FAQs Leadership for Pharmacy Professionals Programme (LPPP) The NHS Leadership Academy also provides leadership programmes, so why should I choose this one? The NHS Leadership Academy provides a range of leadership programmes for staff working at different levels within the NHS. The Edward Jenner programme provides the foundations of leadership via e-learning but lacks the opportunity for peer learning. The next step up is the Mary Seacole programme, which requires 10 – 12 hours per week of self-study over 12 months which is a really large time commitment! We believe that there is really big leap between the Edward Jenner and Mary Seacole programmes and our leadership programme aims to address this gap in terms of time commitment and the opportunity to learn with and from your peers through a learning community. What is a learning community? A learning community is a group of people, usually, from the same profession who come together to learn through sharing information and experiences to develop themselves personally and professionally. Collaborative inquiry and the learning related to it, enables professionals to develop and share a body of wisdom gleaned from their experience. We used the learning community format on our previous leadership development programme in 2013 and comments from pharmacists and pharmacy technicians who participated in learning communities included: “Very good for encouraging thoughtful critical discussion; fantastic opportunity for leadership development in the session” “Look at how to change current practice…hear how other trusts manage common problems” “Other people’s views are helpful to get …other solutions …that I haven’t thought about” LPET and CPPE provide workshop activities and learning materials for the learning community sessions and group members take it in turns to facilitate these sessions. We provide full instructions and a guide for the session facilitator. Development of your facilitation skills is also part of your leadership development. What is the time commitment for the Leadership for Pharmacy Professionals Programme (LPPP)? The Leadership for Pharmacy Professionals Programme runs over 12 months and has five components:  Leadership for pharmacy professionals: developing leadership behaviours event (facilitated by LPET and CPPE)     Five learning community sessions linked to one or more dimensions of the Healthcare Leadership Model (facilitated by group members) A work-based service improvement project Action learning sets – to provide support for project and leadership development An end of programme event which will include presentation of selected projects There is also some pre-session work for each of the days and we estimate this will take between 1 and 2 hours for each session. You will be expected to do this work prior to each session as it is needed in order to complete the activities during the learning community session. There is also some recommended post session work to enable you to apply your learning to practice in your workplace. It is up to you when you choose to do the post course work as this as you won’t need to bring this with you to the learning community sessions If you are offered a place on the Leadership for Pharmacy Professionals Programme you are expected to attend all 7 days of the programme and complete a work-based service improvement project. An abstract of your project and reflective log should be submitted to LPET prior to the end of programme event. What is an action learning set? Action learning is an approach to solving real problems that involves taking action and reflecting upon the results. The learning that results helps improve the problem-solving process as well as the solutions developed. You will participate in an action learning set during the leadership programme as a method for support for your project and to help you deal with leadership dilemmas and challenges. Don’t worry if you’re not familiar with this method of learning as we will introduce you to the process on day 2 of the leadership programme. The action learning process includes (1) a real problem that is important, critical, and usually complex, (2) a diverse problem-solving team or "set", (3) a process that promotes curiosity, inquiry, and reflection, (4) a requirement that talk be converted into action and, ultimately, a solution, and (5) a commitment to learning. If you have further questions please contact [email protected]