BPS Assessment

24/09/2026

💡 Building your prescribing knowledge?

📚The BPSA Learner Portal has everything you need, from exam tips and practice papers to resources on adverse drug reaction reporting.

Make sure you're making the most of what's available.

👉 Explore here https://portal.bpsassessment.com/

We are the leading PSA practice material provider, helping you become a more confident prescriberOur PSA Prep, eLearning and assessments are designed to improve prescribing competencies among medical students and clinical professionals. Written by prescribers and based on UK guidelines, these resour

17/09/2026

🟠 Today is World Patient Safety Day.

This year it's all about safe care for long term conditions like diabetes and heart disease, patients you'll be prescribing for again and again once you qualify.

Reporting a suspected side effect through the Yellow Card Scheme takes minutes, but it plays a real part in keeping patients safe, and it's tested in the PSA.

Our free Yellow Card Scheme module walks you through the whole reporting process using real scenarios, and it's now CPD accredited by the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine.

We’ve written about why MHRA's Yellow Card Scheme is central to keeping patients safe in a new blog on the portal post.

📖 Read the blog here: https://portal.bpsassessment.com/world-patient-safety-day-why-the-yellow-card-scheme-matters-for-you-as-a-future-prescriber/

It's World Patient Safety Day on 17th September, and this year's theme, set by the World Health Organization, is safe care for long term conditions, under the slogan “Safe care for life”. Conditions such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and chronic respiratory illness account for around 74% o...

11/09/2026

⏰ Just 6 weeks to go!

Whether you're considering your next move or exploring the many opportunities available within pharmacology, join us for From Bench to Beyond: Exploring Career Pathways in Pharmacology.

Discover career journeys, gain insights from professionals across the sector, and learn about the diverse paths a pharmacology background can open.

🔗 Find out more and register: https://www.bps.ac.uk/events/event/from-bench-to-beyond-exploring-career-pathways-in-pharmacology/

08/09/2026

📚 Free eLearning to help you become a safer prescriber.

Our BPS Assessment portal has a whole collection of free resources to test your knowledge, including:

💊 Yellow Card Scheme (MHRA)
🧾 Polypharmacy Knowledge Check
🦠 Antimicrobial Prescribing
🤰 Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
🌍 Drugs in Healthcare & Society
🧬 CERSI Pharmacogenomics
✅ PSA Prep

Whether you want to test yourself before an exam or just brush up your knowledge, there's something here for you.

Read our blog to find out what each resource covers https://portal.bpsassessment.com/free-elearning-resources-from-bps-assessment/

If you want to check your knowledge in prescribing and clinical pharmacology, it's worth remembering that we have a collection of free eLearning resources on the BPS Assessment portal. Covering everything from pharmacovigilance to polypharmacy, they're there whenever you want to test yourself or bru

23/08/2026

🎓 Free PSA lecture materials, open to everyone preparing.

QMUL and Barts have a PSA Day lecture series and practice question sessions through the UK Foundation Programme's resource page, alongside a time management video from City St George's and recorded revision sessions from Hull York Medical School.

Explore the resources: https://foundationprogramme.nhs.uk/curriculum/prescribing-safety-assessment-psa/preparation-resources-for-sitting-the-psa/

22/08/2026

⏰ It’s mock PSA exam time!

💡 A few tips before you sit your mock exam:

✅ Time yourself. Two hours for 60 questions is tighter than it sounds.

✅ Get comfortable navigating the BNF, you'll need it in the real exam too.

✅ Focus your revision on Prescribing and Prescription Review, they carry the most marks between them.

Head to the portal for some final practice and knowledge checks.
https://portal.bpsassessment.com/

21/08/2026

📚 Not sure where to start with your PSA prep?
We've pulled together five useful resources to help you get exam ready, from our free PSA Prep sessions to recorded webinars and a video on time management.

Explore here:
https://portal.bpsassessment.com/five-psa-resources-to-help-you-prepare-for-your-exam/

Preparing for the Prescribing Safety Assessment takes time, and tracking down good quality material shouldn't be part of the workload. To save you the search, we've pulled together some free PSA resources available across the web including some of our free materials. Here's a quick introduction to e

14/08/2026

📅 Don’t forget that Mock PSA exams are running from 21st to 28th August!

There’s a PSA exam coming up on September 24th, and this is your chance to test yourself under exam conditions before the real thing.

In our new blog we offer some quick links to PSA prep resources to help you get ready.

Explore here:
https://portal.bpsassessment.com/mock-psa-exams-21st-to-28th-august-2026/

29/07/2026

💡 Building your prescribing knowledge?

📚 The BPSA Learner Portal has everything you need, from exam tips and practice papers to resources on adverse drug reaction reporting.

Make sure you're making the most of what's available.

👉 Explore here https://portal.bpsassessment.com/

15/07/2026

💊 The Ten Principles of Good Prescribing

Every prescribing decision should be built on a few key checks, from taking an accurate drug history to weighing up individual patient factors, before you even get to writing the prescription itself.

The British Pharmacological Society sets these out clearly, and they're worth revisiting whether you're revising for the exam or writing your first prescription on the ward.

Read them in full here: https://www.bps.ac.uk/careers-education/teaching-pharmacology/prescribing-principles-and-curriculum/