The ultimate gphc registration assessment exam guide by. A total of 2,014 students passed the exam, around 85. Our objective is to improve the quality of health care for patients in scotland by reducing variation in practice and outcome, through the development and dissemination of national clinical guidelines containing. This mock assessment has been designed to test candidates professional judgement in pharmacy practice, their application of knowledge and numerical strength in line with the recent changes to the gphc registration assessment framework and the updated exam format. As of 2016, 97% of all of our students passed the exam first time. The average pass mark for the two papers that pre registration students sat in june was 63%, the lowest since the regulator took over responsbility for the assessment in 2011. Traditionally it was to knock some common sense through experience into those who had gained the graduate qualification, it was never intended to be an extra qualification but rather to give experience.
The manual provides an overview of preregistration training and the gphc requirements for the. If the problems with a tutor go beyond a simple personality. The pre reg manual was initially founded in 2014 by creating an active social media presence. The new gphc book for the 2016 gphc pre registration exam. Mr day recommended that pre registration students and tutors access information on next years revamped registration exam on the gphc website so they are not caught unawares. Educational programme director epd someone who oversees one or more entire training programmes locally, regionally, or both, developing and implementing programmes together with external bodies and local teams. A petition launched to protest against the general pharmaceutical council s gphc september pre registration exam has garnered over 500 signatures in three days. Gphc examines link between student numbers and low pass. We have created 25 explanatory videos which cover all types of pharmaceutical calculations required for the registration assessment and in practice. The first worksheet titled standards is a list of all the performance standards with further information provided in comments. All 18 students at kamsons pharmacy a familyrun group of around 60 pharmacies across england.
The pharmacy pre registration scheme is made up of. Trainees need to be registered with the general pharmaceutical council gphc in order to be eligible for support. Sample chapter from hospital pre registration pharmacist training. The manual provides an overview of pre registration training and the gphc requirements for the training year. Template for assessing a portfolio of evidence 1 yumpu. The names of pre registration pharmacists who passed this years pre registration exam have been published by the general pharmaceutical council gphc. The standards read like the ingredient list for a competent pharmacist baked for one year in the heat of a dispensary. This is because the gphc has introduced a new marking process consisting of five stage checking system that will ensure that all answers have been interpreted correctly. This contains information about the registration assessment, including applying to enter it, deciding whether to enter, problems on the day, syllabus and example questions. This series also includes worksheets that focus on each calculation topic covered in the registration assessment and contains updated examination style questions with answers. Assessment the exam of the gphcs preregistration manual.
There are 76 performance standards the gphc states preregistration students should meet. Junes registration exam pass mark was lowest for six. Preparing for the gphc registration assessment blog. The general pharmaceutical council gphc has defended the questions it set for junes pre registration exam after hundreds of students complained about them. In june 2016, the first wave of preregistration trainees will sit the general pharmaceutical council gphc registration assessment in its new format. These performance standards describe what you must be. I find it easier to look through than the list provided in the gphc pre reg manual which spans 15 pages and includes multiple asterisks. Incoming pre registration pharmacist at gsk final year mpharm. It replaces the hard copy manual previously sent to trainees and tutors with an easy to use website.
Neera goel mrpharms, ip a passion for education and helping prereg students reach their full potential. Information for returning pharmacists and pharmacy technicians on the temporary gphc register. Further information can be found on the application for approval for the provision of preregistration training 2012. Preregistration training requirements for trainees 10 5. Coach and mentor the gphc pre registration manual this is for more examples see the full gphc guidance. For pre registration pharmaciststhe es is the gphc pre registration tutor. Trainees who have failed the assessment can no longer request a remark. The statement reflects the gphcs requirement that pharmacists and pharmacy technicians need to be open and transparent at all times, and serves as a reminder that candour is an essential duty for all professionals.
If you plan to resit the registration assessment for the second or third time in 2020, you do not have to complete a sixmonth placement to be. As part of feedback published in its annual pre registration manual last friday august 4, the board of assessors advised the newest cohort of pre reg trainees to consider whether each answer is realistic and practical when they come to sit the exam themselves the board gave examples of some of the implausible answers candidates wrote in the first of the june assessments two papers. Pre registration manual general pharmaceutical council white paper and document. The clinical bnf series has been designed to facilitate your learning around clinical topics and specific areas related to this on the gphc registration assessment outcomes framework. Gphc preregistration performance standards and scenario. The aim was to engage with pre registration pharmacists, aiding them with daily informative and digestible information across a variety of topics such as symptoms in pharmacy, calculations, law and ethics. The gphc trainee manual is now available online in the pre registration trainee section of the gphc website. It seems to me that the purpose of the pre registration year has been misunderstood. Gphc defends questions in preregistration exams news. Prereg manual now online general pharmaceutical council gphc. This book covers everything you need to pass the gphc registration assessment exam. View badian tchoumis profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community.
Requirements for the registration examination 12 6. Pharmacist preregistration tutor development resource 201718. Tprm mock registration assessment the pre reg manual. Registration assessment regulations general pharmaceutical. Performance standards general pharmaceutical council. Pharmacist preregistration training scheme general. Preregistration manual general pharmaceutical council. Developing and demonstrating your knowledge and competence. The manual contains the performance standards that trainees must meet during their training year, the registration assessment syllabus and the tutor resource. It sets out the performance standards against which your competencies will be measured during the training year. It replaces the hard copy manual previously sent to trainees and tutors with.
The standards are statements of what the gphc expects you to be able to do and how you should. If you have previously registered with the cppe website using your gphc number you should be able to log in using your original gphc number and the same password as before, there is no need to reregister. Read about the common enquiries we receive from pre registration trainee pharmacists. The pre registration pass rates of the 12 largest community pharmacy training providers in great britain show seven achieved 100% firsttime pass rates in june 2016. Prereg manual now online general pharmaceutical council. Prereg evidence tracker blog pharmaceutical journal. The series includes over 60 detailed notes encompassing various clinical conditions as well as structured and focused worksheets to aid different learner types. I have often wondered why pre regs get stressed out about what is ultimately, just another exam.
Aims and objectives for preregistration training 4 2. Gphc past examsample papers 2016 paper 1 2016 paper 2. The gphc advise that the 2016 assessment has a greater patient focus trainees need to appreciate that the patient is at the centre of their practice. Falsified medicines joint statement from general pharmaceutical council and royal pharmaceutical society. Preregistration manual the manual provides an overview of preregistration training and the gphc requirements for the training year. The process of collecting evidence of meeting the performance standards is. The general pharmaceutical council gphc is the independent regulator for pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacy premises in. Students consider gphc protest over september prereg exam. At preregroom we build onetoone relations with each of our students in order to understand their strengths and learning needs.
Its that time of year when those of you who are pre regs really start to panic and get stressed about the general pharmaceutical council gphc registration assessment affectionately known as the pre reg exam. Essential resources and documents for prereg pharmacists. The gphc has launched an online resource for preregistration trainee pharmacists. A wide variety of interactive teaching methods are employed to facilitate and underpin key concepts for assessment and practice. Gphc preregistration assessment update posted on 27112015 by daniel sutcliffe no comments v the gphc recently released their pre registration autumn bulletin for 2015, this contained a great deal of information regarding the recent changes to the assessment in 2016, much of it new. Students are planning a demonstration outside the general pharmaceutical council s gphc london headquarters in protest at septembers unfair pre registration exam. Boots does not recruit pre registration pharmacists unless they have completed. Dm me for more details solihull, west midlands, united kingdom. General pharmaceutical council, london, united kingdom.
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