Certificate in the Management of Drug Misuse in Primary
Care Part 2
Content
Overview
Key Aims
Course Content
Applying for the Course
Expenses
Contact
Overview
The course has been
developed in consultation with senior members of RCGP, RCGP
Scotland, representatives from the Royal College of Psychiatrists,
Royal College of Nursing, Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great
Britain, the College of Pharmacy Practice, the Department of
Health, and the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse and
key practitioners from psychiatry, general practice, education and
research.
This course is aimed at
all practitioners with a special clinical interest in drug misuse.
Most of those undertaking the course are General Practitioners;
however, we have now adapted the course to ensure it is relevant to
all practitioner groups and thus we are pleased to be able to offer
this certificate to Nurses and Pharmacists too.
The training is aimed at
the intermediate level practitioner or, using the new term derived
from the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), a
Practitioner with a Special Clinical Interest (PwSI).
Please note it is
NOT intended to produce specialists in drug misuse and it is
important that candidates, Community Health Partnership’s (CHP) or
others do not assume otherwise.
The Drugs Misuse Training
course is accredited by RCGP Scotland’s Educational
Providers Accreditation Scheme (Scotland)
(EPASS).
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Key Aims
The key aims of the Certificate course are
to:
- Enable practitioners to
develop competences at an intermediate or specialized generalist
level in drug misuse, as outlined in the Clinical Guidelines on
Drug Misuse.
- Develop a cadre of
practitioners with special clinical interest able to support local
colleagues in the care of drug users. These practitioners will work
within defined service frameworks and expected to participate in a
process of Continuing Professional Development to meet requirements
for revalidation. These are currently under development.
- Improved confidence in
practitioner’s ability to communicate with and work in teams.
- Improve the confidence of
practitioners in their management of patients with drug use
problems.
- Develop the role of
practitioners in local strategic planning, commissioning and
shared-care monitoring groups
- Develop a multidisciplinary
package to reflect current service requirements
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Course Content
The course consists of
eight full study days spread over approximately 10 months. It is
largely self directed learning and all the information you will
need to complete this is set out in the Personal Development
Handbook and Portfolio which you will receive at the beginning of
the course.
The course runs from
February – November and is comprised of the following stages:
National Training Day
This will introduce you
to the course materials and give you an opportunity to meet other
candidates and your tutors.
Tutor Led Training Day
One
This will be in workshops
groups of about 10 participants and led by a group tutor. The
content is based on directed reading.
Self Directed Learning
During this time you will
need to complete your learning portfolio and ensure that you have
met your identified learning needs. This can be carried out in a
variety of ways such as shadowing a colleague, specialist coaching,
or organized courses/conferences.
Tutor Led Training Day
Two
This will include the
presentation and discussion of assignments and additional directed
reading.
Course Assessments
The course
assignments are aimed at helping the candidates meet their
individual learning needs hence there are three compulsory
assignments plus a choice of one further assignment from a list of
very broad choices (including special interest master classes and
other assignment options). It will be up to the candidates to
define their learning needs and to match these with the options
available. The candidates will be asked to select their option
soon after the National Training Day.
Tutors for the course
have been appointed to work with and support candidates. These are
senior practitioners with proven experience in the management of
drug misusers. They have received training for their role as tutors
and have had to undertake some of the same assessment processes as
other participants.
If you would like
to view the 2008 Candidates Professional Handbook and
Portfolio for more information on the course content, please
follow the link below:
2008
Candidates Progessional Hanbook and Portfolio
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Applying for the
Course
Candidates applying for
the course must be currently working in a post where they deal with
drug misusers.
Prior to commencing this
course, you must have completed the Certificate in the Management
of Drug Misuse in Primary Care Part 1 or equivalent. Pharmacists
must have completed the Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education
(CPPE) Open Learning Package “Drug Use and Misuse”.
Candidates who can
provide evidence of recent attendance at similar training events
may be granted exemption from this requirement.
If any prospective
candidates would like other courses to be considered by RCGP
Scotland as being equivalent to that of the Part 1 Certificate,
please submit details of the course, its learning outcomes and a
letter of support from the course organiser with your application
for the Part 2 Certificate.
Please note the 2008
course has already started. We are hoping to run the course again
in 2009 if you would like to register your interest in completing
the course please phone 0131 260 6815 or email drugmisuse@rcgp-scotland.org.uk.
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Expenses
The Certificate in the
Management of Drug Misuse in Primary Care Part 2 is FREE OF
CHARGE.
Candidates can claim expenses as details in
the FAQ section.
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Contact
Should you require further information, please
do not hesitate to contact us:
Drug Misuse Administrator
Royal College of General Practitioners
25 Queen Street
Edinburgh
EH2 1JX
E-Mail: drugmisuse@rcgp-scotland.org.uk
Telephone: 0131 2606815
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