Clinical blog
CPD and features editor, Chris Chapman, asks for your list of the top 5 influential people in pharmacy.
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Latest clinical news
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Clinical The MHRA is poised to issue updated guidance on the use of codeine-containing medicines in children aged over 12 years, it advised this week, following a European review of the painkiller. |
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Clinical Community pharmacists are a suitable first port of call for patients with skin conditions, dermatology experts have said after their research found that two fifths accurately diagnosed a range of conditions. |
Practical Approach
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Practical Approach Your area manager tells you that you're going to be tutoring a pre-registration student for the first time. How do you prepare and what are your duties during their training? |
 Practical Approach Your counter assistants disagree on whether hepatitis is due to alcohol consumption or a virus. What can you tell them about the different causes? |
 Practical Approach A patient doesn't understand why her daughter needed a hearing test after contracting bacterial meningitis. What do you say? |
 Practical Approach A problem with ear pain at night has brought a customer in to see you. Can you help him understand his GP's diagnosis? |
 Practical Approach A captain in the TA is complaining of ringing in the ears, which has become more noticeable. What could have exacerbated the problem? |
IN DEPTH
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Update Module 1659 This module covers antibiotics and antimicrobial resistance, the causes of resistance, the bacteria that are currently causing problems and the financial and health burdens |
 Update Module 1658 This module covers facts and figures about tuberculosis, resistant strains, diagnosis and management, as well as prevention of infection. |
 Update Module 1657 This module covers the mechanism of action for different groups of hypnotic drugs, the latest guidelines on prescribing and the adverse effects of hypnotics |
 Studies show that the input of a pharmacist can demonstrably improve the lives of respiratory patients. Read C+D's top tips and improve your respiratory consultations and MURs |
 Update Module 1655 This module covers how MS affects neural tissues, risk factors, diagnosis, the four types and management of this inflammatory condition |
Update
 Update Module 1659 This module covers antibiotics and antimicrobial resistance, the causes of resistance, the bacteria that are currently causing problems and the financial and health burdens |
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Update Module 1658 This module covers facts and figures about tuberculosis, resistant strains, diagnosis and management, as well as prevention of infection. |
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Update Module 1657 This module covers the mechanism of action for different groups of hypnotic drugs, the latest guidelines on prescribing and the adverse effects of hypnotics |
How will I benefit?
• Includes access to Update, Practical Approach, Ethical Dilemma and more
• All you need to achieve nine CPD entries for your ‘Plan and Record' portfolio
• 12 months access to an extensive and growing resource library
• Resources and links to help you find key documents and papers
£52+VAT (£62.40) 
What do I need to do?
Sign up to the C+D website if you haven't already — then sign up for Update online
How will I benefit?
• Use Update to help achieve your nine CPD entries this year for the GPhC
• Simple 5 Minute online assessment for each module
• CPD log sheet for each successfully completed module
• Wide range of topics — choose from more than 40 modules each year
• New modules published every week
• Revisit modules and MCQs on the C+D website
Buy Update £35+VAT (£42)
Clinical quiz
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Picture quiz A young man is suffering with sore feet and his job in a warehouse means he's on his feet all day. Can you diagnose the problem and answer the five CPD questions? |
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A farmer shows you a lesion on her thumb, believing it is the result of a splinter. Can you diagnose the problem and answer the five CPD questions? |
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Clinical picture quiz Does hair grow back spontaneously in alopecia areata? And does the condition always follow a predictable pattern? |
App of the week
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App of the week This app, from the Royal College of Physicians, is aimed at patients and carers and includes advice on caring for someone after a stroke or TIA |
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App of the week This patient.co.uk app enables patients to record and monitor their sleeping patterns by completing a simple questionnaire twice a day |
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App of the week This app from NHS 24 offers advice on common muscle, back and joint problems and includes exercises to help get users moving safely |
Ethical dilemma
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Ethical Dilemma An unwell-looking man comes in to buy plasters, his finger looks severely infected but he is dismissive your concerns and just wants his plasters, how do you proceed? |
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Ethical Dilemma Pharmacists and the experts advise on how to act if you catch a colleague using Wikipedia in order to advise their patients |
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Ethical Dilemma You notice a colleague pharmacist looks up drugs and conditions on Wikipedia in order to advise patients. Is this ethical? What would you do? |