Pharmacy RPSGB Exam - everyone keep calm

To all the pharmacy pre registration prereg trainees in the UK ready to sit the exam on June 26th. Everyone be prepared for the exam of your life. I know the pressure will be immense and all your 22 years of education come down to this moment. What you have to do is keep calm, check you've revised everything and don't panic.

Closed Book Exam:
Everyone initially thinks this one is gonna be the hardest, because you have nothing to refer to exept your brain. Actually it's easier than the Closed Book. If you've covered the material then it will come up, there aren't many suprises, you will see similar questions from what you've seen in past papers. The quantity of is double the practice exams, but this is an advantage, it actually means the questions you get wrong will count for less a percent. There will be more questions you know believe me.

Open Book Exam:
The open book is the hardest and pressurised exam you'll get. You know the answers are in front of you but you have no time to find them. Theres no way to prepare properly for it because they ask you questions that you will definetely need to look up. You just need to tag your BNF in the right places. Practice past papers and tag are you do them e.g theres always a question about infusions, interactions, etc. Tag as key chapters.

The calculations are also something that scares people. Some people have a natural talent in maths, and some don't. If you don't, then you need to work 5 times as hard to make sure you can get the RPSGB prereg calculations questions right, as you have to get 70% in this section otherwise you fail.

The night before the RPSGB Prereg Exam:
The night before the exam is the scariest of all. Just keep calm and try to absorb any extra informaiton that you can get, pay attention to details. Some people that live far away from the examination venue will book a hotel the night before, this mean you have no worries about travelling in the morning, and you can get a better nights sleep.

Hope this advice helps and good luck.

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RPSGB Laws: Responsible Pharmacist

Heres a round up on the new legal reguilations for the "responsible pharmacist" by the RPSGB:

Display a notice: The responisble pharmacist must display a notice with their name, registration number, and something that states that they are the responsible pharmacist in charge of the pharmacy.

Pharmacy record: A pharmacy record must be kept of the responsible pharmacist for any given day, the record must include: Name of responsible pharmacist, registration number, date and time of being responsible, date and time of stop being responsible, date and time of absence from the pharmacy including, the leaving work and entering. (This record must be kept by the pharmacy owner/superintendant for 5 years).

The responsible pharmacist must ensure standard operating procedures are being carried out correctly.

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