Safe prescribing: Foundation update (August 2023)
We would welcome your help to review sessions within the Foundation elearning programme. Foundation Doctors reviewing our sessions can enter the review as a publication in your CV. If you would like to help, please email TEL@hee.nhs.uk using the subject line: ‘Foundation feedback'.
Welcome to your August 2023 update from the Foundation elearning programme.
Failure to prescribe safely is one of the commonest causes of untoward patient incidents in medical practice. The following sessions support safe practice and include learning on injectable medicines, anticoagulation, antibiotics, prescribing in renal impairment, and other areas of safe medicine use.
Sessions:
- Prescription Writing
- BNF Usage and Other Prescribing Information Sources
- Safe Use of Injectable Medicines (Part 1)
- Safe Use of Injectable Medicines (Part 2)
- Safe Anticoagulation
- Safe Prescribing in Renal Impairment
- Prudent Use of Antibiotics (Part 1)
- Prudent Use of Antibiotics (Part 2)
- Prudent Use of Antibiotics (Part 3)
- Safe Prescribing of Insulin
- Adverse Drug Effects
- Safer Medicine Use Through Concordance
The sessions cover areas in your curriculum on:
FPC 1: Clinical Assessment
FPC 2: Clinical Prioritisation
FPC3: Holistic Planning
FPC 4: Communication and Care
FPC 5: Continuity of Care Specific Areas of Core Learning High Risk Prescribing Patient Safety
The Foundation elearning programme has been developed specifically for Foundation doctors by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges in partnership with NHS England elearning for healthcare (NHSE elfh), and is approved by the UK Foundation Programme (UKFPO).
The online training has a range of other sessions that might help you. Please log in to the programme page to view more.
You can sign on to the elearning with your login supplied by elearning for healthcare at any time during your foundation training: https://www.elfh.org.uk/programmes/foundation-programme/
HORUS and TURAS have deep links to elearning for healthcare sessions from the Foundation Curriculum and are therefore accessible to all trainees, making it quicker and easier to access the appropriate session linked to the curriculum.
UCL Medical Emergencies Course for Trainee Doctors
Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th October 2023
A copy of the outline programme is attached and further details can be found on the meeting website- 57th Medical Emergencies Course for Trainee Doctors
Registration
Registration Fee - £100.00
(A discount is available for UCL/UCLH staff (please email alex@collaborativeconferences.co.uk for further details)
Online registration now open –Click here to register
Registration fee includes:
- Access to the virtual course on 14th & 15th October 2023 to watch the presentations and put questions to the speakers.
- Post-course access to the video content (pre-registered delegates only). The content will be available from approximately 2 weeks after the course until the end of January 2024.
- CPD certificate (provided by email to those who attend the course)
- Opportunity to self-certify for CPD for watching the course content later (one CPD credit per hour).
Please note that anyone wishing to access the video contact afterwards must pre-register before the course takes place.
Radiology for F1s
Part 1 Practical tips
Dr Keegan Curlewis, Dr Mihir Rao, Dr Indrajeet Mandal
IR Juniors are excited to present our upcoming 2-part webinar series, Radiology for FY1s. Join us for Part 1 - Top Tips, where we will provide the necessary information and some anecdotal top tips to prepare you to interact with the Radiology department as part of your new role as an FY1 doctor.
Thursday 10th August 7pm
Sign up TINYURL.COM/RADIOLOGYFORFY1PART1