Skills for MURs is a distance learning programme designed to give community pharmacists the competencies to provide Medicines Use Reviews under the pharmacy contract for England and Wales.

There are two parts to the course:

1.         Learning materials

2.         Online assessment

The learning materials are in two parts, contained in one folder:

Part 1 consists of the MUR Handbook, a comprehensive “how to” guide setting out the service requirements and the skills pharmacists need to possess to successfully deliver an MUR service.

Part 2 comprises a series of 12 clinical modules covering therapeutic areas you are likely to encounter when conducting MURs, such as hypertension, diabetes, asthma and arthritis. 

Both Parts 1 and 2 of the learning materials contain self-assessment questions and MUR case studies, enabling users to check their understanding of the topics covered. Both the MUR Handbook and clinical modules provide a valuable and easy-to-use reference source to keep in the pharmacy.

Once pharmacists have worked through the learning materials and feel confident with all aspects of MURs, they can progress to the online assessment at www.skillformurs.co.uk 

Assessment

To pass the online assessment, pharmacists must successfully complete three case studies. Each case study includes a patient history, patient medication record and a video clip of a pharmacist conducting an MUR with a patient, and must be completed within 40 minutes.

Pharmacists can choose whether to do all the case studies in one go, or to logout in between and return at a later date. However, once registered, pharmacists have 12 months to complete the assessment – this time period reduces to six months once the first case study has been attempted.

Up to three case studies can be failed – any more will result in the pharmacist failing the assessment and he or she will need to re-register to try again.

Registration

Learning Materials cost £35+VAT and online assessment costs £65. Both can be purchased – either separately or together – at www.skillsformurs.co.uk 

For more information on this course. Email pharmacytraining@cmpmedica.com or telephone 01732 377269.

Certification

Successful completion of Skills for MURs will result in the pharmacist being awarded a Practice Certificate from the Medway School of Pharmacy. This Practice Certificate is worth five academic credits, which can be used towards a Postgraduate Certificate in Pharmacotherapy and Service Development as part of Medway’s Short Course Pathway. For more information, telephone 01634 883150 or email pharmacy@medway.ac.uk

Skills for MURs is supported by an educational grant from