presenting their projectRegistration exam appeals will be concluded in time for resit
Preregistration trainees who have appealed against their registration examination result will know the outcome of their appeal before the date of the autumn registration exam, the General Pharmaceutical Council has confirmedPreregistration trainees claim exam conditions affected performance
More than 70 preregistration trainees have complained to their student
body because they are concerned that increased stress levels
UCLan’s first MPharm students graduate
The first cohort of students has graduated from the University of Central Lancashire’s MPharm course, which was established four years ago
Full marks for School of Pharmacy in graduate employment survey
The School of Pharmacy, University of London, had one of the top graduate employment records The School of Pharmacy, University of London, had one of the top graduate employment records for any higher education institute in the UK last year
New chapter for the School of Pharmacy
The council of the School of Pharmacy, University of London, recently
decided that the school should merge with University College London. Why
was this decision made and how will the school work as a part of UCL?
School of Pharmacy announces merger with University College London
The School’s governing body has decided that the long-term future of the
school is best secured through a merger with UCL. Its members voted 12
for and 8 against the merger
The BPSA annual conference 2011
Andrew Onariase provides highlights from the British Pharmaceutical Students' Association annual conference, which was held at the University of Portsmouth from 16-23 April 2011New five-year integrated MPharm degree on course
Two universities may become the first in the UK to offer a new fully
integrated five-year pharmacy degree incorporating clinical practice
which has traditionally only been available through a separate
preregistration training position
The UK Intercollegiate Pharmacy Debating Championships
Teams from the University of East Anglia,
the London School of Pharmacy and King’s College London took the stage
earlier this month to take part in the first UK Intercollegiate Pharmacy
Debating Championships
Most pharmacy students will face maximum fees, latest figures confirm
Most of the universities that offer accredited pharmacy degrees in
England propose charging undergraduates the maximum £9,000 in annual
tuition fees from September 2012, according to latest figures
Why these students have joined the RPS
Jeff Mills asked students to explain how joining the Royal Pharmaceutical Society will benefit them
GPhC agrees new standards for pharmacy education and training
New standards for the initial education and training of pharmacists have been approved by the General Pharmaceutical Council
The bacteria roadshow
Pharmacy students at the University of
Manchester have developed a bacteria roadshow to highlight to primary
and secondary school students about antibiotics and bacterial resistance
to them. Sally Freeman, Farah Haque and Saambra Lian explain
Six pharmacy schools plan to charge students £9,000 per year
Six pharmacy schools have announced they will ramp up fees to the
maximum £9,000 per year prompting concerns from the British
Pharmaceutical Students’ Association that the move will deter future
students from studying pharmacy
Smartphone trailer offers pharmacy graduates a taste of life at Lloydspharmacy
A smartphone trailer and presentation to help pharmacy graduates gain a greater understanding of life at Lloydspharmacy has been launched by the community pharmacy chain
University of Birmingham set to launch MPharm degree
The University of Birmingham College of Medical and Dental Sciences is
looking to start a new MPharm degree, with a first intake of students in
October 2013
The British Pharmaceutical Students' Association (2010-11)
The British Pharmaceutical Students' Association has just entered its 69th year and is the official students’ organisation of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. It is the only national body that represents undergraduate pharmacy students and preregistration trainees. Louise Hemmings explains what the BPSA has to offer
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