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Prescribe will provide content based on the learning outcomes set out in Tomorrow’s Doctors 2009. These reflect earlier proposals made by the Safe Prescribing Working Group, convened by the Medical Schools Council in 2007 (available at www.medschools.ac.uk), and set out in greater detail within the British Pharmacological Society's curriculum for medical students (Teaching safe and effective prescribing in UK medical schools: a core curriculum for tomorrow's doctors. Br J Clin Pharmacol 2003;55:496-503).

Prescribe imageThese competencies include the ability to:

  • establish an accurate drug history
  • plan appropriate therapy for common indications
  • write a safe and legal prescription
  • appraise critically the prescribing of others
  • calculate appropriate doses
  • provide patients with appropriate information
  • access reliable information about medicines
  • detect and report adverse drug reactions