91625 - PRESCRIBING SKILLS 1 - CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY

Academic Year 2019/2020

  • 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

Good health and well-being

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.