PMCPA updates e-learning module for health professionals and quick guides to the Code

​Published updates reflect the Second 2012 Edition of the Code.​Following recent changes to the ABPI Code of Practice for the Pharmaceutical Industry, the PMCPA has updated its popular e-learning module and quick guides to the Code.

Press Release 08 October 2012

The updates have been published on the PMCPA website and reflect the Second 2012 Edition of the Code.

The interactive e-learning module for health professionals was first launched in April 2011 and over 3,000 people accessed the module in the first 8 months. It is designed to help health professionals understand the requirements of the Code and how the pharmaceutical industry can interact with health professionals and promote medicines to them. The module has been certified as meeting the guidelines for continuing professional development. The e-learning module is a free to use resource available at http://www.pmcpa.org.uk/training/Pages/E-learning-for-health-professionals.aspx.


The quick guides to the Code series provide an introduction to the Code for health professionals, patient organisations and the public. The quick guides can be downloaded free of charge from the PMCPA website at http://www.pmcpa.org.uk/thecode/Pages/Quick-guides-to-the-Code.aspx.