New course to help pharmacy assistants with pain relief medicines
August 11, 2015
A NEW online QCPP Refresher
Training course for pharmacy
assistants aims to help them give
advice on Pharmacy Medicines to
relieve pain.
The ‘Medicines to relieve pain’
QCPP Refresher Training course
emphasises the ASK, ASSESS,
ADVISE protocol and appropriate
pharmacist referral.
The learning objectives for this
course are to:
• Identify and differentiate
between the different types of
Pharmacy Medicine analgesics.
• Describe the action of each of
the active ingredients available
in Pharmacy Medicine pain relief
medicines.
• Identify the appropriate
choice(s) of Pharmacy Medicine
analgesics for a given customer
profile.
• Apply the Ask, Assess, Advise
protocol within a customer case
study.
• Identify customers and
situations where a request for
a Pharmacy Medicine analgesic
requires referral to a pharmacist.
Pharmacy assistants can access
the course for free via the Guild
Academy’s online learning site,
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