1st Edition

Student Success in the Prescribing Safety Assessment (PSA)

By Vilius Savickas, Reem Kayyali Copyright 2014
362 Pages
by CRC Press

368 Pages
by CRC Press

368 Pages
by CRC Press

Student Success in the Prescribing Safety Assessment (PSA) The Prescribing Safety Assessment (PSA) is a two-hour open-book online examination which comprises eight sections incorporating eight main types of questions. The questions are structured around clinical case-based scenarios, requiring a holistic approach to analysing information and identifying suitable treatments. It examines the skills,... Read more
Foreword. About the authors. Introduction. The Prescribing Skills Assessment. Student Success in the Prescribing Skills Assessment: aims and structure. Prescribing questions 1-48. Prescription review questions 1-24. Planning management questions 1-13. Communicating information questions 1-13. Calculation skills questions 1-13. Adverse drug reactions questions 1-13. Drug monitoring questions 1-13. Data interpretation questions 1-13. Answers. Appendix 1: Templates of the prescriptions to be used for questions in chapter 1. Appendix 2: List of common abbreviations. Appendix 3: Introduction to prescribing and pharmaceutical care. Appendix 4: The guide to use and revise the BNF.

Biography

VILIUS SAVICKAS MPharm, MRPharmS, CertGPP Senior Clinical Pharmacist Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust. REEM KAYYALI PhD, MSc, BPharm, MRPharmS Principal Lecturer, School of Pharmacy and Chemistry Kingston University. DR NEEL SHARMA BSc (Hons), MBChB, MSc, MRCP (UK) National University Hospital Singapore.