Professional and scientific literature

Question 1

Information in a community pharmacy

Answer 1

Using NHS smart card
Pharmacy manager to dispense
BNF - check clinical doses
MEP - check legal validity of prescriptions
Accessing PIL when giving OTC medication
Preparing leaflets for pharmacy business
Completing CPD: keeping up to date with knowledge

Question 2

Information in a hospital pharmacy

Answer 2

Accessing patient past medical and social history
Drug charts: starting new meds, allergies etc
Local hospital policies
Referring to NICE/ SIGN/ BNF guidelines
CPD cycles
Medicines information pharm

Question 3

Information in industry

Answer 3

Accessing research
Lab data gathering
Post-data analysis
Data presentation (conferences)
New publications/ chapters
CPD cycles