SL500146: Independent prescribing
[Page last updated: 27 November 2024]
| Academic Year: | 2024/25 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Life Sciences |
| Credits: | 30 CATS credits |
| Notional Study Hours: | 300 |
| Level: | FHEQ level 7 |
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| Assessment Summary: | CWES 60%, CWOA 10%, CWPF 0%, EXOB 30%, OT 0% |
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On successful completion of this unit the student will be able to:
1. Demonstrate an understanding of their role as a responsible and accountable future prescriber who appreciates the legal and ethical implications of their decisions. [GPhC 8] 2. Apply knowledge of medicines including pharmacological and pharmacokinetic properties to select safe and effective treatment options appropriate to the student's defined scope of practice. [GPhC 18] 3. Demonstrate a recognition of the limits of their own knowledge and skill as applied to prescribing decisions, including knowing when to refer to another member of the healthcare team. [GPhC 29 and 32] 4. Demonstrate an ability to engage in shared and best-interests decision making with patients and carers as it relates to their future practice as a prescriber. [GPhC 5 and 6] 5. Apply evidence-based decision-making in all aspects of prescribing appropriate to their defined scope of practice including a recognition of possible external influences on prescribing decisions. [GPhC 10, 12 and 16] 6. Manage the risks and benefits associated with prescribing decisions appropriate to their defined scope of practice, including potential public health issues. [GPhC 17 and 26] 7. Demonstrate a critical understanding of their own role and the role of others in multi-professional teams to facilitate effective multidisplinary working and to identify their own future development needs. [GPhC 7, 12 and 27] 8. Demonstrate history-taking, clinical, diagnostic and record-keeping skills appropriate to their defined scope of practice. [GPhC 4, 19 and 20] 9. Critically apply clinical assessment and consultation skills appropriate to their defined scope of practice to inform or review a diagnosis; formulate a treatment plan and monitor the patient's response to treatment. [GPhC 4, 24 and 31] . 10. Provide evidence for all other mandated outcomes and behaviour indicators stipulated by the General Pharmaceutical Council to be eligible to apply for annotation as an independent prescriber. Numbers in brackets refer to relevant General Pharmaceutical Council learning outcomes as laid out in the Standards for the education and training of pharmacist independent prescribers (2019). |
| Aims: | To provide a supportive framework to develop the professional knowledge, skills and competence to prescribe safely and effectively and to achieve annotation as an Independent Prescriber. |
| Skills: | * Analyse the local guidance on patient consent and confidentiality in relation to national guidance (knowledge and understanding, taught, facilitated/assessed [t/f/a]). * Explain the underpinning ethical issues involved in the use of unlicensed medicines in their specialist area of prescribing (knowledge and understanding, professional practical skill [t/f/a]). * Critically evaluate the influential sources of medicines and prescribing information in their specialist area (intellectual skill [t/f/a]) * Assess the role of each member of the healthcare team involved in prescribing for an individual patient (professional practical skill[t/f/a]) * Reflect on their own practice as a student in supplementary and independent prescribing and identify areas for continuous improvement (personal transferable skill [t/f/a]). * Present findings on specific patient conditions and recommend appropriate prescribing regiments (key skill - presentations [t/f/a]). * Analyse the differences in approaches to patient examination techniques (knowledge and understanding [t/f/a]) * Explain the effect that personal, patient and national influences may have on prescribing (knowledge and understanding, professional practical skill [t/f/a]). * Critically evaluate the use of a national guideline in the context of a Clinical Management or treatment Plan (intellectual skill[t/f/a]). * Reflect on their own practice in prescribing within the context of a Clinical Management and/or treatment Plan and identify areas for continuous improvement (personal transferable skill[t/f/a]). * Present findings on communication skills needed within a consultation setting using the Calgary-Cambridge Guide (key skill - presentations[t/f/a]). * Analyse the difference in disease monitoring for different patient groups within their prescribing specialty (knowledge and understanding). Explain the benefit of an evidence-based approach to prescribing in terms of patient safety and clinical management plans (knowledge and understanding, professional practical skill[t/f/a]). * Critically evaluate the use of a therapeutic class of medicines in their area of prescribing (intellectual skill[t/f/a]). * Assess the role self-audit in maintaining the safety and efficacy of the process of supplementary prescribing (professional practical skill[t/f/a]). * Reflect on their own development as an independent prescriber and identify areas for continuous improvement (personal transferable skill[t/f/a]). * Present findings on specific patient conditions, recommend appropriate prescribing and justify decision-making (key skill - presentations[t/f/a]). |
| Content: | Legal Framework for Supplementary and Independent Prescribing
* The Clinical Management and Treatment Plan * Ethical Aspects of Prescribing * Prescribing and Confidentiality * Prescribing Medicines * Professionalism * Influences on Prescribing * Prescribing and Health Economy * The Clinical Management and Treatment Plan * The Psychology of Prescribing * Communication and Consultation Skills * Clinical and Examination Skills * Treatment Choice * Patient Monitoring * Critical Appraisal and Evidence-based Practice * Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Principles of Prescribing * Prescribing for Special Patient Groups * Prescribing Safely * Clinical Governance and Prescribing. |
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SL500146 is Optional on the following courses:Department of Life Sciences
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