Programme

08.15 - 09.00 - Registration, Coffee & Posters

09.00 - 10.30 - Plenary Session

Chair - Professor Angela Timoney, Chair of NES Pharmacy Advisory Group (PAG) and Director of Pharmacy, NHS Lothian

Achieving Excellence in Pharmaceutical Care
Dr Rose Marie Parr, Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, Scottish Government

Education developments in Scotland towards 'Achieving Excellence in Pharmaceutical Care'
Professor Anne Watson, Postgraduate Pharmacy Dean, NHS Education for Scotland

Quality of the learning environment from the perspective of a different profession
Professor Alastair R McLellan, Postgraduate Medical Dean, NHS Education for Scotland

Presentation of "NES Pharmacy Award for Trainee Excellence" (presented by Professor Angela Timoney)

Presentation of NES Vocational Training Foundation Programme Certificates (presented by Professor Anne Watson)

10.30 - 11.00 - Coffee & Posters

11.00 - 12.30 - Workshop Session 1 

1. Development of a Vocational Training Foundation Programme for Pharmacy Technicians
2. Development of experiential learning in Scotland
3. Pharmacy Teams Working in General Practice - interim review of the national evaluation
4. GPhC: What's new in relation to education

12.30 - 13.30 - Lunch & Posters

13.30 - 15.00 - Workshop Session 2 

1. Development of a Vocational Training Foundation Programme for Pharmacy Technicians
2. Development of experiential learning in Scotland
3. Pharmacy Teams Working in General Practice - interim review of the national evaluation
4. GPhC: What's new in relation to education

15.00 - 15.45 - Joint Plenary Session for Medical Education, Medical Apprisal and Pharmacy

Chair: Caroline Lamb, Chief Executive, NHS Education for Scotland

15.00 - 15.45 - Population Medicine – The New Paradigm
Sir Muir Gray, Honorary Clinical Researcher, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences / Visiting Professor, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford

15.45 - 16.00 - Closing Remarks, Professor Stewart Irvine, Medical Director & Deputy Chief Executive, NHS Education for Scotland