| CODE | CPH5610 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Safe Drug Prescribing | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 2 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Prescribing skills and prescribing drug safety are key skills for any Foundation Year doctor. This study-unit will provide a comprehensive basis of clinical pharmacology and therapeutics skills to prescribers in order to facilitate the core prescribing competencies required for these graduates. The sessions will cover a series of different skills such as prescribing, prescription chart review, planning management, communicating important information to patients, drug calculation skills, adverse drug reactions, monitoring therapy and data interpretation for various class of drugs.The unit will use lectures and tutorials to compliment and enhance case based learning. Study-unit Aims: - To ensure that prescribers demonstrate that they are safe and competent prescribers,with the necessary skills of deduction and problem-solving; - To provide a sound foundation of therapeutic principles need to prescribe drugs safely, review prescription charts and planning management of drug use; - To formulate a sound understanding of the principles underlying the actions and applications of the various classes of drugs in the clinical setting; - To explain prescribing management protocols within the framework of various medical conditions and communicating important information to patients; - To emphasize the safe and effective use of drugs, in prescribing decisions, while minimizing their potential adverse effects and avoiding potential interactions. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Demonstrate their competencies in relation to the safe and effective use of medicines; - Explain the fundamental principles in the therapeutic use of drugs in various medical conditions; - Recognize the importance of understanding the safe clinical use of of drugs; - Appreciate the clinical rationale involved in the appropriate selection of drugs to the individual patient; - Apply prescription chart reviews, planning management, and communicating important information to patients; - Evaluate issues related to the safe and effective use of drugs such as prevention of drug interactions and adverse drug reactions; - Apply drug calculation skills and data interpretation; - Prevent the diversion of prescribed medications. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Integrate this knowledge in order to be able to prescribe safely and effectively and review prescriptions; - Calculate correct drug doses, monitor drug therapy, and understand adverse drug interactions; - Relate the knowledge of the mode of drug action to specific clinical scenarios; - Apply fundamental pharmacological principles in prescribing decisions for these classes of drugs; - Be aware of interpatient variability with respect to drug response in these classes of drugs and take appropriate action when needed; - Apply basics safety principles when selecting and monitoring drug therapy. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - BMJ and RPSGB. British National Formulary (on-line) RCPCH publications. http://www.pharmpress.com/bnf - British Pharmacological Society and Medical Schools Council. PSA Practice Paper on the PSA pilot website https://www.bpsassessment.com/ - Will Brown, Kevin Loudon, James Fisher, Laura Marsland. Pass the PSA. Pub date: Feb 14, 2014 Elsevier ISBN: 978-0-7020-5518-8 - Paras Agarwal. Prescribing Safety Assessment: A concise revision tool for the PSA 2021 ISBN-13 :979-8414640998 - Vilius Savickas Student Success in the Prescribing Safety Assessment (PSA) ISBN-13 978-1138447011. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-Requisite qualifications: MD or equivalent | ||||||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Tutorial | ||||||||||||
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2025/6. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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