- Docente: Fabrizio De Ponti
- Credits: 1
- SSD: BIO/14
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 8415)
Learning outcomes
- Knowledge of the structure of the Prescribing Skills Assessment (UK)
- Elementary skills for appropriate drug prescription and monitoring
Course contents
Prescribing Skills 1 - Clinical Pharmacology
1. Structure of the Prescribing Skills Assessment (PSA UK) and online simulation
2. Appropriate prescribing: WHO guide
3. Laboratory of formative assessment (1)
4. Laboratory of formative assessment (2)
Further info here: https://www.bpsassessment.com/
Readings/Bibliography
1) Hitchings, Lonsdale, Burrage, Baker. The top 100 drugs. Clinical pharmacology and practical prescribing. 2nd Edition, Elsevier, 2019.
Teaching methods
- Brief introductory lessons to illustrate the structure of the Prescribing Skills Assessment
- Simulation of online tests through practice papers
Assessment methods
Simulation of a PSA sitting
Teaching tools
Online practice papers
Office hours
See the website of Fabrizio De Ponti
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.