Prescribing 3 (HCP) Flashcards
What are the patient barriers in prescribing?
Language and cultural barriers Miscommunication about what it is/how to take it Mental state/confusion Taking advice from other people Patient beliefs Stigma Convenience Form of administration Preconceptions Medicalisation Demand for medication Tolerability
What are the clinician barriers in prescribing?
Cost (branched/generics) Availability Bias/personal views Experience Beliefs Affect (how we feel in ourselves) Compliance Knowledge (not keeping up to date) Medicalisation (easy to give a pill) Demand for medication Bias
How to work well with your supervisor?
Willing to receive feedback/advice different from your views
Show that you know what you’re doing
Honesty - knowing when to say you don’t know
Professionalism
Work hard (but sensibly)
Create plans, don’t be spoonfed
Be one step ahead
Be a team player
Be prepared to ask why they have done something
Always say sorry when appropriate
Accept and address errors when they occur
How should we monitor prescribing?
Cost effectiveness Antibiotic stewardship Appropriate use of dangerous drugs Use of local schemes Improving compliance
What is an audit?
A methodical examination and review
In healthcare we use it to examine a specific area of clinical care (or a process) to measure quality of care against preset criteria and look to improve.
What is a structure of an audit?
Title Reason for the audit Criterion or criteria to be measured Standard(s) set Preparation and planning Results and date of data collection one Description of change(s) implemented Results and date of data collection two Reflections
What is significant event analysis?
A collective learning technique used to investigate patient safety incidents (circumstances where a patient was or could have been harmed) and other quality of care issues.
