QMUL & Barts: Prescribing Safety Assessment
Section outline
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PSA Day - Lectures and Practice
Prescribing in O&G
Some slides available in the dropdown below.
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PSA Masterclass Series (4 parts) - please note the first hour is time doing the questions before review. Supporting materials below.
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This slide-set contains Questions_Answers_Notes_Tips from Masterclass 1 (REV). There are also extra questions / answer for your own work
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Here are the Question-only slides that we will be working on together in Masterclass 1. To optimise your learning within the Masterclass, have a go at the questions yourself beforehand. Your insight on why the correct answers are correct when we discuss the Q_A in the Masterclass is greatly improved, allowing you to better-apply the associated learning for future examination & clinical situations.
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This slide set includes answers, explanations and tips for the COM & CAL questions we discussed in Masterclass 2
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This file includes the COM and CAL questions for Masterclass 2 on Friday 18th October in the Ellis Lecture Theatre, Whitechapel, and for the on-line only Zoom session on 1st November.
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These extra Questions with Answers plus some tips may be helpful for personal or group PSA study
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Here are the Prescribing Scenarios for our work together at Masterclass 3. Scoring 10 marks each, PWS are the highest value questions in the PSA. Have a look prior to the Masterclass - this will be a bonus for your learning on the day.
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This slide set includes all of the PSA questions, answers, BNF tips, and notes/reference material that we worked on together during PSA Masterclass 3.
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Q& A slides on DAT, TDM and PWS questions, including tips and BNF links, from our final Masterclass.
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TDM, DAT, MAN and ADR scenarios for Masterclass 4.
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This is a valuable document in preparing for the PSA updated in 2023.
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Another, longer, also valuable document that gives you insight on how PSA Q are written - well worth a look
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Valuable material by Dr Maniero - remains relevant for 2025 - includes fluid prescribing algorithms, tips, and PSA practice questions
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Click here to view the recording of this session, held on Friday 6th December.
Passcode: lsen%nm3
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This area contains the Prescribing Safety Assessment preparation materials of QMUL / Barts medical school, comprised of a series of lectures and practice question sessions. Should you notice any issues with the recordings or have difficulty accessing this please contact Dr Elston (p.elston@qmul.ac.uk).
On the 'Lectures and Practice' tab you will find a series of relevant lectures and practice sessions, in addition to a number of helpful materials to help you prepare for the exam. -
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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Lecture slides for above video from Dr Abubaker Eltayeb who reviews important aspects of prescribing in populations at particular risk of adverse events; includes PSA-style questions.
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Slides from the lecture above by Professor Sir Mark Caulfield on pharmacogenomics; Covers PGx aspects of medicines encounterd by FY1 doctors; knowledge gaps; research activities and local initiatives in East London.
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Prof McGettigan from lecture above reviews prescribing in some risky settings; slides include PSA-style questions.
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Please see below sections for associated materials.
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Slides with questions and tips from the April Revision session on 19 March are in this section
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These are the slides from our March 19th Revision Masterclass
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This is the slide-set from our Rotblat Revision Masterclass on 24th March 2026
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Here are the Question-only slides that we will be working on together in Masterclass 1. To optimise your learning within the Masterclass, have a go at the questions yourself beforehand. Your insight on why the correct answers are correct when we discuss the Q_A in the Masterclass is greatly improved, allowing you to better-apply the associated learning for future examination & clinical situations.
Following the on-line repeat of the Masterclass, the full slide-set with questions, answers, notes and tips is posted here on QM+. This slide-set also includes additional questions for your own study.
Don't forget to do the Level Up Quiz before we begin the Masterclass! The link is at the end of the 'PSA Masterclasses' section above.
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This is a valuable document in preparing for the PSA - read it - you will be glad - it helps hugely in understanding the Q types, the variety of content encountered in each, and what is sought from you in answering each question type
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Another, longer, also valuable document that gives you insight on how PSA Q are written - well worth a look
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This slide-set contains the Questions_Answers_Notes_Tips from Masterclass 1 (REV) on 12 Sep and 3 Oct. There are extra questions / answers for your own work.
It also includes the Level Up Quiz question answers.
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Level Up Masterclass 1 REV Questions with Answers plus some notes and BNF tips
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This file includes the COM and CAL questions for Masterclass 2 on Friday 24th October in the Rotblat Lecture Theatre, ChSq, and for the on-line only session on 7th November.
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This slide set includes answers, explanations and tips for the COM & CAL questions we discussed in Masterclass 2
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This PGx Review is a very useful overview for generalists, including MBBS students
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Valuable material by Dr Carmen Maniero, Barts Health Consultant Physician - includes fluid prescribing algorithms, tips, and PSA practice questions
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Here are the Prescribing Scenarios for our work together at Masterclass 3. Scoring 10 marks each, PWS are the highest value questions in the PSA. Have a look prior to the Masterclass - this will be a bonus for your learning on the day.
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This slide set includes the PSA questions, answers, BNF tips, and notes/reference material that we worked on together during PSA Masterclass 3.
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I will update with news from the Computer Science Education Team on adding your Level Up scores for this Quiz. Meantime,here are answer suggestions for the five Level Up PWS quiz questions with brief explanatory notes on best answers.
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The slides include the PSA questions for Masterclass 4
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TDM, DAT, MAN and ADR scenarios for Masterclass 4 on the 9th and 16th of January.
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Here are the Questions and Answers for the Masterclass 4 Level Up Quiz
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Q & A slides on TDM, DAT, MAN and ADR questions, including tips and BNF links, from our final Masterclass on the 9th and 16th of January.
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This is the BMJ article mentioned in Masterclass 4 - it's short and useful!
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