1. Change Assigned Learning Set

If you need to change your London based learning set, as you cannot attend your allocated group, please access our learning set change form below:

• Learning Set Change Form

Please note that our website has a full list of upcoming learning sets here:

• Current Learning Set dates

LS Groups have now changed names to indicate month and year of registration - e.g. A2 is now S08/A (September 2008 intake, Group A).

Note S07/D learning sets take place at Chesea and Westminster Hospital for details click here.

2. Update Student Practitioner Details

The JPB requires all practitioners to keep the following information up to date:

• Email address
• Home address
• Contact number to be used only with urgent messages
• Current hospital position and contact details so that JPB can reach you at work if necessary
• Practice Tutor details (name, email address and contact number)
• DAP titles and hospital base for DAP (as and when they are decided)

If you need to update your details with the JPB please send an email to admin@jpbsoutheast.org

4. Journal Podcasts

The New England Journal of Medicine, The British Medical Journal and The Lancet now produce weekly podcasts that provide a summary of the weeks articles.  These podcasts can either be accessed via their websites or through iTunes by searching for "NEJM", "BMJ" and "Lancet".

5. Dates for RITA Submission

The deadlines for RITA submissions are listed below for each of our intakes:

	Sept 09	March 09	Sept 08	March 08	Sept 07	March 07
4 month	31/01/2010
8 month	31/05/2010	30/11/2009
15 month	31/01/2011	30/06/2010	31/01/2010
21 month	30/06/2011	31/01/2011	30/06/2010	31/01/2010
27 month	31/01/2012	30/06/2011	31/01/2011	30/06/2010	31/01/2010
33 month	30/06/2012	31/01/2012	30/06/2011	31/01/2011	30/06/2010	31/01/2010

6. March 2010 Assessment Dates

• Thursday 4th March 2010 - M2 Therapeutic Review & M4 Change Management
• Tuesday 9th March 2010 - M2 Therapeutic Review
• Wednesday 10th March 2010 - M3 Audit (NB. Deadline for submission is Friday 12th February 2010 to admin@jpbsoutheast.org)
• Thursday 11th March 2010 - M3 Audit (NB. Deadline for submission is Friday 12th February 2010 to admin@jpbsoutheast.org)
• Tuesday 16th March 2010 - M4 Change Management
• Wednesday 17th March 2010 - M1 12 month OSCE & MCQ
• Thursday 18th March 2010 - M1 12 month OSCE & MCQ
• Tuesday 23rd March 2010 - M1 18 month OSCE & MCQ
• Wednesday 24th March 2010 - M1 18 month OSCE & MCQ
• Thursday 25th March 2010 - M1 18 month OSCE & MCQ
• Monday 29th March 2010  - M1 12 Portfolio only

The Exam timetable for March 2010 is available here.

Information for practitioners sitting assessments is available here.

Date posted: 25th January 2010

Further information on the timetabling of assesments will be available soon.

7. September 2010 Provisional Assessment Dates

• Tuesday 7th September 2010 - M2 Therapeutic Review
• Wednesday 8th September 2010 - M2 Therapeutic Review
• Thursday 9th September 2010 - M3 Audit (NB. Deadline for submission is Monday 30th August 2010 to admin@jpbsoutheast.org)
• Tuesday 14th September 2010 - M3 Audit (NB. Deadline for submission is Monday 30th August 2010 to admin@jpbsoutheast.org)
• Wednesday 15th September 2010 - M4 Change Management
• Thursday 16th September 2010 - M4 Change Management
• Monday 20th September 2010 - M1 12 month OSCE & MCQ & Pf
• Tuesday 21st September 2010 - M1 12 month OSCE & MCQ & Pf
• Wednesday 22nd September 2010 - M1 12 month OSCE & MCQ & Pf
• Thursday 23rd September 2010 - M1 12 month OSCE & MCQ & Pf
• Monday 27th September 2010 - M1 18 month OSCE & MCQ & Pf
• Tuesday 28th September 2010 - M1 18 month OSCE & MCQ & Pf
• Wednesday 29th September 2010 - M1 18 month OSCE & MCQ & Pf
• Thursday 30th September 2010 - M1 18 month OSCE & MCQ & Pf
• Tuesday 5th October 2010 - M1 12 Portfolio only

8. Progress Tests

As part of ongoing development of the Postgraduate Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice, a regular progress test is being introduced in February 2010 to track practitioners’ progress throughout the programme.   Thereafter the test will be completed in July and January each year for the duration of the programme.

Further details and a list of frequently asked questions can be found at this link.