Episodes

  • Pre-reg podcasts - an introduction
    Aug 15 2019
    This short podcast from pharmacist Helen Chang introduces you to our series for pre-reg pharmacy students. The podcasts will guide and support you through your pre-reg year, with helpful tips and advice from expert guests. 

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    2 mins
  • Pre-Reg: the milestones in your year
    Aug 17 2019

    What should you expect in your Pre-Reg year? This episode explains how you can prepare for the coming year, the challenges you’ll face, key milestones to reach and all the resources available to you.

    This month's guests are Khalid Khan (a pre-reg tutor), as well as recent pre-reg trainees Siraaj Bukera and Harvina Kibbe.

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    We really want to hear your feedback on our Pre-Reg podcast series. What's been helpful to you so far? What other subjects would you like us to cover? Get in touch via email at podcast@rpharms.com, or on Twitter using the hashtag #preregpodcast

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    Join the Royal Pharmaceutical Society as a Pre-Reg member and get over £600 worth of benefits for just £78 - membership includes the BNF, MEP, a full subscription to the Pharmaceutical Journal, 25% off all Pharm Press books, and much more besides.

    Find out more and join today!


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    17 mins
  • Your Performance Standards
    Sep 10 2019

    What are the Pre-Reg year standards? We’ll look at the requirements and provide some handy tips on gathering, recording and reviewing your evidence to ensure you’re where you need to be.

    This month's guests are Khalid Khan (a pre-reg tutor), as well as recent pre-reg trainees Siraaj Bukera and Harvina Kibbe.

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    We really want to hear your feedback on our Pre-Reg podcast series. What's been helpful to you so far? What other subjects would you like us to cover? Get in touch via email at podcast@rpharms.com, or on Twitter using the hashtag #preregpodcast

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    Join the Royal Pharmaceutical Society as a Pre-Reg member and get over £600 worth of benefits for just £78 - membership includes the BNF, MEP, a full subscription to the Pharmaceutical Journal, 25% off all Pharm Press books, and much more besides.

    Find out more and join today!


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    13 mins
  • Your First Appraisal
    Oct 1 2019

    What is a Pre-Reg appraisal? We’ll look at what they’re for and how best to prepare for them. We’ll also ask why your first appraisal is so important compared to future appraisals and explain expectations at week 13, so you can plan your next steps.

    This episode's guests are Khalid Khan (a pre-reg tutor), as well as recent pre-reg trainees Siraaj Bukera and Harvina Kibbe.

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    We really want to hear your feedback on our Pre-Reg podcast series. What's been helpful to you so far? What other subjects would you like us to cover? Get in touch via email at podcast@rpharms.com, or on Twitter using the hashtag #preregpodcast

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    Join the Royal Pharmaceutical Society as a Pre-Reg member and get over £600 worth of benefits for just £78 - membership includes the BNF, MEP, a full subscription to the Pharmaceutical Journal, 25% off all Pharm Press books, and much more besides.

    Find out more and join today!


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    16 mins
  • Passing Your Assessment, Part One: Calculations
    Nov 27 2019

    Worried about the assessment Calculations paper? Then this month's Pre-Reg podcast is for you!

    We've got expert tips to help you prepare for the paper and resources to help you practice answering those tricky calculations questions.

    Helen Chang, RPS lead for Pre-Registration support, is joined on our podcast this month by Simon, an experienced Pre-Reg tutor, and Lulu, a recently qualified pharmacist.

    Shownotes

    The GPhC's list of approved calculators can be found in section 5.3 of their Pre-Registration Manual.

    The GPhC publishes sample questions from the assessment on their website - here are the 2019 Calculation questions.

    Pre-Reg members of the RPS get 30 days of free access to their online revision tool, ONtrack, as part of their membership.

    The ProPharmance calculation videos mentioned by Lulu can be found here.

    RPS members can talk to our Support Team (at rpharms.com/support) about any aspect of their Pre-Reg year - including assessments!

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    We really want to hear your feedback on our Pre-Reg podcast series. What's been helpful to you so far? What other subjects would you like us to cover? Get in touch via email at podcast@rpharms.com, or on Twitter using the hashtag #preregpodcast

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    Join the Royal Pharmaceutical Society as a Pre-Reg member and get over £600 worth of benefits for just £78 - membership includes the BNF, MEP, a full subscription to the Pharmaceutical Journal, 25% off all Pharm Press books, and much more besides.

    Find out more and join today!


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    7 mins
  • Passing Your Assessment, Part Two: Multiple Choice
    Dec 17 2019

    In our second episode about the Pre-Reg assessment, we're tackling the Multiple-Choice paper. Single Best Answer, Extended Matching Questions, Mock Exams - we cover them all.

    We've got expert tips to help you prepare for the paper and resources to help you practice answering the multiple choice questions.

    Helen Chang, RPS lead for Pre-Registration support, is once again joined on our podcast this month by Simon, an experienced Pre-Reg tutor, and Lulu, a recently qualified pharmacist.

    Shownotes

    Medicines, Ethics and Practice is a keystone of assessment preparation, and it's free for RPS members.

    The RPS also hosts revision and mock exam events for Pre-Reg trainees across the country - find out more here.

    Read up on the exam framework and find sample papers here on the GPhC website.

    The BNF Phone App is available for both Apple and Android devices.

    Pre-Reg members of the RPS get 30 days of free access to their online revision tool, ONtrack, as part of their membership.

    The three volumes of Pharmacy Registration Assessment Questions (edited by Nadia Bukhari) are available in a money-saving bundle from Pharmaceutical Press (with an extra £20 off for RPS members)

    The ProPharmance calculation videos mentioned by Lulu can be found here.

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    We really want to hear your feedback on our Pre-Reg podcast series. What's been helpful to you so far? What other subjects would you like us to cover? Get in touch via email at podcast@rpharms.com, or on Twitter using the hashtag #preregpodcast

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    Join the Royal Pharmaceutical Society as a Pre-Reg member and get over £600 worth of benefits for just £78 - membership includes the BNF, MEP, a full subscription to the Pharmaceutical Journal, 25% off all Pharm Press books, and much more besides.

    Find out more and join today!


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    9 mins
  • Revising with ONtrack
    Jan 31 2020

    This month's podcast is about ONtrack, our online revision resource to help you pass your Pre-Reg assessment.

    With hundreds of pharmacy questions in the same format as your Pre-Reg assessment, ONtrack lets you practice extended matching answer, single best answer and calculations.

    This month's guest speaker, Mark Pollard, is Associate Publisher of the Pharmaceutical Journal. We discuss how best to use ONtrack to support your revision, how to identify your blind spots -  and how RPS members can get to get 30 days' free access.

    Shownotes

    The ONtrack website is where you can access the tools discussed in this episode.

    RPS members get 30 days' free access to ONtrack - find out more here.

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    We really want to hear your feedback on our Pre-Reg podcast series. What's been helpful to you so far? What other subjects would you like us to cover? Get in touch via email at podcast@rpharms.com, or on Twitter using the hashtag #preregpodcast

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    Join the Royal Pharmaceutical Society as a Pre-Reg member and get over £600 worth of benefits for just £78 - membership includes the BNF, MEP, a full subscription to the Pharmaceutical Journal, 25% off all Pharm Press books, and much more besides.

    Find out more and join today!


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    14 mins