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Pass the PSA [electronic resource] / William Brown, Kevin Loudon, James Fisher, Laura Marsland ; foreword by Sam Leinster.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Edinburgh : Elsevier/Churchill Livingstone, [2014]Description: xii, 297 pages : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780702055171 (e-book)
  • 9780702055188 (pbk.) :
Other title:
  • Pass the prescribing skills assessment
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 615.1 23
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available in printed form ISBN 9780702055188
Contents:
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
Summary: Drug prescribing is one of the most important parts of clinical practice. Yet it remains one of the commonly failed components of undergraduate assessments. To remedy this, the Prescribing Skills Assessment (PSA) exam has been introduced in the UK. This book is written specifically for the exam, with one chapter dedicated to each PSA section. 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.
List(s) this item appears in: MCHFT - Junior doctors' exam e-books
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Includes index.

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

Drug prescribing is one of the most important parts of clinical practice. Yet it remains one of the commonly failed components of undergraduate assessments. To remedy this, the Prescribing Skills Assessment (PSA) exam has been introduced in the UK. This book is written specifically for the exam, with one chapter dedicated to each PSA section. 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.

Also available in printed form ISBN 9780702055188

Electronic reproduction. Browns Books For Students. Mode of access: World Wide Web.