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Pharmacist Support invites trainee pharmacists to join the ACTNow wellbeing campaign
Mon 21st June 2021
This week (21-25 June), PDA’s charity partner Pharmacist Support is running a campaign to help trainee pharmacists (pre-regs) to focus on their wellbeing.
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PDA members help pre-regs in the run up to the July 2021 assessment
Thu 3rd June 2021
Last week, three PDA members were guest speakers at an online PDA event that helped to support over sixty pre-regs due to sit the July assessment. The session, held exclusively for PDA members, saw Johnny Blatchford, Samuel Opoku and Abby Clarke share their experience of sitting the first online assessment in March 2021.
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PDA hosts ‘Get Mentally Prepared’ for the exams workshop with Pharmacist Support
Tue 1st June 2021
Last month, student and pre-reg members joined the PDA for a wellbeing workshop hosted by Pharmacist Support.
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Registering for reasonable adjustments for the July 2021 assessment and adjustment appeals
Thu 27th May 2021
The GPhC confirmed that the July 2021 assessment examinations will once again be delivered online through Pearson VUE, mainly at test centres in Great Britain.
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PDA receives positive member feedback from the March 2021 assessment candidates
Thu 27th May 2021
The PDA would like to congratulate those who passed the March 2021 assessment. Members have been continuously supported throughout the assessment process in a number of ways including receiving advice and guidance and being invited to take part in free PDA member revision assessment programmes. The PDA also called on employers to support staff sitting the assessment.
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PDA call on employers to support exam candidates once results are announced
Sun 18th April 2021
The GPhC have confirmed that provisionally registered pharmacists who do not pass their assessment will be removed from the register at 09:00am on Thursday 29th April 2021.
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GPhC extend Provisional Registrant arrangements until 2022 and delay this year’s Summer exam dates
Fri 12th March 2021
The GPhC has announced that they are extending the provisional registrant arrangements until January 2022, and due to an associated delay to the Summer registration exam date, any of the current (20-21) cohort of pre-registration trainees wishing to practice from 1 August will now have to also become provisional registrants until the results are released and they are eligible to join the pharmacist register.
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Understanding when to withdraw and when to nullify for the March 2021 Assessment
Thu 11th March 2021
The GPhC has issued guidance regarding the process leading up to the assessments to be held on the 17 and 18 March, including practice questions and information for the day of the exam.
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Urgent action needed by GPhC to retain credibility of online registration assessment
Mon 1st March 2021
The latest issues with the first online registration assessment have left many of the population of exam candidates with little or no confidence in the arrangements and wondering what else may go wrong between now and receiving their results.
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Withdrawal and Nullification- Sitting the registration assessment in March 2021
Wed 24th February 2021
With the assessment fast approaching (17 & 18 March), the PDA is aware that some members may find themselves in situations that will have an adverse impact on their performance.