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Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

In September 2009, the PSI commissioned PA Consulting to carry out educational research to review and critically assess CPD models and the associated assessment and audit systems in order to guide the Council in developing an appropriate and effective system of mandatory CPD for pharmacists in Ireland.

The final report on the International Review of CPD Models and its recommendations was approved by the PSI Council at its meeting on 1 June 2010. The report has since been formally notified to the Minister for Health and Children on 8 July 2010.

The recommended model of mandatory CPD for pharmacists in Ireland, which builds on the evidence obtained from the evaluation of more mature systems of CPD to determine what has worked and what has not, includes the following features:
  • It maintains the focus of improving patient safety at its core by assuring competency across the profession, as well as providing opportunities for both personal development and for the development of the profession.
  • The recognition of CPD activities envisaged in the model will offer a flexibility that should meet the needs of all pharmacists, irrespective of their practice setting or stage in their career, as well as meeting the needs of the wider health services and supporting engagement with other healthcare professionals
  • It is a reflective model that allows for all learning activities to be acknowledged and that provides a system for standards, accreditation and assessment.
  • The establishment of an institute-type structure to oversee the management and delivery of CPD, with the PSI controlling the regulatory processes and defining the competency standards against which the CPD system would be framed.
  • Funding support for the model should be based on a structure including funding from the PSI, the existing funding base of the HSE for pharmacy educational activities, third parties (such as the pharmaceutical industry) and from pharmacists and the profession itself.
Click here to download the report from the International Review of CPD Models in full.


Postgraduate Programmes

Details of postgraduate education programmes for pharmacists in Ireland may be accessed via the websites of the schools of pharmacy as follows:

•    Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
•    Trinity College Dublin
•    University College Cork
   

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