This conference focuses on Prescribing Competence and Practice and update delegates on the practicalities of using the Revised National Competency framework for all prescribers.
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Chair's Welcome and Introduction - EXTENDED SESSION: The Revised (Sept 2021) National Competency Framework for All Practitioners
Professor Angela Alexander MBE
Professor Emerita, School of Pharmacy
University of Reading
Chair, Working Party
The Competency Framework for Designated Prescribing Practitioners (DPP), Royal Pharmaceutical Society;
Chair, Task and Finish Group for the 2021 review
The Revised National Competency Framework for All Practitioners
• the revised framework
• deadlines for implementation
• what does good prescribing look like? Competency dimensions
• how the national framework can be used in practice
• levels of prescribing competence
• the competency framework for designated prescribing practitioners
• moving forward and current issues
- Professor Angela Alexander MBE Biography 0.04 MBDOCXfile
- Professor Angela Alexander MBE Slides 1.28 MBPPTXfile
How we self assess and reflect to maintain prescribing competence
Amy Benterman
Specialist Orthopaedic Pharmacist
Norfolk & Norwich Healthcare NHS Trust
• how we evaluate our prescribing practice
• how we acquire and maintain our competence
• identifying our support networks
EXTENDED SESSION: Using the revised framework to develop, demonstrate and maintain continued competence in nurse/non-medical prescribing
Dr Deborah Robertson
Lecturer In Adult Nursing
Salford University
• using the 2021 revised framework to develop, demonstrate and maintain continued competence in nurse/non-medical prescribing
• developing confidence in prescribing practice
• ensuring your practice is evidence based: guidelines and evidence
• keeping your prescribing knowledge up to date: accessing education, training and resources
• assessing and evaluating prescribing competence
• ensuring you have the history-taking, clinical assessment, and diagnosis skills to prescribe appropriately and effectively
• measuring the impact of nurse medical prescribing on practice: audit and evaluation