Prescribing Skills Workbook

Prescribing Skills Workbook is the ideal way for students and junior doctors to practise prescribing. The book features 45 exercises, each one carefully chosen to test the reader’s grasp of a key principle, such as managing a patient on warfarin.

Each exercise begins with a short clinical scenario; next, the reader is invited to fill in a realistic, life-size chart in response. An answer section follows, containing the correctly completed chart, together with a summary of the main clinical and educational aspects of the exercise.

A unique resource for medical students and junior doctors to improve their understanding of the principles of safe prescribing and practice filling out a drug chart correctly, the workbook includes:

• 45 life-size charts that replicate the experience of completing a prescription, with 45 corresponding charts filled out correctly to compare, identify, and rectify errors.
• The DRUGCHARTS mnemonic, which systematically highlights the key items to consider when prescribing.
• Key points boxes that highlight the main learning objectives.
• An introductory chapter that includes tips for safe prescribing.