Pass the PSA
- 1st Edition - April 17, 2014
- Authors: William Brown, Kevin W Loudon, James Fisher, Laura B Marsland
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 5 5 1 7 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 5 7 2 0 - 5
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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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.- 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.
Undergraduate medical students
Hospital pharmacy
Nurse prescribers
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
- Edition: 1
- Published: April 17, 2014
- Language: English
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William Brown
Affiliations and expertise
Academic Clinical Fellow Neurology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UKKL
Kevin W Loudon
Affiliations and expertise
Renal Registrar, East of England and ST3 Renal Medicine, Lister Hospital, Stevenage, UKJF
James Fisher
Affiliations and expertise
Core Psychiatry Trainee, Central & North West London NHS Trust, London, UKLM
Laura B Marsland
Affiliations and expertise
Previous Lead Pharmacist for Neuroscience, Stroke & Rehabilitation at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK