Learning Understanding human factors in patient safety when prescribing How human factors can help in developing safe prescribing practices and reduce error risk.…Published: 13 September 2024
Learning Prescribing dilemma: balancing risk and benefit when treating sertraline sexual dysfunction The first of a new series of articles exploring real-world dilemmas that pharmacist prescribers encounter in clinical practice.…Published: 3 September 2024
Learning Principles of diagnostic reasoning This article introduces principles and techniques that help prescribers to systematically structure their approach to differential diagnosis.…Published: 23 February 2024
Learning Prescribing errors in children: why they happen and how to prevent them Highlighting the potential causes of error when prescribing for children and outlining how pharmacists can support safer prescribing.…Published: 9 May 2023
Learning Case-based learning: complex decision making when using advanced therapy investigational medicinal products Advanced therapy investigational medicinal products (ATIMPs) are increasingly the subject of clinical trials. What happens when an ATIMP is necessary for a patient but does not fit the study specifications?…Published: 28 April 2023
Learning Complex decision-making for foundation and newly qualified pharmacists An outline of the skills pharmacists need in order to make complex clinical decisions and how to improve these over time.…Published: 18 October 2022
Learning Understanding dispensing errors and risk As prescription numbers continue to increase, it is necessary to understand the dispensing errors that can occur and how they may happen. …Published: 10 November 2020
Learning The top ten prescribing errors in practice and how to avoid them Prescribing errors affect patient safety, but pharmacists and other healthcare professionals can reduce the risk of them occurring.…Published: 21 February 2019
Learning How to provide patients with the right information to make informed decisions A tailored approach can help pharmacists support patients to make better treatment choices, resulting in more successful outcomes.…Published: 19 June 2018
