Prescribing Skills Course
Who will benefit from attending the course?
The course is aimed all healthcare professionals involved in prescribing and who want to learn about the cautions, best practices, guidelines, errors, research related prescribing, and would like to reduce prescribing errors in their own practice as well as supervising colleagues and juniors involved in prescribing.
What this course will offer
- The course will offer the understanding of prescribing principles.
- Resources other than BNF.
- Prescribing skills.
- Tips and methods to reduce prescribing errors.
Course Structure
- Multidisciplinary panel.
- Lectures.
- Assessments.
- Certificate of attendance
- Candidates can claim CPD points
Event
1-day Prescribing Skills Course
Dates
05/04/2014 Full
Venue
Education Centre
Royal Liverpool University Hospital
Prescot Street
Liverpool, L7 8XP
Course Program
08.30-08.50 Coffee and Registration
08.50-09.00 Introduction to prescribing
09.00-09.30 Your prescribing needs
09.30-10.15 Accountability for prescribing
10.15-10.45 Coffee
11.15-11.30 Good history & clinical assessment skills
11.30-12.30 Errors, Resources & Governance
12.30-13.30 Lunch
13.30-14.15 Prescribing partnership
14.15-15.15 Monitoring Prescribing
15.15-15.30 Coffee
15.30-16.15 How to become an effective prescriber
16.15-17.00 Prescribing assessments
17.00-17.10 Questions, Summary and Close