Managing medicines: Learning outcomes
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After completing this tutorial, you will be able to:
- Explain the concept of medicines optimisation.
- Recognise the different types of guideline you will encounter as a pharmacist.
- Identify the role for a local formulary, NICE and other methods for managing the introduction of new medicines.
- Outline some reasons for medicines shortages and the role of commissioning in affecting how patients have access to certain medicines.

Competencies
This tutorial is aimed at hospital pre-registration pharmacists, and will help you achieve GPhC performance standards such as these:- A2.3 Follow work systems correctly
- A2.4 Use resources effectively
- C2.11 Refer, or direct the person, to a more suitable source of help or information, when necessary
If you are a foundation pharmacist, this tutorial may help you meet competencies from the RPS framework including:
- 1.3 Provision of medicine.
- 4.1 Clinical governance.
- 4.5 Procurement.
Continuing professional development
There are lots of activities that we've suggested within the body of this tutorial that you could write up as a CPD exercise.