Wellbeing in the Pharmacy

(6 evening sessions, each one week apart, Tutor Delivered Online Workshops)

Overview

The Wellbeing in the Pharmacy course has been designed to assist pharmacists and pharmacy staff boost their level of wellbeing, and that of their teams. Retail Pharmacy is a fertile ground for burnout. Commonly quoted concerns include a heavily regulated environment, excessive documentation, demanding customers and patients, long hours, prolonged periods of concentration, and staffing shortages. Pharmacists spend their days looking after the health and wellbeing of others, but ironically it is often at the expense of their own!

Course Content

1. Introduction to Wellbeing

What exactly is Wellbeing and how can you improve it? Is there a format, toolbox, or roadmap you can follow? What does the science say and what does it mean for you?

2. The Power of Positive Emotions

Learn to use the power of positive emotions and discover how your mood affects your performance and that of your colleagues.

3. The Science of Mindfulness

Mindfulness is a way of paying attention to the present moment.

Being mindful can boost our concentration, improve our relationships, and help with stress.

4. Building Quality Relationships

Learn highly practical approaches to developing and maintaining quality relationships. Discover how to positively connect with others in effective & enjoyable ways.

5. Discover and Apply Your Strengths

Learn how to identify and amplify your strengths and those of your team to increase levels of engagement and find more meaning and satisfaction in your daily work and life.

6. The Joy of Movement

It is impossible to have a wellbeing plan that doesn’t include physical activity and movement. Learn about how your body is wired and get inspired to get moving.

Course Delivery and Methodology

This course is held over six evening sessions via online workshops led by an expert tutor. This course is highly interactive and uses presentations, individual and group exercises, and discussions. It centres around a science-backed, research-based model of wellbeing, detailing tools and techniques that are simple, straightforward, and easy to implement in even the busiest of retail pharmacy environments. Learners will need a computer/ laptop and a set of earphones or headset to attend.

Course Schedule

The course runs for six weeks, with sessions held each Tuesday evening from 8.00pm – 9.30pm, commencing 3 February 2026.

Assessment

Participants who complete the course will receive an IPU Professional Academy Certificate of Completion.

Course Fee

The cost of this course is €299 for learners working for IPU members; or €499 for learners working for non-members.

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.
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