CPD – Are You Still Out In The Cold?

All pharmacists who are registered as practising members of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain are required to undertake Continuing Professional Development (CPD). Like it or loathe it, mandatory CPD is almost upon us. Most pharmacists undertake CPD in some shape or form as part of their daily work, but personal experience suggests that this is often unstructured and usually goes unrecorded. The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has recommended the use of a cyclical process of reflection on practice, planning, action and evaluation to gain maximum benefit from learning. The aim of this article is to give practical advice on undertaking and recording CPD so that no-one is left out in the cold.