Links to training resources relevant to MI

• The National Medicines Information Training Course (Click for more details)
  
  
• UKMI Accredited Medicines Information Training Scheme for Pharmacy Technicians
  The UK Medicines Information Education & Training Working party has led the development of a national scheme for the formal training and assessment of pharmacy technicians working in Medicines Information.
  

  For any further information contact - richard.cattell@ubht.swest.nhs.uk 

  The second cohort is currently underway.
  Key dates are:
  

  • Assessment Dates - 13th and 13th July 2005

The manual and portfolio for this cohort are available for download here (MS Word Files):
Manual v2.2, May 2004
  Supplement to manual - Use of N/A   
  Supplement to manual - Verification of Supporting Pharmacists   
Portfolio v2.2, May 2004
   Supplement to portfolio - Replacement for page 8   
   Portfolio Checklist  

Please note: All other versions are not valid for this cohort.

Future Cohorts:
Demand for future cohorts will be determined in due course and arrangements made accordingly. Further information will be added to the website when it becomes available.

• MSc / Diploma in Pharmaceutical Information Management
  The course is provided by City University London, Department of Information Science. It is primarily, though not exclusively, designed for those engaged in pharmaceutical information work in industry or in the health service.
  
• The Association of Information Officers in the Pharmaceutical Industry (AIOPI) web site
  The web site provides a link to the Diploma in Pharmaceutical Information Management (as above), which is run jointly by City University and AIOPI.
  Information on the Diploma in Pharmacovigilance, run by SIGAR (the AIOPI special interest group on adverse reactions and pharmacovigilance) and the University of Hertfordshire, can also be accessed.
  

Links to training resources relevant to Medicines Information

• Competency Framework for Medicines Information Pharmacists
  The framework is designed for qualified pharmacists and aims to define the competencies that MI pharmacists either already have, or need to develop, in order to perform their work effectively.
• An introduction to searching Micromedex Databases
  Selected slides from Pharmaceutical Press training days 2001
  (For a description of search techniques, please refer to the accompanying training guide)
  J. McGlashan, Assistant Editor Electronic, Martindale, Pharmaceutical Press
• Micromedex ® Databases – Training Notes
  Based on demonstration and worked examples from Medicines Information training sessions, 2001
  J. McGlashan, Assistant Editor Electronic, Martindale, Pharmaceutical Press
• Learning to use We BNF
  Colin R Macfarlane, Staff Editor, British National Formulary
  August 2001 © Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
• Users Guide to Martindale – Micromedex ® Volume 112
  Compiled by the Editorial Department
  Martindale: The complete Drug Reference for Pharmaceutical Press