The following template can help you use your learning to make an entry in the ‘Planned CPD’ category of 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 prepare myself and my pharmacy team to provide clinical advice for customers who present at the pharmacy with colds and flu with the goals of reducing antibiotic use and preventing unnecessary visits to their GP practice or local A&E department.
• Why this learning is relevant to my role: (For you to add)
• How it will benefit the people who use my services: (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 other activities that show how you will be able to apply your learning.

• What will you and your team do to prepare ahead of the winter season to support patients in the management of colds and flu?
• How will you make sure that members of your team know what the likely length of common infections are as well as the red flag symptoms for referral?
• What resources will you use?

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 customers and/or local general practices will benefit from your learning. Also include an example of how someone actually benefited.
  • e.g. This learning will benefit my team by...
  • e.g. An example of a customer/patient who benefited from my learning is...