Due to Professional, Regulatory Statutory Bodies (PRSB), different admissions criteria are used to achieve ensure the student is compliant with the relevant PRSB. Students will:
Occurrence | Teaching period |
---|---|
A | Autumn Term 2021-22 to Spring Term 2021-22 |
B | Spring Term 2021-22 to Summer Term 2021-22 |
The programme aims to support level 1 registered Nurses, registered Midwives and registered Allied Health Professionals to acquire the competencies for Independent and/or Supplementary Prescribing as set out in the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (2016) A competency framework for all prescribers and enabled by legislation.
There is an emphasis on teaching the generic principles of safe and effective prescribing practice, which can be applied to all Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) registrants. The curriculum provides a balance of theory and practice, using a range of teaching and learning strategies.
On completion of the programme, prescribers will be able to:
Demonstrate competence in undertaking person-centered consultations, using diagnostic skills as required, leading to a prescribing decision.
Apply knowledge of pharmacology and medicines optimisation to prescribing practice.
Critically review the local, national and global influences on prescribing practice.
Plan safe and effective management, informed by a systematic understanding of the evidence base underpinning prescribing practice.
Critically appraise sources of information which informs and empowers the individual within shared decision making.
Demonstrate a critical appreciation of ethical, legal and professional frameworks which underpin prescribing practice.
Apply appropriate quality assurance tools, including audit, to improve prescribing practice.
Identify and evaluate the skills of colleagues and work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team to enhance prescribing practice.
Consultation, medicines optimisation, pharmacology, numeracy, antimicrobial stewardship, prescribing across the lifespan, polypharmacy, deprescribing, adverse drug reactions, legal, ethical and professional considerations, influences on prescribing practice, consent and capacity, tools and resources to support prescribing practice.
Task | Length | % of module mark | Group |
---|---|---|---|
Coursework - extensions not feasible/practicable E-Portfolio |
N/A | 0 | Default |
Essay/coursework Presentation |
N/A | 100 | Default |
Online Exam - 24 hrs (Centrally scheduled) Numeracy exam |
N/A | 0 | Default |
Online Exam - 24 hrs (Centrally scheduled) Pharmacology exam |
N/A | 0 | Default |
Coursework - extensions not feasible/practicable E-Portfolio |
N/A | 0 | B |
Essay/coursework Presentation |
N/A | 100 | B |
Online Exam - 24 hrs (Centrally scheduled) Numeracy exam |
N/A | 0 | B |
Online Exam - 24 hrs (Centrally scheduled) Pharmacology exam |
N/A | 0 | B |
Non-compensatable
Task | Length | % of module mark | Group |
---|---|---|---|
Coursework - extensions not feasible/practicable E-Portfolio |
N/A | 0 | Default |
Essay/coursework Presentation |
N/A | 100 | Default |
Online Exam - 24 hrs (Centrally scheduled) Numeracy exam |
N/A | 0 | Default |
Online Exam - 24 hrs (Centrally scheduled) Pharmacology exam |
N/A | 0 | Default |
Coursework - extensions not feasible/practicable E-Portfolio |
N/A | 0 | B |
Essay/coursework Presentation |
N/A | 100 | B |
Online Exam - 24 hrs (Centrally scheduled) Numeracy exam |
N/A | 0 | B |
Online Exam - 24 hrs (Centrally scheduled) Pharmacology exam |
N/A | 0 | B |
Written feedback for the oral presentation is provided on the standard proforma, within the timescale specified in the programme handbook.
Students are provided with collective exam feedback relating to their cohort, within the timescale specified in the programme handbook.
Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) (2018) The code: Professional standards of practice and behaviour for nurses, midwives and nursing associates. London. Nursing & Midwifery Council.
Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) (2016) A competency framework for all prescribers. London. Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC)(2016) Standards of conduct, performance and ethics. London. Health & Care Professions Council.
For further resources please refer to the VLE Reading List.