William Brown & Kevin W Loudon & James Fisher & Laura B Marsland
Date of Publication: 01/2014
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 ...view more
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.
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
Each chapter includes:
The marking scheme for the PSA exam section and how to approach it.
All the theory condensed into a few pages of memorable, illustrated text.
Multiple worked questions covering the most common exam scenarios.
In addition:
Introduces a simple, memorable and failsafe approach to prescribing (the ‘PReSCRIBER’ mnemonic).
Specifies the universal basic principles of prescribing for all sections.
Over 300 worked questions, structured identically to the exam.
Data interpretation made memorable and simple including ECG, ABGs, chest X-rays and basic bloods. Common traps highlighted throughout.
Two mock exams.
Author Information
By William Brown, BSc MBBS MRCP(UK) FHEA, Academic Clinical Fellow Neurology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK; Kevin W Loudon, MBBS, MRCP(UK), FHEA, Renal Registrar, East of England and ST3 Renal Medicine, Lister Hospital, Stevenage, UK; James Fisher, BSc, MSc, MBBS, Core Psychiatry Trainee, Central & North West London NHS Trust, London, UK and Laura B Marsland, MPharm, ClinDip, Previous Lead Pharmacist for Neuroscience, Stroke & Rehabilitation at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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