Pharmacists in Scotland - five-year integrated education programme: scoping report

Monday 22 ^nd August 2016

First Advisory Group Meeting

- Short presentations from Schools of Pharmacy and NES

• Consider and agree the Remit and Terms of Reference of the Group
• Consider the membership of the group
• Consider and agree the draft work plan
• Identify any strengths and weaknesses of existing 4+1 model

• Completed 22/08/16
• BPSA & SFC to be invited
• Agreed 22/08/16
• Initial ideas captured 22/08/16

Monday 3rd October 2016

Second Advisory Group Meeting

- Short presentations from NES medicine and nursing colleagues

• Review progress on work plan
• Consider how other healthcare professionals provide experiential and foundation training (medicine and nursing)
• Explore what an enhanced 4+1 model might look like
  • Admissions
  • Placements
  • IPE
  • +1 component
• Agree programme for stakeholder event

• Completed 22/08/16
• Medical and nursing models considered
• Carried forward to next meeting
• Completed 05/10/16

Monday 10 ^th October 2016

Stakeholder event

• Gauge stakeholders views on draft proposals for a five year integrated initial education programme for pharmacists in Scotland
  • Enhanced 4+1
  • Integrated five-year
  • Timescales
  • Next steps

• Completed and report circulated for comment

Monday 21 ^st November 2016

Third Advisory Group Meeting

- Short presentation from Nottingham University

• Review progress on work plan
• Consider the strengths and weaknesses of an integrated five-year MPharm
• Explore what an enhanced 4+1 model might look like
  • Admissions
  • Placements
  • IPE
  • +1 component
• Explore what an integrated five-year MPharm might look like
• Consider the barriers and facilitators to change
  • Regulations
  • Funding
  • Buy-in
  • Capacity
  • Assessment

• Completed on 21/11/16
• Discussed 21/11/16 and carried forward
• Discussed and carried forward
• Carried forward to 05/12/16
• Carried forward to 05/12/16

Monday 5 ^th December 2016

Final Advisory Group Meeting

- Short presentation from NES on main outputs from the work

• Review progress on work plan
• Review and agree draft report
• Consider any implementation implications

• Completed on 05/12/16
• Completed 05/12/16
• Completed 05/12/16