Pharmaceutical CPD Courses

What will I learn?

This course is a follow-up to the Aseptic Preparation and Dispensing of Medicines (APDM) course for senior, experienced pharmacy staff involved in aseptic preparation activities.
The course aims to:

• explore the role and responsibilities of the Aseptic Unit manager in the modern healthcare environment

• address key current issues for aseptic services

• equip you to respond to issues in your own units

• appraise and discuss current guidance

• provide workshop sessions giving you tools for improving working practices.

How will I benefit?
The structure of the course will give you the opportunity to share practices with other delegates, and gain tips, solutions and resources to support practice back at base. You’ll receive a recommended reading list and learning objectives for each session, and your course notes will contain all slides plus additional handouts and resource lists.

ACCOMMODATION FOR DELEGATES IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE COURSE FEE AND NEEDS TO BE BOOKED SEPARATELY.(refer to More Info tab)

Delegates should book their place here via our secure online store (using debit or credit card.) Alternatively if you wish to pay via invoice please request a manual registration

This course is available for NHS delegates only

What will I learn?
The course comprises a series of presentations and workshops, supplemented with distance learning activities. You’ll cover:

• GCP/GMP legislation (including preparation for inspection)

• clinical trial set-up and management

• manufacture of IMPs and QP release

• clinical trials in specialist areas.

How will I benefit?
This course will give you an opportunity to develop and update your knowledge and skills, and gain experience on a variety of aspects of Good Clinical Practice relating particularly to the conduct of clinical trials.

The one-day course will cover:

• intelligent monitoring
• interpretation of data
• control measures
• trending data
• and investigations

The course will be delivered via:

• presentations
• demonstrations
• interactive discussions
• and workshops

Due to high demand we will be running the Supervisory Skills for Technical Services course twice in 2023, on Thursday 26 January 2023 in Reading and on Thursday 8 June 2023 in Leeds. Registration for the Leeds course will open around three months prior to the course, if you would like to be informed when bookings are open please email [email protected]

Best Practice for Team Leaders, Supervisors and Aseptic Services Managers

Good supervision of aseptic processing is essential for ensuring a high quality, efficient and safe service. As the quality of the end product is dependent on performance of the aseptic services team, the supervisor plays a crucial role in ensuring that the team understand what is required from them, follow procedures, adapt to changes in demand and can promptly resolve problems together. To do this, the supervisor must communicate effectively with the team, be well respected by those working with them and be a positive role model. An effective supervisor needs a sound knowledge of the processes they are supervising, attention to detail and awareness of all that’s going on around them, an analytical mind, problem solving skills and the knowledge when to escalate issues.

This course will raise your awareness of these important considerations and more, and provide you with the starting materials to develop yourself into an effective supervisor.

Accommodation is not included in the course fee.

*New venue for 2023 - University of Leeds, Esther Simpson Building*

The Aseptic Preparation and Dispensing of Medicines (APDM) course has been developed by NHS TSET (the Technical Specialist Education and Training group) and is facilitated by the University of Leeds.

For more information about TSET visit https://www.tset.org.uk 

What will I learn?
This course is designed to:

• meet the needs of pharmacy staff (pharmacists and experienced senior technicians) who are engaged in the aseptic processing of medicines

• cover the principles and practice of asepsis

• provide an update on knowledge of standards, practices and quality assurance arrangements relating to the aseptic preparation and dispensing of medicines.

How will I benefit?
Experienced and knowledgeable experts will present engaging and informative material, which will be beneficial to you whether you’re starting out in the aseptic field or wanting to compare, up-date or improve your current knowledge and practices.