CPD for non-medical prescribers : a practical guide

Continuing professional development for non-medical prescribers

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Keeping up-to-date with legal and professional frameworks for non-medical prescribing / Marion Waite -- Prescribing practice from the employer's perspective : the rationale for CPD within non-medical prescribing / Anne Smith and Sanjay Desai -- Writing and maintaining a non medical prescribing policy for your organisation / Michael Fanning -- Organising continuing professional development for non-medical prescribers at a regional level / Fiona Peniston-Bird -- Using e-learning to support continuing professional development for non-medical prescribers / Marion Waite -- Action learning and learning sets / Jan Keena -- Keeping up-to-date with pharmacology / Nicola Stoner -- Organising continuing professional development for non-medical prescribers in a general practice setting / Mandy Fry -- Organising and running a journal club for non-medical prescribers / Dan Lasserson.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

In this new era of healthcare, the importance of Continuing Professional Development cannot be underestimated. Non-Medical Prescribers have a responsibility to themselves, their employer and their patients to keep up-to-date with developments in this fast-moving area of healthcare. This book looks at the current context of CPD in this area and provides guidance for facilitation. The book is divided into three clear sections. The first looks at general principles of CPD and considers overarching and organisational issues such as clinical governance. The second section looks at specific approac.