Non-Medical Prescribing Update - Evidence Based Prescribing

Course Content:-

To update participants to understand and take into account the evidence available in order to make safer prescribing decisions when prescribing for patients.

• “Am I bovered?’ - The context of Evidence Based Prescribing
• Understanding risk; absolute or relative?
• Number needed to what exactly?
• Statistics and their significance
• ”DOO or POO, that is the question!”

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the session participants will have an increased understanding of

• Validity of research
• Statistics
• Clinical significance
• Application of evidence to practice