Who's who at the PJ

[Gowan]

The staff at The Journal and PJ Online. No horns in sight!

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[Rafael]

web controller or quality supervisor

[Gowan]

Any permutation of those words will do. There must be a dubious anagram in there, somewhere!!

[Rafael]

Hey Gowan
i read on the PJ homepage the following ' In January 2009, access to the full content of PJ Online will be available only to members of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain and paying subscribers. Register or subscribe today!'

what would be available for non members? what about the news section? i am registered as a student, does this means i can access any page on the PJ?

i do not believe this is a good idea, there is no need to further isolate students from pharmacy-related news IMHO. i have been reading the PJ news sector for years and to be honest i am not willing to pay a penny to read some news, this decision will force me(and others) to rely on the C+D website from january 2009.

any explanation from you would be great.
Regards

[Fleegle]

The RPSGB have been excluding interested parties from their little club for some time now. They even managed to force many long-standing members, of which I was one, into resignation. (I was subsequently invited to re-join, as apparently they had "made a mistake"). I did not re-join. This is nothing new. It is very sad, but strangely quite funny when you find you have become the latest victim of the cheap-aftershave, crumpled pinstripe, pointy shoes and red-braces brigade from Lambeth.

[Rafael]

RPSGB= money worshiper, I hope the GPhC is going to be a decent body( i doubt it, look at their cheap tactics to attract members by banning the use of MRPharmS post-nominal if they do not join)

[Gowan]

Raoul, the key phrase here is "full content" being restricted to subscribers and RPSGB members. So you'll still be able to access the news stories and view the discussion areas (forums).

Non-subscribers won't be able to access CPD articles, including Hospital/Clinical Pharmacist Life-long learning articles. Nor will you be able to contribute to the forums.

We have chapter 'n' verse FAQs in the office on this matter so when I'm back (5 January) I'll check on students' access. Last time I asked it was still being reviewed.

[Tony Schofield]

RPSGB= money worshiper, I hope the GPhC is going to be a decent body( i doubt it, look at their cheap tactics to attract members by banning the use of MRPharmS post-nominal if they do not join)

I think the point is being lost. The GPhC will only need to attract members who want to practice pharmacy. It won't be voluntary for them. They are the regulatory body. They will be the ENEMY!!

It is not a "cheap trick". If you aren't a member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, how could you complain about being denied access to the letters M.R.Pharm.S? They stand for "Member of...". If you aren't a member, why should you be entitled to use these letters?

If you are not a member of the new professional body but join the GPhC it is unlikely you will need post nominals. Doctors who are regulated by the GMC don't use post nominals. They use MB ChB. We would use (in your case) M.Pharm or (in my case) B.Sc.(hons) Pharm.

[Tony Schofield]

The staff at The Journal and PJ Online. No horns in sight!

About The Pharmaceutical Journal | PJ Online
About us | PJ Online

They are a good bunch. I got hammered with some of them at the Pharmaceutical Care award in June 2007.

[Rafael]

Thank you Gowan for the explanation, please update me after the holiday.
regards