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Significant learning<br />
opportunity: Wound care<br />
Your new Group 3 CPD project<br />
www.pharmacytoday.co.nz<br />
Click on the ELearning link to start your project<br />
A word from the facilitator<br />
My name is Dr Alesha Smith.<br />
I have a PhD in pharmacy and public health and I have worked as an academic<br />
and research consultant in healthcare for more than 10 years, both in New<br />
Zealand and overseas. My research and work focuses on improving patient<br />
outcomes through quality use of medicines, guideline development, the use<br />
of innovative health IT solutions and extending pharmacy services.<br />
From working in the education sector for many years I know that learning<br />
to reflect on your practice is new to many experienced pharmacists and<br />
it can be difficult and rewarding in equal, or unequal, measure.<br />
In conjunction with the Pharmacy Today ELearning team, we are pleased<br />
to offer a course that will guide you through the fundamentals of reflective<br />
practice and provide you with the tools and material to complete some<br />
learning that will help you meet the requirements of a Group 3 CPD project.<br />
Our first topic is skin infections. This topic has been chosen to<br />
support ACC in their goal of reducing preventable skin infections<br />
over the next five years and they need pharmacists help!<br />
Group 3 projects require you to undertake activities where an assessment of existing<br />
practice (as an individual or within a pharmacy practice), and the needs and barriers<br />
to changes in this practice is undertaken prior to the development of a particular<br />
activity. As a result, the activity addresses identified learning needs with a reflection<br />
post activity to evaluate practice change or outcomes resulting from the activity.<br />
This course will give you online tools to assess your areas for learning through<br />
the documentation and reflection of patient encounters matched against best<br />
practice recommendations. We will then provide you with resources for enhancing<br />
your knowledge and activities to help you upskill in a particular area related to<br />
preventable skin infections. Following this, we will provide a tool to help you assess<br />
and reflect on your learning and document how this has impacted your practice.<br />
You will also have the opportunity to find a learning partner or connect with likeminded<br />
pharmacists through the use of our online discussion boards and forums.<br />
I am looking forward to working with pharmacists from across New Zealand to help<br />
you complete a successful and meaningful Group 3 project.<br />
Dr Alesha Smith<br />
GROUP 3<br />
Project<br />
guideline<br />
ONE TWO THREE FOUR<br />
Assess your areas<br />
for learning using<br />
patient encounter<br />
reflection forms.<br />
Advertise for a<br />
learning peer<br />
Access resources<br />
for enhancing your<br />
knowledge based<br />
on your knowledge<br />
gaps<br />
Undertake<br />
activities<br />
to upskill<br />
Assess and<br />
reflect on your<br />
learning and print<br />
your learning log
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