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The NPC continued to develop and deliver a broad-based educational programme that included the following events:
Theraputic workshops
T.gif (998 bytes) he NPC organised and ran a series of one-day interactive training events covering key clinical treatment issues within six different therapeutic areas during the year (see below).
As part of the evolutionary approach to delivering effective training for prescribing advisers, the NPC further refined the therapeutic workshop formats available from September 1998. In addition to `standard' and `strategic' events, the NPC developed an `introductory' workshop to cater for the needs of the increasing numbers of newer prescribing advisers emerging in primary care. Accordingly, there are now three levels of workshop provided for each therapeutic area covered:
Introductory
Standard
Strategic
The introductory and standard workshops within each therapeutic area were repeated on several occasions in different locations across England to enable adviser attendance from all health authorities. The mix of Introductory and Standard workshops varied depending on demand for each type.

Introductory and standard therapeutic workshops run during 1998/99

1 x Central Nervous System
(standard) April 1998 (balance delivered in 1997/1998)
5 x Respiratory
(standard) May / July 1998
2 x Gastro-intestinal
(introductory) September/October 1998
5 x Gastro-intestinal
(standard) September/October 1998
2 x Antibiotics
(introductory) November/December 1998
4 x Antibiotics
(standard) November/December 1998
3 x NSAIDs
(introductory) January/February 1999
3 x NSAIDs
(standard) January/February 1999
3 x Endocrine
(standard) March 1999 (balance to be delivered in 1999/2000)