Study days are from 9am to 5pm and are a combination of online, face-to-face delivery, and self-study days.
Self-study days for the course commencing on the 17th September:
- 8th October
- 29th October
- 3rd December
- 17th December
- 4th February
- 18th February
- 25th February
- 11th March
- 18th March
- 25th March
Self-study days for the course commencing on the 26th March:
- 16th April
- 21st May
- 4th June
- 9th July
- 30th July
- 13th August
- 20th August
- 27th August
- 10th September
- 17th September
Please note, all bank holidays are self-study days.
The course will cover:
Consultation, decision-making and therapy, including referral:
- Models of consultation
- Accurate assessment, history taking, communication and consultation with patients/clients and their parents/carers
- Concepts of working diagnosis or best formulation
- Development of a management plan and/or clinical management plan
- Confirmation of diagnosis/differential diagnosis - further examination, investigation, referral for diagnosis
- Prescribe, not to prescribe, non-drug treatment or referral for treatment
- Numeracy and drug calculations
- Stopping medication prescribed by others
- Medicines review.
Influences on, and psychology of, prescribing:
- Patient/client demand, and preference vs. patient/client need - knowing when to say 'no'
- External influences, eg companies or colleagues
- Patient/client partnership in medicine-taking, including awareness of cultural and ethnic needs
- Concordance as opposed to compliance/adherence
- Achieving shared understanding and negotiating a plan of action.
Prescribing in a team context:
- Rationale, adherence to, and deviation from national and local guidelines, local formularies, protocols, policies, decision support systems and formulae
- Understanding the role and functions of other team members
- Documentation, with particular reference to communication between team members, including electronic prescribing
- Auditing, monitoring and evaluating prescribing practice
- Interface between multiple prescribers and management of potential conflict.
