Society Launches Consultations On Regulation Of Conduct In Schools Of Pharmacy

Main Category: Pharmacy / Pharmacist
Article Date: 22 May 2009 - 0:00 PDT

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Students and staff, among others in the profession, have the chance to make their views known on the conduct and governance rules set to be implemented in schools of pharmacy throughout Great Britain, with the launch of two consultations from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain today.

Two new documents, the Code of Conduct for Pharmacy Students and Fitness to Practise Procedures in Schools of Pharmacy will be subject to consultation concurrently for four weeks. The documents have been developed to reflect the profession's move towards an increasingly clinical role.

The Code of Conduct for Pharmacy Students is based on the same seven principles as those governing the Society's Code of Ethics for Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians, and is intended to be a working document for students. The Fitness to Practise Procedures for Schools of Pharmacy will act as a guide to for schools in constructing their own fitness to practise frameworks.

The Society's Head of Accreditation, Damian Day said: "Although designed to be complementary the two documents do have different audiences and purposes. For some pharmacy schools, this represents a significant cultural shift, which is why it is important as many people as possible have their say in order to shape these one-of-a-kind documents." Both the Code of Conduct and the Fitness to Practise Procedures will apply to students studying MPharm degrees, foundation degrees leading to direct entry into the second year of an accredited MPharm, and Overseas Pharmacists' Assessment Programmes (OSPAPs). Neither document will apply to pre-registration students, pharmacy technician students, pharmacy support staff students or pharmacy students on non-accredited courses. The consultations documents will be available to view from Friday 22 May. To view and download the consultation documents, go here.

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Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain

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