www.chemistanddruggist.co.

uk/update-toolkit

My CPD log
Eczema and psoriasis
My name

Continuing professional development

CPD describes any activity you do to keep your practice up to date. The learning you record in this CPD log can be used as the basis for a CPD entry. You can copy and paste the contents of this log into the recording forms at www.uptodate.org.uk. This log can be used as evidence for your learning portfolio.

Update Toolkit: Dermatology

Date

Reflect
What do you want to learn?
More about different types of eczema and psoriasis and how to recognise them. More about the causes and treatments of guttate and scalp psoriasis, infected, discoid and ngertip eczema and supercial basal cell carcinoma. Understand the relevance of knowledge of eczema and psoriasis to my particular practice. Any other learning objectives relating to my practice. (Write them here)

How important is it? (1= low, 5 = high)

To you To the users of your services/products To your colleagues To your organisation 1 2 3 4 5

What might I need to do in order to achieve this learning?

Indicate which activities you choose to do which will depend entirely on your learning needs by ticking the box. 1. Read the Update Toolkit: Dermatology Eczema and psoriasis module, print and annotate with any extra information and attach to this sheet as evidence.
Advantages/disadvantages:

How is this learning relevant to the safe and effective practice of pharmacy and to your own scope of practice?
Skin conditions such as eczema and psoriasis are relatively common and the pharmacy may be the rst port of call for advice. Some forms of eczema, psoriasis and basal cell carcinoma have similar appearances and this article with its descriptions and images helps me to identify them and to provide advice to patients.

2. Find out more about psoriasis and its treatment from the Patient UK website at http://tinyurl.com/psoriasis11.
Advantages/disadvantages:

What methods did you use to identify that you needed to learn this?
Personal interest and reading.

3. Revise my knowledge of eczema on the NHC Choices website at http://tinyurl.com/psoriasis12.

Advantages/disadvantages:

Plan
When will you need to have achieved this learning?

4. Read more about the treatment of discoid eczema on the NHS Choices website at http://tinyurl.com/psoriasis13.
Advantages/disadvantages:

Why is this learning important to you and your practice?

I will have improved my knowledge of eczema and psoriasis and will be more able to offer advice to patients with condence.

5. Find out more about basal cell carcinoma on the Patient UK website at http://tinyurl.com/psoriasis14.
Advantages/disadvantages:

www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk/update-toolkit

6. Think about the advice I could give to patients during an MUR and read the MUR protocols and aide memoires for eczema and psoriasis on the C+D website at http://tinyurl.com/psoriasis15.
Advantages/disadvantages:

6. I thought about the advice I could give to patients during an MUR and read the MUR protocols and aide memoires for eczema and psoriasis on the C+D website at http://tinyurl.com/psoriasis15.
Date completed:

7. Keep a note of my next patient consultation or MUR involving eczema and psoriasis.
Advantages/disadvantages:

7. I kept a note of my next patient consultation or MUR involving eczema and psoriasis.
Date completed:

8. Successfully complete the 5 Minute Test accompanying this article.

Advantages/disadvantages:

8. I successfully completed the 5 Minute Test accompanying this module

Date completed:

9. Other action points

What did I learn?

I have learnt about different types of eczema and psoriasis and how to recognise them. I have learnt about the causes and treatments of guttate and scalp psoriasis, infected, discoid and ngertip eczema and supercial basal cell carcinoma. (Add any other comments here)

Act

I carried out the following action points (The number of points you choose to do depends entirely on what you feel is relevant to your learning needs): 1. I read the C+D UpdateToolkit Eczema and psoriasis module, annotated it with any extra information and attached it to this sheet as evidence.
Date completed:

Evaluate

To what extent did you learn what you set out to learn at the start of this CPD cycle? Fully Partly Not at all 1. If you ticked fully or partly, give an example of how you have applied or how you will apply what you have learnt to your practice?

2. I found out more about psoriasis and its treatment from the Patient UK website at http://tinyurl.com/psoriasis11.
Date completed:

2. If you ticked fully or partly, what have been or what will be the benets to your practice?

3. I revised my knowledge of eczema on the NHC Choices website at http://tinyurl.com/psoriasis12.

Date completed:

3. If your learning has not been fully achieved, describe what it is you still have to learn:

4. I read more about the treatment of discoid eczema on the NHS Choices website at http://tinyurl.com/psoriasis13.
Date completed:

4. If your learning has not been achieved, explain why you did not fully achieve your learning:

What do you intend to do next?

5. I found out more about basal cell carcinoma on the Patient UK website at http://tinyurl.com/psoriasis14.
Date completed:

Nothing, Ive learnt enough for what I need Review this entry to see how I can achieve the outstanding learning Start a new CPD cycle about what I still need to learn If this entry is complete, tick here
For more Update Toolkits, head to www.chemistanddruggist. co.uk/update-toolkit or sign up to Update Plus and search our comprehensive library of training modules, practice-based CPD scenarios or list of useful resources.