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

If you need to find out what group you are in for the Learning Sets (October 2011-August 2012) please refer to the following list:

• Full Group List for practitioners

2. Assessment Dates For 2011/2012 Academic Year

The February and September Assessment dates for 2012 can be found here by clicking the link below the list also contains resit dates which have been scheduled throughout the year.

Assessment and Resit Dates for 2011/2012

SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS

If you have special needs (such as a pregnancy, injury or other recent problem) which means you will require special exam arrangements for this session, you should contact admin team or registry as soon as possible to discuss your requirements.  you can be reach Registry, tel: 020 7753 5958, email: registry@pharmacy.ac.uk.

If you are entitled to special exam arrangements because of a declared disability or chronic condition for which you have already provided documentary evidence, please contact John to confirm ongoing arrangements.

You can read more about Special Examination Arrangement on UCL school of pharmacys website

4. 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 pg.admin@pharmacy.ac.uk.

NB if you change your email address, in addition to emailing admin, it is your responsibility to update Blackboard. You can do this by clicking the link in the top left of your Blackboard home page labelled "Personal Information".

5. 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.

6. 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".