Pass the PSA
- 1st Edition - January 30, 2014
- Latest edition
- Authors: William Brown, Kevin W Loudon, James Fisher, Laura B Marsland
- Language: English
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 fo… Read more
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Description
Description
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.Key features
Key features
- Introduces a simple, memorable and failsafe approach to prescribing (the 'PReSCRIBER' mnemonic)
- Specifies the universal basic principles of prescribing for all sections.
- Examines each section’s question structure and how to approach it.
- Questions (structured identically to the exam) conclude each chapter.
- Covers all scenarios suggested for questioning in the PSA blueprint.
- Common traps highlighted throughout.
- Two mock exams.
Readership
Readership
Undergraduate medical students
Hospital pharmacy
Nurse prescribers
Table of contents
Table of 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
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: February 14, 2014
- Language: English
About the authors
About the authors
WB
William Brown
KL
Kevin W Loudon
JF
James Fisher
LM