Yes I have,and its been very useful.Quite a few unis offer a range of courses.I work as a prescribing support pharmacist,(3 days a week) and i spend the rest of my working week in working as a locum in community pharmacy.GPs have a lot to do with their new contract so they usually welcome any sort of help from pharmacists.
Pharmacy is changing too- there are quite a few enhanced services we can get our teeth into like Minor Ailments schemes,Provision of levonelle against a PGD,smoking cessation,MURs ,supplementary prescribing ...and soon we will have Pharmacist Independent prescribers ..so as far as I'm concerned the future is bright the future is green (pharmacy's colour)
I istarted with a few CPPE long distance courses such as adverse reactions,care in the elderly,prescribing in cardiovascular disease etc.This prepared me for the course which dealt with four main areas -cardiovascular,respiratory ,gastro and depression .You can do a short course too then gradually build up your credits.
Because I work as a prescribing support pharmacist I have been able to apply my knowledge I work regularly in practices and have prescribing meetings with GPs and so much more
Good Luck
