About BPS Assessment
BPS Assessment is the commercial assessment and eLearning arm of the British Pharmacological Society. Its mission is to drive improvement in medication safety through knowledge, assessment, and learning. This has propelled the launch of multiple training products in countries all over the globe. Since its launch in 2017, BPS Assessment has grown a strong international customer base and looks to continue expanding its products and services in line with market need.
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BPS Assessment offers the following products and services:
Prescribing Skills Assessment
Primarily focusing on prescribing education and training, BPS Assessment’s flagship product is the Prescribing Skills Assessment. This online assessment is derived from the UK Prescribing Safety Assessment (PSA) (see below), and includes over 1,000 questions, written by key subject matter experts, that span 8 core areas of prescribing skills, across a range of clinical settings.
The questions delivered in the Prescribing Skills Assessment are often localised to the standards of practice within a customer’s specific region and are currently offered to medical and pharmacy schools in Australasia, the Middle East, Europe, South East Asia, and North America.
Box sets
BPS Assessment also offers box sets of prescribing questions focused on a specific clinical area. Each box set contains 15 questions, which can be used to support learning or as a formative assessment.
Topics include:
- Cardiovascular - Heart failure
- Cardiovascular - Lipids
- Cardiovascular - IHD
- Cardiovascular - Hypertension
- Respiratory
- CNS Psychiatry
- Infections
- Polypharmacy
eLearning
There are over 50 eLearning sessions available from BPS Assessment, all written by experts in the field. They have been designed to develop students’ understanding of both clinical pharmacology and prescribing in practice, with quizzes and knowledge check questions throughout. The eLearning sessions support the Prescribing Skills Assessment, allowing students to revisit topics on demand and continually test their knowledge before sitting an assessment.
