1. Foundations of safe prescribing and medicines responsibility
Applied learning on foundations of safe prescribing and medicines responsibility.
Learning programme · #P18
Medicines in Clinical Practice: Safe Prescribing, Optimisation, Monitoring and Professional Judgement
A ten-module applied programme on safe prescribing, medicines reconciliation, individualised treatment decisions, dose and formulation, polypharmacy, monitoring, adverse reactions, controlled drugs, shared-care interfaces, medication incidents and professional judgement.
Who this programme is for
Healthcare professionals involved in prescribing or medicines management across UK clinical settings, with particular relevance to doctors working in SAS, consultant, resident, locally employed and international graduate roles, and useful multidisciplinary context for pharmacists, nurses and allied professionals.
Certificate process: Integrated final assessment + optional private reflection + course completion certificate
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2. Building the medicines picture: history, reconciliation and transitions
Applied learning on building the medicines picture: history, reconciliation and transitions.
3. Choosing treatment: indication, evidence, benefit, burden and alternatives
Applied learning on choosing treatment: indication, evidence, benefit, burden and alternatives.
4. Dose, route and patient factors: renal, hepatic, frailty and pharmacokinetic risk
Applied learning on dose, route and patient factors: renal, hepatic, frailty and pharmacokinetic risk.
5. Polypharmacy, deprescribing and medicines optimisation
Applied learning on polypharmacy, deprescribing and medicines optimisation.
6. Monitoring, follow-up and high-risk medicines
Applied learning on monitoring, follow-up and high-risk medicines.
7. Adverse drug reactions, interactions, allergies and pharmacovigilance
Applied learning on adverse drug reactions, interactions, allergies and pharmacovigilance.
8. Controlled drugs, dependence, misuse and additional safeguards
Applied learning on controlled drugs, dependence, misuse and additional safeguards.
9. Shared care, remote prescribing, repeat prescribing and system interfaces
Applied learning on shared care, remote prescribing, repeat prescribing and system interfaces.
10. Medication incidents, uncertainty, escalation and applied professional judgement
Applied learning on medication incidents, uncertainty, escalation and applied professional judgement.
Course completion
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