Tomorrow's Pharmacist 2007 - a guide for pharmacy students and preregistration trainees

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Introduction Preregistration Careers • Hospital sector • Other options Practice around the world • Egypt • America • Canada Competition Closing date for entries: 31 March 2007	Miscellaneous • BPC is the place to be • Raising fraud awareness in the NHS • Making sense of the MHRA • How to write a successful CV • Eating well on a student budget • Pharmacy in the next 10 years • Clinical developments in 2006 • The Royal Pharmaceutical Society • What's what in pharmacy
Introduction
4 From the editor Introduction to Tomorrow's Pharmacist TP 2007:4 Full Text PDF (30K) 6-7 Entering a new era Pharmacy students entering their preregistration year do so at a time of unprecedented change and opportunity for the profession. Pharmacists today have a major role to play in helping the Government improve public access to health care, to help people stay well and out of hospital and for patients to treat their conditions at home TP 2007:6-7 Full Text PDF (760K) 8-9 British Pharmaceutical Students' Association Founded in 1942, the British Pharmaceutical Students' Association has just entered its 40th year of official recognition by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. It is the only national body that represents pharmacy students and preregistration trainees. Jennifer de Val, explains what the BPSA offers TP 2007:8-9 Full Text PDF (120K)
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10-11 The preregistration interview Does the thought of securing a preregistration trainee position seem like a mountainous task? Nadia Bukhari puts you at ease with a bit of advice taken from her new book TP 2007:10-11 Full Text PDF (50K) 12-13 How to survive the preregistration year One minute you find yourself crawling out of bed at lunchtime to watch afternoon television, the next you are getting up at 7.30am five mornings a week to go to work. The preregistration year is a sudden change in lifestyle from university life. To find out how to get the most out of this year, read on TP 2007:13-13 Full Text PDF (580K) 14 Trustworthy training Still not sure which sector you would like to spend your preregistration year in? Jennifer De Val gives an account of her year as a preregistration trainee in the hospital sector, at Barts and The London NHS Trust TP 2007:14 Full Text PDF (40K)
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Careers in pharmacy 16-17 A career as a specialist HIV pharmacist HIV drug therapy is a fast-moving area. Haley Hill looks at how the role of an HIV specialist pharmacist has developed and discusses important issues and challenges unique to this area of pharmacy TP 2007:16-17 Full Text PDF (750K) 18-20 A career as a specialist radiopharmacist Radiopharmacists provide a clinical and technical pharmacy service within nuclear medicine. Zoë Gross outlines the work involved and the career path followed by some of the pharmacists working in this field TP 2007:18-20 Full Text PDF (60K) 22-23 A career in critical care Critical care provides a career pathway for pharmacists, with a standard set of skills and competencies and a structured training programme for basic grade to consultant pharmacists in this specialty. Haley Hill discusses the role of a pharmacist dedicated to the care of seriously ill patients TP 2007:22-23 Full Text PDF (570K) 24-25 Hospital know-how Wasim Baqir, David Campbell, Alan Worsley and Rachel Etherington discuss a pilot programme that was set up for undergraduate students to experience hospital pharmacy TP 2007:24-25 Full Text PDF (50K)
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Careers in pharmacy 26-27 Getting a place at the Games Love sport? Could you imagine yourself working at international competitions such as the Olympic and Commonwealth Games? Mark Stuart, Bill Horsfall and Mel Blachford describe how pharmacy services were organised during the 2006 Commonwealth Games that took place in Melbourne, Australia TP 2007:26-27 Full Text PDF (410K) 28-29 How does one become a qualified person? Seen or heard the term “QP” or “qualified person” and wondered what it meant? Interested in the career opportunities provided by the pharmaceutical industry? Malcolm E. Brown outlines what QPs do and how to become one, and Sadia Khan follows with a more detailed look at the QP registration process TP 2007:28-29 Full Text PDF (390K) 30-31 Armed forces take pharmacists It is April 2005. My first year exams are looming and nerves are setting in. However, these nerves are not just over exams, but what to do after I graduate. What are the options open to me? TP 2007:30-31 Full Text PDF (580K)
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Pharmacy around the world 32-34 Dispense like an Egyptian In 2003 Sayed El-Awady, professor of pharmacology at Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt, was awarded funding from the EU to improve educational links between Mediterranean and British schools of pharmacy. A relationship with the University of Bath was established with the remit to implement computer-aided learning at Suez Canal University. Included in the EU grant was the provision to allow UK pharmacy students to visit Ismailia and Egyptian pharmacy students to visit a British school of pharmacy TP 2007:32-34 Full Text PDF (1 MB) 36-39 Living the American dream After you have registered in Britain you may like to travel and work in other parts of the world. Registering as a pharmacist in the US is not an easy task but it is possible. Sara Barrow outlines the steps involved and the challenges she faced along the way TP 2007:36-39 Full Text PDF (60K) 40-41 The extramural experience As part of the MPharm course, The School of Pharmacy, University of London, gives its third-year students the opportunity to undertake the mandatory research project abroad. It is known as the extramural placement and each year about 30 students are accepted onto the scheme and have the opportunity either to partake in the ERASMUS scheme where they travel to Europe, or to be more adventurous and organise their own placements in far-away countries such as the US and New Zealand TP 2007:40-41 Full Text PDF (1.3 MB)
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42-43 BPC is the place to be As I was registering at the British Pharmaceutical Conference 2006, the first thought that passed through my mind was “what am I doing here?” I felt intimidated by the people around me; there were people whose names I recognised from textbooks and The Pharmaceutical Journal, important-looking people I had never heard of and quite a few of my lecturers TP 2007:42-43 Full Text PDF (30K) 44-45 Raising fraud awareness in the NHS When you are a pharmacist you may be handling paperwork that will enable you to make financial claims from the NHS. Most pharmacists are honest, but there is a small minority who try to defraud the NHS of its valuable resources. Ahmer Kunwar describes how fraud is being tackled in the NHS and how you can help TP 2007:44-45 Full Text PDF (990K) 46-48 Making sense of the MHRA Nesta Thomas takes a look at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and explains what it is really all about TP 2007:46-48 Full Text PDF (480K) 50-51 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. It is best to prepare your CV early, so that the information is readily available to apply for jobs in response to advertisements, or to apply “on spec” to companies about possible employment opportunities TP 2007:50-51 Full Text PDF (50K) 52-54 Eating well on a student budget When you are at university, it may be the first time in your life that you have lived away from home and had to look after yourself. Among the many challenges and excitements of student life, it is important to make food and healthy eating a high priority. Recent research has found that students, on average, put on 15 pounds of weight during their first year at university TP 2007:52-54 Full Text PDF (550K) 56-59 Pharmacy in the next ten years Julia Mainstone looks at the way new technologies, knowledge and regulations are likely to expand the pharmacist’s role in the near future TP 2007:56-59 Full Text PDF (540K) 60-62 Clinical developments in 2006 More than 20 new medicines were launched in the UK in 2006. Harriet Adcock takes a look at these and considers some of the more significant clinical developments of the past year TP 2007:60-62 Full Text PDF (60K) 66-67 The Royal Pharmaceutical Society You have to be registered with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society to practise as a pharmacist, but what else does the Society do? Andrew Haynes describes its functions TP 2007:66-67 Full Text PDF (500K) 68 What's what in pharmacy Overwhelmed by the many organisations and associations in the world of pharmacy? Confused by the many acronyms and abbreviations? Here’s a quick guide to a few of the major groups and associations you may come across in your career TP 2007:68 Full Text PDF (40K)
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70 Competition page Answer 10 simple questions for the chance to win vouchers for Pharmaceutical Press books! The answers to these questions can be found throughout Tomorrow's Pharmacist 2007 TP 2007:70 Full Text PDF (30K)