Additional Lectures and Materials
Section outline
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This section has a numbe of peripheral lectures and useful documentation to support your studies.
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A summary of some core drugs / drug groups that you are likely to encounter in clinical work during Year 5 and will meet often in FY1 work. It is not exhaustive (see BNF!) and your clinical teams will likely use various other drugs. The list is intended as a guide to help in preparing for MBBS examinations and the Prescribing Safety Assessment in Year 5.
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Hospital prescription form for student prescribing practise and Pebble Pad CPT activities. Never use real patient identifiers on your drug charts.
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Useful short summary from a medicines information pharmacist
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This document from NHS Clinical Commissioners, BMA, RACGP, NAPP, and RCN is an important read for prescribers whose responsibilities are described, including the over-arching: 'Prescribers are responsible for the prescriptions they sign and they must be prepared to explain and justify their decisions and actions.'
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Many of us enjoy the well-targeted medicine scenes and characters played by Dr Glaucomflecken, aka Dr Will Flanary. This is a more serious piece - his out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and the experience of his resusciator, his wife Kristin. As told to the J Cardiac Failure editors, it's a good listen for all of us.
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How do we look after the lay resuscitators of an OOH arrest? This vivid piece from Kristin Flannery who resuscitated her young husband (a medic-comedian beloved of medics) is a read to remember for all of us in frontline healthcare
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This thoughtful piece from an insightful oncologist is good reading for students and clinicians of every ilk caring for patients who have to make therapy choices. 'Experience provides fortitude, equanimity and perspective. Not everyone wants to live forever'
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Useful BMJ article (Nov 2023) explaining why the oral route is preferable where possible from both patient ans sustaibability perspectives; has good examples of drugs with high oral bioavailability
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A good 1-page Decision Aid from the UK Health Security Agency - very helpful for placement anti-microbial medication reviews, for your Clinical placement work and for Examination preparation
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Good article from Robin Ferner & Colleagues published in Medicine journal 2023 - excellent examples & descriptions of mechanisms
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Concise, helpful article by Munir Pirmohamed discussing how genetic factors affect the response to drugs - with some good examples
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Dr Dawud Masieh discussed important aspects of toxicology - lecture slides from November 2024
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Dr Abubaker Eltayeb reviews important aspects of prescribing in these populations and includes PSA-style questions
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Lecture by Dr Emma Magavern on pharmacogenomics aspects of medicines often encounterd by FY1 doctors; knowledge gaps; research activities and local initiatives in East London
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Prof McGettigan reviews prescribing in some risky settings; slides include PSA-style questions
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Describes CPT Activities & Plan for Y5. It includess links for good information resources & sites
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