Your assessment and your wellbeing

It’s important to ensure you look after your own mental and physical wellbeing when you are revising and preparing for your registration assessment, so you are in a good place on assessment day.

We’ve gathered together some suggestions to help you manage an anxieties and stress during this time.

Wellbeing videos from Pharmacist Support

Anxiety

Reducing Stress Levels

Visualisation and preparedness

Cognitive behaviour therapy techniques

Sleep

10 Tips to help you get mentally prepared

Further Wellbeing Tips

• Understand how to identify and manage stress.
• Develop a technique of how to manage anxiety and stress
• A Coping with Stress and Looking after your Wellbeing video is also available from Pharmacist Support and Health Education England. It includes a range of tips and techniques to help manage feelings of unease and guiding you through a mindfulness technique
• Remember to look after your health too. Ensure you eat well, stay hydrated and exercise frequently during as you are revising
• Avoid last minute revision, leave the last few days prior to your assessment to relax and go over your revision material
• Ensure you get a good night’s sleep the night before the assessment so you’re fresh for the big day.

Further support

Further support form Pharmacist Support for the foundation training year can be found on Pharmacist Support’s webpage.