Building a Prescribing Portfolio via Basic Clinical Evaluation
About This Course
A major element of safe and effective prescribing is the ability to undertake an effective consultation. The consultation may include physical examination, history taking, interpersonal skills, problem-solving skills, decision making and development of a treatment plan.
Through this course, pharmacists and nurses will acquire skills and competencies in history taking, data interpretation, diagnostic formulation, physical examination, clinical decision making, applied therapeutics, psychosocial aspects of prescribing, collaboration with multidisciplinary team, effective communication and documentation. The course is designed to build on the basic skills already acquired in the Advanced Practice Nurses' (APNs) and pharmacists’ training. The core components comprise of areas involving safe and professional prescribing, as well as improving prescribing practice and prescribing as part of a team. Based on differences in baseline skillsets of APNs and pharmacists, a portion of the curriculum is conducted separately to strengthen areas requiring further skills development in the two professions to perform collaborative prescribing.
What You'll Learn
The basic clinical evaluation exercises in this course is designed to assess pharmacists' and nurses' ability to undertake a consultation in their own area of practice, which would be assessed by either a clinical supervisor or their respective interprofessional peers.
It comprises of the following categories:
• History-taking
• Physical examination
• Clinical judgement and reasoning
• Organization and efficiency
• Counselling and communication skills
• Consideration for patient / professionalism
• Global impression scale
Entry Requirements
"Advanced Practice Nurses (APNs):
must be working in an area with existing or potential need for Collaborative Prescribing service, and
must have identified a clinical supervisor who, together with his/her team, will provide supervision to the candidate during the clinical practicum
Pharmacists (PHAs):
must be at least 3-year post-pharmacist registration with experience in direct patient care setting and working in multidisciplinary / team-based practice for at least 1 year,
must be working in an area with existing potential need for Collaborative Prescribing service, and
must have identified a clinical supervisor who, together with his/her team, will provide supervision to the candidate during the clinical practicum"