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Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE)
CPPE not providing enough time for pre-workshop tasks
From Mrs M. A. Chapman, MRPharmS
When I wrote to the Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education six weeks
before a course to request a pre-workshop task early, I received no response.
My letter was followed by an e-mail and, again, there was no response.
The task arrived less than the stated 10 days before the workshop, leaving
me with a choice of two free evenings in which to undertake the work.
The holiday season is under way but whoever administers the CPPE appears
oblivious or unconcerned about insufficient time to prepare for the workshops
and gaining maximum benefit from them.
My interpretation is that the CPPE does not understand or take the role
of a pharmacist seriously. Is it run by computers and unable to communicate
back? All this is rather worrying in the context of continuing professional
development.
Why cannot this work be sent out a month in advance? If this were usual,
individuals could plan and choose when to look at the work rather than
be forced to do it at the end of, what to many is, a busy and perhaps
stressful day.
Maureen Chapman
Wirral
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PETER NOYCE, acting director, CPPE, responds:
The CPPE places a high
priority on dealing with complaints speedily and effectively in-house.
Since CPPE has not received a direct complaint, we have been unable
to investigate this particular case and make a specific response.
It is CPPE’s normal practice to send out pre-workshop tasks 14
to 21 days before the workshop. This enables the participant to undertake
this work, which
is an integral part of the learning experience 10 to 14 days before the learning
event. The time scale has been chosen on advice from educationalists that this
is the most effective time for getting the learning message over to participants
so that it is fresh in their minds when they attend the workshop.
This has been confirmed by feedback from the management of the piloting
process for workshops and participants who have attended our workshops. |
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