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Pass the PSA

Drug prescribing is one of the most important parts of clinical practice. Yet it remains one of the most commonly failed components of undergraduate assessments, and accounts fo… Leer más

Descripción

Drug prescribing is one of the most important parts of clinical practice. Yet it remains one of the most commonly failed components of undergraduate assessments, and accounts for an uncomfortably high proportion of medical errors. To remedy this, the Prescribing Safety Assessment (PSA) exam has been introduced in the UK. It is compulsory and will set a minimum standard for safe prescribing. Failure will preclude GMC registration.

Pass the PSA

is written specifically for the exam, with one chapter dedicated to each PSA section.

Puntos claves

  • Introduces a simple, memorable and failsafe approach to prescribing (the 'PReSCRIBER' mnemonic)

  • Specifies the universal basic principles of prescribing for all sections.

  • Examines each section’s question structure and how to approach it.

  • Questions (structured identically to the exam) conclude each chapter.

  • Covers all scenarios suggested for questioning in the PSA blueprint.

  • Common traps highlighted throughout.

  • Two mock exams.

De interès para

Undergraduate medical students

Hospital pharmacy

Nurse prescribers

Índice

1 Basic principles of prescribing

2 Prescription review: a foolproof plan

3 Data interpretation

4 Planning management

5 Prescribing

6 Calculation skills

7 Drug monitoring

8 Adverse drug reactions

9 Communicating information

10 Mock examinations

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Sobre los autores

WB

William Brown

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Academic Clinical Fellow Neurology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK

KL

Kevin W Loudon

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Renal Registrar, East of England and ST3 Renal Medicine, Lister Hospital, Stevenage, UK

JF

James Fisher

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Core Psychiatry Trainee, Central & North West London NHS Trust, London, UK

LM

Laura B Marsland

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Previous Lead Pharmacist for Neuroscience, Stroke & Rehabilitation at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK