The main focus of FP1 is on experiential learning in the workplace. This provides FP1 pharmacists with the opportunity to gain knowledge, skills and experience in four practice areas: optimising medicines use (OMU), safe and effective provision of medicines (SEPM), governance and quality improvement (GQI) and promoting public health (PPH). During their experiential learning, FP1 pharmacists will undertake practice activities (PAs) in each practice area to help them to demonstrate that they have covered the FP1 learning outcomes. See below for further information. NB when completing the recording templates, no patient-identifiable information must be included, to comply with GDPR.
Optimising medicines use (OMU) - the Clinical Induction Passport will demonstrate completion of this practice area.
| PA | Description | Evidence required | Recording template |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medication reviews | The pharmacist should record 4 patient-facing medication reviews demonstrating a range of patient types. Patients should be typical patients with multi-morbidities and polypharmacy. | 4 x Medication reviews (OR clinical induction passport) | Medication Review template |
| Observed medication reviews | The pharmacist should be observed undertaking 2 of the patient-facing medication reviews. | 2 x Observed medication reviews (OR clinical induction passport) | Observed Medication Review template |
| Medication record | The pharmacist should reflect on their experience of ensuring that patients’ health/medication records/documents (including those used for transfer of care between clinical settings) are completed accurately and in accordance with GDPR. | 1 x Reflective account (OR clinical induction passport) | Reflective Account template |
| Provision of person-centred information | The pharmacist should provide accurate, timely, evidence-based information to patients/carers +/or healthcare professionals (in response to queries relating to medicines or symptoms). | 6 x examples in total (OR clinical induction passport) | Query Response template |
| NICPLD elearning course - Electrolytes, liver and kidney function tests | The pharmacist should complete this elearning course. | Record evidence of your learning using the CPD cycle template and include your MCQ score. | CPD cycle |
| NICPLD elearning course - Erythrocytes | The pharmacist should complete this elearning course. | Record evidence of your learning using the CPD cycle template and include your MCQ score. | CPD cycle |
Safe and effective provision of medicines (SEPM)
| PA | Description | Evidence required | Recording template |
|---|---|---|---|
| Checking accuracy | The pharmacist should complete a 100-item log demonstrating their ability to accuracy check items dispensed by others against a range of prescription types AND reflect on their accuracy checking experience. | Completed 100 item log 1 x Reflective account |
Checking Accuracy Log template Reflective Account template |
| Clinical screening | The pharmacist should complete a 100-item log demonstrating their ability to clinically screen medicines prescribed for a range of patient types AND reflect on their clinical screening experience. | Completed 100 item log 1 x Reflective account |
Clinical Screening Log template Reflective Account template |
| Procurement activity | The pharmacist should reflect on a procurement activity they have been involved in (eg sourcing and supplying a pharmacy special/ unlicensed medicine). | 1 x Reflective account | Reflective Account template |
| Managing workflow | The pharmacist should reflect on their experience of managing the workflow in their workplace. | 1 x Reflective account | Reflective Account template |
| Disposal of medicines | The pharmacist should reflect on their experience of disposing of a range of different medicine types, such as returned/unused patient medicines, controlled drugs, expired medicines. | 1 x Reflective account | Reflective Account template |
Governance and quality improvement (GQI)
| PA | Description | Evidence required | Recording template |
|---|---|---|---|
| Undertake an audit | The pharmacist should undertake an audit in practice. This includes setting the audit standard, defining the methodology, collecting data, reviewing the data with reference to the audit standard, and making appropriate recommendations. | 1 x Audit template | Audit template |
| Recording of near misses and incidents | The pharmacist should routinely report near misses and incidents in accordance with the established procedures within the workplace. | 1 x Reflective account | Reflective Account template |
| Yellow card reporting | The pharmacist should appreciate the range of problems/incidents to be reported via the Yellow Card reporting system. If they do not experience a problem/incident to be reported, they should discuss a theoretical incident and how it would be reported in practice. | 1 x Reflective account | Reflective Account template |
| Using technology to enhance patient care | The pharmacist should reflect on their experience of using technology to enhance patient care. | 1 x Reflective account | Reflective Account template |
| Teaching activity | The pharmacist should develop a teaching session and deliver this to others. This can relate to a range of different activities including medicines use, reporting back on medicines incidents, reporting back on findings of audit etc. | 1 x Reflective account 1 x Teaching observation |
Reflective Account template Teaching Observation template |
| Collaborative working | The pharmacist should provide an example of how they have worked collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) to optimise patient outcomes. | 1 x Reflective account | Reflective Account template |
Promoting public health (PPH)
| PA | Description | Evidence required | Recording template |
|---|---|---|---|
| Promoting the health of individuals | The pharmacist should record a case-based discussion that evidences EITHER their support of a patient through a behavioural change OR how they applied antimicrobial stewardship to optimise an individual patient’s treatment. | 1 x case-based discussion |
Behavioural Change CbD template
OR Antimicrobial Stewardship CbD template |
| Safeguarding activities | The pharmacist should record case-based discussions regarding these three safeguarding cases, including safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults. | 3 x case-based discussions | Safeguarding CbD template |
| Minimising the misuse of medicines | The pharmacist should reflect on their experience of minimising the misuse of medicines such as opioids or Beta-2-agonists. | 1 x Reflective account | Reflective Account template |
| Promoting the health of the public | The pharmacist should reflect on their experience of promoting the health of the public (eg in a health promotion/awareness day/campaign, or an activity to reduce antimicrobial resistance). | 1 x Reflective account | Reflective Account template |
Last updated: 5th August 2022