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Professional practice - Domain 2

Domain 2 relates to the following capabilities:

Applies clinical knowledge and skills in practice
Draws upon and critically appraises appropriate information to inform decision making; manages uncertainty and risk appropriately
Practices professionally

The Clinical and patient facing resources and the links on this page will support you in meeting the learning outcomes for this domain.

Resource Name	Provider	Description
Taking a Medication History	e-LfH	Interactive module focusing on best practices for taking accurate and complete medication histories.
Complex Decision Making for Newly Qualified Pharmacists	RPS	Framework and case studies to support clinical reasoning and structured decision-making.
Assessments for On-call Pharmacists	e-LfH	Simulated on-call clinical scenarios to build confidence in urgent care settings.
Orientation to hospital pharmacy	CPPE	Introduction to the roles, responsibilities, and common tasks of hospital-based pharmacists.
Critical evaluation	Medicines Learning Portal	Guide to assessing the quality of clinical literature and making evidence-informed decisions.
Coping with complexity	NHSE / CIEHF	Webinar, infographic, and toolkit to improve clinical decision-making in complex environments.
Decision Making	Medicines Learning Portal	Structured approaches to clinical decision-making and problem-solving.
Deprivation of liberty Safeguards	e-LfH	E-learning on legal frameworks protecting patients who lack mental capacity.
Medicines information training package	Regional Drug & Therapeutics Centre	Core modules and tools to support safe and effective delivery of medicines information services.
Medicines optimisation	CPPE	Training to support effective, patient-centred medicines use and improved outcomes.
Mental Capacity Act	e-LfH	Legal and practical training on assessing capacity and best interest decisions.
Professional standards	GPhC	Core GPhC standards to guide safe, effective, and ethical pharmacy practice.
Introduction to public health – e-course	CPPE	Overview of public health concepts and the pharmacist’s role in health promotion.
Patient safety gateway page	CPPE	Central hub for patient safety training, reporting, human factors, and error reduction.
Human Factors / Ergonomics for Patient Safety	e-LfH	E-learning on systems thinking, human error, and improving safety culture in pharmacy.
The rising costs of medicines	The King’s Fund	Explores economic pressures on medicines budgets and implications for NHS sustainability.
Documenting in patient clinical records	CPPE	Guidance on clear, legal, and accurate record-keeping in patient care settings.

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