CPD Yearly Subscription for Pharmacy Technicians & OTC Staff

eLearning courses

Overview

With the current emphasis on “Pharmacy First” before attending a GP, never has it been more important for pharmacy technicians and the OTC pharmacy team, to be up-to-date and competent in appraising customer and patient ailments and general health queries.

In support of this changed community pharmacy landscape, the IPU have developed a CPD Yearly Subscription which gives unlimited access to a suite of CPD short eLearning courses. The courses have been designed and developed by pharmacists and built to the highest educational quality standards. And now, never has it been easier to access CPD for pharmacy technicians and the OTC pharmacy team 24/7/365!

Subscription Content

The Yearly Subscription includes:

1. Asthma Treatment Update;

2.Chronic Pulmonary Disease (COPD);

3.Gastrointestinal Conditions (Upper);4.Gastrointestinal Conditions (Lower);

5.Heart Health (1);

6.Heart Health (2);

7.Mental Health- Depression;

8.Mental Health – Basic understanding of Schizophrenia;

9.Support and Care for Cancer Patients;

10. Diabetes Management and Monitoring;

11.Epilepsy Treatment, Safety and Uses; and

12.Hi-Tech Drugs Scheme.

Course Delivery and Methodology

The courses are available in an eLearning format. Each course is highly interactive with onscreen content, learner activities, diagrams, videos, quizzes etc., as well as a voice-over to guide the learner through the onscreen content. There are also website links and additional resources for further study.

Course Schedule

These CPD courses are available online on the IPU Professional Academy Learning Management System (LMS) and can be accessed at anytime throughout the year.

Assessment

At the end of each course, there is an assessment, once successfully passed a Certificate of Completion will be issued.

Course Fee

The cost of the Yearly Subscription is €139 for learners working for IPU members, or €199 for learners working for non-members. This will give the learner the opportunity to study the entire suite of CPD courses at their own pace over a 12-Month period. The Yearly Subscription starts on enrolment day and lasts for 12 months.

How to Enrol and Pay

1. Go to www.ipu.ie.
2. In the top menu, click on “IPU Professional Academy” and then select Training Courses.
3. If you want to browse first, just click View Course to read the details.
4. From the Training Courses page, you can add courses to a shopping cart by hovering over the course you want and clicking Add to Cart. You will be able to increase the quantity at the Checkout point. You can continue adding other courses to the cart, or when you are done, click View basket on the last course you added, or, if you are viewing a course, click on the basket icon in the right-hand corner and click View Basket.
5. From here, you can increase the quantity but make sure to click Update Basket if you do so.
6. Please, make sure you click on the green button ”Members Login” and log on if you are a member, so the system will show the member price.
7. Click Proceed to Checkout when you are happy with your booking (s) and enter your billing and pharmacist details.
8. You can then scroll down to enter the student details. For example, if you are intending on booking one student on one course and then two students on to a different course, you will see three student bookings appear in the Checkout, since you are booking three slots. The name of the course (s) you have selected will appear at the top of each slot so you can enter the details of the appropriate student to the selected course. You would then repeat the same for the next two student slots.
9. After entering all the required information, enter your card details and click Place Order to pay for all of the bookings in one go.This eLearning course is available to purchase 24/7 and is placed on the IPU Professional Academy Learning Management System (LMS).