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Section One: General Principles for Continuing Professional Development for Non-Medical Prescribers. |
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1 Keeping Up to Date with Legal and Professional Frameworks for Non-Medical Prescribing (Marion Waite). |
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The law as it applies to medicines. |
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The law as it applies to non-medical prescribing roles. |
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Professional standards as applied to non-medical prescribing. |
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2 Prescribing Practice from the Employer’s Perspective: The Rationale for CPD within Non-Medical Prescribing (Anne Smith and Sanjay Desai). |
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The organisational importance of continuing professional development. |
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Continuing education and continuing professional development. |
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The manager’s obligation to provide continuing professional development. |
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Identifying and meeting local learning needs. |
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Organisational responsibility – the role of the Trust’s non-medical prescribing lead. |
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Meeting organisational and individual needs for CPD. |
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Identifying opportunities for CPD. |
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Monitoring CPD as part of appraisal. |
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3 Writing and Maintaining a Non-Medical Prescribing Policy for Your Organisation (Michael Fanning). |
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Background to clinical governance. |
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Selection of potential prescribers. |
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Organisational roles and responsibilities. |
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4 Organising CPD for Non-Medical Prescribers at a Regional Level (Fiona Peniston-Bird). |
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The structure of the NHS within the United Kingdom. |
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The national context for the development of non-medical prescribing. |
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The role of a regional non-medical prescribing facilitator. |
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The role of Trust NMP leads. |
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Organising CPD via a local forum. |
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Delivering CPD via a local forum. |
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Reflection: providing CPD for non-medical prescribers. |
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Commissioning CPD for non-medical prescribers. |
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Section Two: Specific Approaches to CPD for Non-Medical Prescribers. |
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5 Using E-learning for CPD within Non-Medical Prescribing (Marion Waite). |
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How can learning technologies be used in practice? |
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Using a virtual learning environment (VLE). |
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Planning a blended learning activity. |
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When things do not go well. |
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Review of National Prescribing Centre online resources for non-medical prescribers. |
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Building and sharing your own database of online prescribing resources. |
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6 Action Learning and Learning Sets (Jan Keenan). |
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Who will benefit from action learning? |
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What kind of organisationmakes action learning a success? |
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Putting action learning into practice. |
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Practical experience – learning sets in a single speciality. |
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Additional benefits of action learning and learning sets. |
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7 Keeping Up to Date with Pharmacology (Nicola Stoner). |
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Background and the need to keep up to date with pharmacology. |
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Pharmacology education for non-medical prescribers. |
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Key elements of pharmacology. |
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Pharmacology teaching and learning exercises. |
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Resources to support prescribers in keeping up to date with pharmacology. |
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Maintaining current awareness. |
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Key sources of support and advice. |
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The role of the supervisory relationship. |
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8 Organising CPD for Non-Medical Prescribers in a General Practice Setting (Mandy Fry). |
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The science and art of medicine in general practice. |
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The role of professional artistry and building community. |
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Making the most of existing educational opportunities. |
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Mentoring and critical friendship |
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9 Organising and Running a Journal Club for Non-Medical Prescribers (Dan Lasserson). |
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Why run a journal club and what makes them effective? |
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Organising a journal club. |
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What skills do people need to take part? |
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Finding research to discuss in a journal club. |
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Presenting and discussing research at a journal club. |
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Section Three: Key Resources and Practice Examples for Non-Medical Prescribers. |
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Appendix 1 Key Resources for Keeping Up to Date with Legal and Professional Frameworks for Non-Medical Prescribing. |
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1:2 Example job description that includes non-medical prescribing as a key element of the role. |
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1:4 Answers to ‘Test your knowledge about the law as it applies to non-medical prescribing’ quiz. |
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Appendix 2 Prescribing Practice from the Employer’s Perspective: The Rationale for CPD within Non- Medical Prescribing. |
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2:2 Example of a clinical governance tool for a health-care organisation to support nonmedical prescribing. |
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Appendix 3 Writing and Maintaining a Non-Medical Prescribing Policy for Your Organisation. |
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3:2 Example non-medical prescribing policy for a health-care organisation. |
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Appendix 4 Organising CPD for Non-Medical Prescribers at a Regional Level. |
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4:2 How to organise groupwork for a non-medical prescribing CPD event. |
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4:3 How to facilitate a networking session for a non-medical prescribing CPD event. |
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Appendix 5 Using E-learning for CPD within Non-Medical Prescribing. |
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5:2 JISC Effective E-learning Planner. |
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Appendix 6 Action Learning and Learning Sets. |
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6:1 Making the connections – using healthcare professionals as prescribers to deliver organisational improvements. |
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6:3 A prescribing case history presented during an action learning group. |
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6:4 Examples of good practice in keeping prescribers up to date with current evidence and practice. |
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Appendix 7 Keeping Up to Date with Pharmacology. |
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7:2 Answers to pharmacology self-test multi-choice questions. |
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Appendix 8 Organising CPD for Non-Medical Prescribers in a General Practice Setting. |
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Appendix 9 Organising and Running a Journal Club for Non- Medical Prescribers. |
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9:1 Example of how to use PICO to build a search strategy. |
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