Trainee Pharmacist

Welcome to the trainee pharmacist (previously known as pre-reg pharmacist) section of this website.

The following categories below include a wide range of resources to help you during the pharmacy foundation training year (previously known as the pre-reg year) and when preparing for the trainee pharmacist exam/GPhC exam (previously known as the pre-reg exam).

Please note, you may find references/content referring to the pre-reg year, pre-reg pharmacist or pre-reg exam in some places on the website. We are currently in the process of updating these.

Trainee Pharmacist Exam Preparation

Trainee Pharmacist Essential Resources / Documents

Practice Pharmacy Calculations

Pharmacy Units of Measurement and Unit Conversions

Practice How to Use the BNF (with a quiz)

Practice How to Use the BNFC (with a quiz)

First Aid for Trainee Pharmacists

Practice BNF Open Book Pre-Reg Questions (not applicable to the 2016 exam and onwards)

How to Get Through the Pre-Reg Year and Exam

Time Management Tips for Trainee Pharmacists

Responding to Symptoms

Pharmacy Mnemonics: WWHAM, ASMETHOD, ENCORE and SIT DOWN SIR

When to Refer in Common Illnesses / Minor Ailments

Over-the-counter (OTC) Medicines to be Avoided or Used With Caution in Asthmatics

Over-the-counter (OTC) Medicines to Avoid in Prostate Enlargement

Over-the-counter (OTC) Medicines to Avoid in Glaucoma

Over-the-counter (OTC) Laxatives for Constipation

Cough in the Pharmacy: A Practical Approach

Over-the-counter (OTC) Drug Abuse

Clinical

Pharmacy Abbreviations

Medical Abbreviations

Drugs With Anticholinergic Properties

Drug Induced Diarrhoea

Drug Induced Constipation

Drug Induced Hyperkalaemia

Drug Induced Hypokalaemia

Drug Induced Hypernatraemia

Drug Induced Hyponatraemia

Drug Induced Neutropenia

Drug Induced Thrombocytopenia

Drug Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis

Medications and Falls in the Elderly

Medicines Causing Urine Colour Change

Medications and Recreational Drugs That Can Cause Insomnia

Sedating Antihistamines and Non-Sedating Antihistamines

Fat-Soluble and Water-Soluble Vitamins

Common Drug Substrates, Inhibitors and Inducers of CYP450 Isoenzymes

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Clinical Content from KnowledgeDose

Medical Terms With Definitions Describing Clinical Signs and Symptoms

Health Promotion in the Pharmacy: Healthy Eating

High Risk Medicines

Pharmacy Abbreviations: Over-the-counter (OTC)

Drugs causing alopecia

Prodrugs

Drugs Highly Bound to Plasma Proteins

Pharmacological / Pharmacokinetic Properties of Beta-Blockers

Drugs Undergoing Extensive First-Pass Metabolism

Pharmacy Law

Prescription Requirements

Controlled Drug Prescription Requirements

Prescribing Rights of Doctors, Dentists, Independent Prescribers and Supplementary Prescribers