Making a planned CPD entry – some pointers

Use this learning module about managing continuing symptoms after Covid-19 to make an entry in your revalidation record.

GPhC Q1. What are you planning to learn?
Tip: The GPhC expects this section to include three things – a learning objective, why this learning is relevant to your role and how this learning will benefit the people who use your services.

Learning objective: e.g. To enable myself and my team to provide support to people with possible long Covid and their family members/friends. 

Why this learning is relevant to my role: (for you to add)

GPhC Q2. How are you planning to learn it?

Tip: This section is for the learning activities you are going to do. Completing this module is one learning activity but make sure you include others that show how you will be able to apply your learning in practice.

• What will you and your team do to support patients (or their carers) seeking information and advice about long Covid and to identify patients that need referring?
• How will you make sure that members of your team know their role in how your pharmacy manages these issues? 
• What resources will you use: 
  - To get information to use in your conversations with patients and families? (e.g. NHS website; self-help groups)
  - To keep up to date with long Covid management and key research.

GPhC Q3. Give an example of how this learning has benefited the people using your services

Tip: Here you need to include statements about how you envisage your team and/or your patients and/or local general practices will benefit from you refreshing your learning about long Covid. Also include an example of how someone benefited as a result.

e.g. This learning will benefit my team by . . . 

e.g. An example of a customer/patient who benefited from my learning is. . . (Also explain why)