New Debate Pack Challenges Students On Hot Topics, UK

Main Category: Medical Students / Training
Also Included In: Pharmacy / Pharmacist
Article Date: 16 Apr 2008 - 6:00 PDT

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The Museum of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) is launching a Pharmacy Debate Pack, a free citizenship resource for use in secondary schools.

The new resource, funded by Museums, Libraries and Archives London, encourages students to debate topical health issues, including 'Should cannabis be legalised?' and 'Should smokers get treatment on the NHS?'.

The free pack also offers the opportunity for schools to create contacts with local pharmacists so that students can organise well-informed question and answer sessions prior to their debates.

A section of the pack has been trialled by Lambeth's Lilian Baylis Technology School where year 10 students debated the cannabis question. RPSGB's Museum Keeper, Briony Hudson, who co-wrote the resource with Abi Kendall, a teacher at the school, said: "The feedback from the staff and students following the trial debate at Lilian Baylis has been excellent. The students have really benefited from using the material in the pack and were positively challenged by the debate."

The students from Lilian Baylis will be presented with the complete Pharmacy Debate Pack prior to its official launch on Wednesday 23 April. For more information on the pack, or for details of how you can obtain a copy, please contact the RPSGB's Museum on 0207 572 2210 or email museum@rpsgb.org.

Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) is the professional and regulatory body for pharmacists in England, Scotland and Wales. It also regulates pharmacy technicians on a voluntary basis, which is expected to become statutory under anticipated legislation. The primary objectives of the Society are to lead, regulate, develop and represent the profession of pharmacy.

Museums, Libraries and Archives London

MLA London is the strategic development agency for museums, libraries and archives in the region. They are part of the wider MLA Partnership with the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) and the eight other regional agencies.

Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain