Prescribing Resources

Question 1

What does MIMS stand for?

Answer 1

Monthly Index of Medical Specialities and requires an annual subscription.

Question 2

What is the Electronic Medicines Compendium?

Answer 2

Provides information about a particular drug’s indications, cautions, use in pregnancy, contraindications and formulations of majority of medicines in the UK.

Question 3

What two resources work well and well with each other?

Answer 3

College of Optometrist clinical management guidelines and Optometrists Formulary (this contains all the information on all drugs available to optometrists)

Question 4

What year was independent prescribing for optometrists agreed?

Answer 4

June 2007 and training courses began in 2008 by the GOC

Question 5

How many guidelines are in the College of Optometrists Clinical Management Guidlines

Answer 5

59

Question 6

What are the two categories that conditions are broadly divided into?

Answer 6

A) Sight threatening and B) non-sight threatening

Question 7

What are the three sub categories of group A (sight threatening) conditions?

Answer 7

1) Emergency referral to an ophthalmologist
2) First aid measures followed by emergency referral to n ophthalmologist
3) Urgent referral to an ophthalmologist

Question 8

What are the three sub categories of group B (non-sight threatening) conditions?

Answer 8

1) Possible prescription of drugs; routine referral
2) Alleviation or palliation; no referral
3) Management to resolution