r/Pharmacy_UK

Basically the title. I went to the pharmacy today to pick up a private prescription and, when I was about to pay, asked the pharmacist what the average price was for the medication. They said they didn’t know until they put it into the system and I should divide the cost by the tablets, so I explained that I wasn’t asking about my specific prescription, but just in general. It became a whole thing (at least in my head), and I just said, “Okay, no worries.” So now I'm just wandering if pharmacists know the average prices of medications.

Thanks in advance!

Hi

I’m a newly qualified IP pharmacist. I know the new pharmacy first conditions have been released but idk if any pharmacies are offering it atm. When I’ve asked staff they don’t know either.
Where do I find out which pharmacies are offering it?

Also what rate should I be taking if I’m expected to use my IP? My current average rate is £30 with one or two exceptions to my bottom line.!

I’ve only just started working in a pharmacy after looking for a job everywhere. The one I work at is an online pharmacy so I didn’t realise it until later on that I was limiting myself from experiencing more things in pharmacy. It’s a small place to work at and most days I’m the only dispenser working there I have no knowledge about pharmacy and I wanted to do an apprenticeship to gain some qualifications but this pharmacy doesn’t seem to be a good idea to start it I’ve been told by another coworker. Everything in my work place is old school routine. I constantly get yelled at for anything makes me wanna cry and just leave.
I don’t want to stay here while doing a course that would be mean I would have to stay a year or two.
I’ve been told that the coursework will be about retail pharmacy situations but nothing like online since I don’t interact with anyone.
What should I do?

Hi everyone! I’m a first-year pharmacy student and I’m already trying to figure out what study method actually works before the workload gets even heavier.

One thing I’ve noticed is that whenever I try to make notes from lectures, I end up copying like 80–90% of the slides. And then I sit there thinking… what is the point? 😭 The information is already on the lecture slides, so I’ve basically just made another version of the same thing.

For example, today we had a really heavy “basis of drugs” lecture. The slides already contained pretty much all the information, and the lecturer was explaining things verbally. So instead of trying to write everything down, I just listened, followed along with the slides, and made a few little notes/questions when something needed clarification.

And honestly, I did understand the lecture afterwards.

So I’m wondering if I should stop trying to make traditional notes altogether?

I’m currently thinking of doing something like:

1. Attend/watch the lecture and actually listen rather than trying to transcribe everything.
2. Keep the slides open and only write down:
   • things the lecturer says that aren't on the slides
   • things I don't understand
   • connections between concepts
   • important explanations/examples
3. After the lecture, go back and tackle anything I didn’t understand.
4. Then make Anki flashcards for the information I actually need to remember.
5. Use Anki regularly for spaced repetition.
6. Also do active recall/practice questions so I’m not just recognising information from the slides.
7. Keep the lecture slides as my main reference instead of rewriting them into another set of notes.

Basically, I'm thinking:

Lecture → understand → identify gaps → fix gaps → make Anki cards → spaced repetition → practice questions/active recall.

Does this sound like a sensible way to approach pharmacy?

Also, for those of you further into pharmacy: what do you actually put into Anki? Do you make cards for basically everything, or only things like drug mechanisms, side effects, receptors, pharmacokinetics, definitions, pathways, etc.?

And do you make your own notes at all, or do you mostly rely on the lecture slides + Anki + questions?

I’d really appreciate hearing how people who are actually doing pharmacy approached first year, because I don’t want to spend hours making beautiful notes that I never actually use. 😭

Also, I’m getting my MacBook tomorrow and my iPad isn’t arriving until January, so I’m currently working from my laptop. If anyone has any good Mac/Anki/pharmacy study setups, I’m all ears!

Thank you for listening to my rant.

Hi all, I’m a newly qualified pharmacist that is looking to start locumming. What is the best way to start booking shifts. I have signed up to apps but struggling to get decent shifts in the midlands