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Rational prescribing outcomes and indicators for GP's CME programmes as agreed by an expert panel |
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| Outcomes |
Assessment Indicator |
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| Upon completion of the course, a participant should be able to: |
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| 1. Write the date of the prescription |
1. Date of the prescription |
| 2. Write the name of the patient |
2. Name of the patient |
| 3. Write the age of the patient |
3. Age of the patient |
| 4. Write the name and identification number of the Iranian Medical Council for the prescriber |
4. Name and identification number of Iranian Medical Council of the prescriber |
| 5. Write the contact telephone number of prescriber |
5. Contact telephone number of prescriber |
| 6. Write refill information |
6. Refill information |
| 7. Write the prescription clearly |
7. Legible hand writing |
| 8. Write the generic name of the drugs |
8. Generic names of drugs |
| 9. Write the administration form of the drugs |
9. Administration form of drugs |
| 10. Write the strength of the drugs (dose and dose frequency) |
10. Strength of the drugs |
| 11. Write the duration of treatment |
11. Treatment duration |
| 12. Use the Latin abbreviation of terminology in drug use order |
12. Use Latin abbreviation terminology |
| 13. Write the time and manner of drug use |
13. Time and manner of drug use |
| 14. Write the necessary precautions |
14. Necessary precautions |
| 15. Prescribe the appropriate number of drugs |
15. Appropriate number of drugs |
| 16. Consider homogeneity of prescription per individual (all drugs prescribed pertain to the same individual) |
16. Homogeneity of prescriptions |
| 17. Avoid prescribing drugs with the same pharmacological effect |
17. Number of drugs in the same pharmacological group |
| 18. Avoid prescribing drugs which have negative interactions with each other |
18. Number of interactive drugs per prescription |
| 19. Prescribe the appropriate number and amount of antibiotics |
19. Number and amount of antibiotics per prescription and proportion of antibiotics prescribed |
| 20. Prescribe the appropriate number of injections |
20. Number of injections per prescription and proportion of injections prescribed |
| 21. Prescribe the appropriate number of Anti-Inflammatory Agents [Corticosteroids and Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID)] |
21. Appropriate number of Anti-Inflammatory Agents [Corticosteroids and Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID)] |
Esmaily et al. BMC Medical Education 2008 8:33 doi:10.1186/1472-6920-8-33 |
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