Safe Prescribing in General Practice (7 Feb 2025)

7th of February 2025, 09:00 – 16:00 (Virtual)

At the end of the course, attendees will receive a Certificate of Participation, which is equivalent to 5 hours of CPD credit. This is the 7th iteration of the course.

Watch the Video Preview of the course, where the Tutor discusses structured medication review. 

When international doctors join the NHS to work or train in general practice, they often face a steep learning curve in understanding the safe prescribing practices unique to the UK healthcare system. Differences in prescribing protocols, guidelines, and formularies across countries can cause uncertainty and anxiety, particularly when it comes to making prescribing decisions.

Medication errors are a significant concern, costing the NHS millions each year and, more importantly, affecting patient safety.

Our interactive, hands-on, one-day online prescribing course is designed to bridge this gap. This course provides a comprehensive approach to safe prescribing in the UK through practical exercises based on real clinical scenarios you’ll encounter in General Practice. A week before the course, you’ll receive a Workbook containing clinical scenarios and references to the relevant guidelines to help you prepare for the tasks. During the course, expert tutors will offer feedback on best practices, ensuring you gain the knowledge and confidence to prescribe safely.

Our team of tutors will guide you through key areas such as antibiotic stewardship, mental health prescribing, structured medication reviews, shared prescribing protocols, and much more. They will also help you master the essential skills needed for safe, effective prescribing in the NHS.

Who should attend?

• General Practice Trainees
• Foundation Doctors (rotating through General Practice)

Learning Outcomes:

• Justify the need for and safely prescribe a range of antibiotics using the Local Formulary.

• Identify drugs in the shared care prescribing protocol, including those that require monitoring.

• Undertake addictive medication prescribing and structured medication review with true-to-life clinical scenarios and patient simulation.

• Recognise the need for good medicines reconciliation using discharge summaries and outpatient clinic letters as a resource.

• Safely prescribe medications for different mental health scenarios.

• Justify the need for and undertake prescribing in end-of-life care.

This is what the participants said:

“I would definitely recommend all the trainees to attend that course at early stage of their training.”

“I feel the course is good not only for IMGs but also for all GP trainee as it is always good to have a refresher on knowledge and guidelines.”

“This course if relevant to any GP trainee, even UK graduates, especially if they have been out of training.”

“Very practical; and the time to discuss with colleagues in the breakout rooms was very useful.”

“The hypertension and diabetes management update was really good!”

“All the sessions were interactive with very useful materials.”

“All presentations were enjoyable and the content is very relevant to my practice.”

“I enjoyed the open conversations, discussions and interactive sessions.”

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Tutors