RPS conference 2010: Supporting patient and professional decision making


About the conference

How can pharmacists best support patients in their healthcare decisions? How can the profession be supported in dealing with workplace and commercial pressures while maintaining commitment to high quality patient care?

These are just some of the issues that the Royal Pharmaceutical Society will address at its new conference in 2010. With a focus on practice and professional issues, the conference will explore patient and professional decision making - how pharmacists, as professionals, can lead the way in maximising the optimal use of medicines, maintaining the best interests of patients and in making the best possible decision during times of workplace stress. Through inspiring sessions designed to empower your professional and leadership skills, you will leave the conference with real and practical solutions to tackle issues professionally and competently with an increasingly patient-focused approach.

The programme will be led by the Conference Chair, Professor Marjorie Weiss, Professor of Pharmacy Practice & Medicine Use at the University of Bath, together with professional leads from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and will provide a thought-provoking and enlightening forum for in-depth, multi-professional discussions. There will be plenty of opportunity for discussion, debate and knowledge-sharing with your peers, user advocates and leading professionals. The conference is a brand new and unique experience you won’t want to miss.

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Four great reasons to attend

1. Support your Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements

With 100% of the programme eligible for CPD and the CPD team available on-site, the conference will provide a resource to support you in meeting CPD requirements. For just £100 you can choose from 10 sessions which will offer CPD benefits and have the chance to speak to the CPD team about evaluating what you have learnt and entering this as entries in your record. Delegate bags will contain prompt sheets that you can use during sessions to guide you in using the session for CPD. 

2. Become a better professional in the interest of the public
Learn to support and empower your patients to make better health choices and medicine decisions.

3. Assist your day-to-day work
Discover latest developments in practice research that may affect your daily work, visit the exhibition and see the products and services which could assist your professional life, consider ways you can balance workplace pressures and develop leadership skills that will empower you to make better decisions.

4. Boost your career development
Be inspired by stories of others’ careers paths and receive tips to enhance your own career development, learn how networking can increase your knowledge and skills and boost your reputation, hear tips on how to develop your networking opportunities and put these into practice by networking and forming contacts with your peers and field leaders at the conference.

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Who should attend

Patient-facing pharmacists and technicians looking to develop their professional and leadership skills and be better equipped to deal with the many professional issues they face in their day-to-day work.

Academics in pharmacy practice wishing to hear about latest research by their peers, network with other academics and pharmacists and see how their research supports the working life of patient-facing pharmacists and empowers patients to make better health choices and medicine decisions.

Pharmacy students wanting to develop skills to be better equipped to deal with professional issues they may shortly face as a qualified pharmacist, to receive tips to boost their career prospects and to form lasting contacts beneficial to their future career.

Industrial pharmacists wishing to see how their work impacts on front-line pharmacists' day-to-day practice to improve patients care.

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