Pass the PSA
- 2nd Edition - March 23, 2020
- Latest edition
- Authors: William Brown, Kevin W Loudon, James Fisher, Laura B Marsland
- Language: English
Fully updated for its second edition, Pass the PSA is written specifically for the Prescribing Safety Assessment (PSA) exam, with one chapter dedicated to each PSA exam… Read more
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Description
Description
Key features
Key features
This latest edition:
- Introduces a simple, memorable and failsafe approach to prescribing (the 'PReSCRIBER' mnemonic)
- Specifies the universal basic principles of prescribing for all sections
- Examines each section's question structure and how to approach it
- questions (structured identically to the exam) that conclude each chapter
- Covers all scenarios suggested for questioning in the PSA blueprint
- Highlights common traps throughout
- Contains two mock exams
- Includes finals-level sections on data interpretation and management
Readership
Readership
Table of contents
Table of contents
1. Basic principles of prescribing
2. Prescription review: A fool-proof plan
3. Data interpretation
4. Planning management
5. Communicating information
6. Calculation skills
7. Prescribing: Doing it yourself
8. Drug monitoring
9. Adverse drug reactions
10. Mock examinations
Review quotes
Review quotes
From customer reviews of the previous edition:
‘Brilliant Book. I passed the PSA at 96% and was in the top 0.5% of the country.’
‘Buy this book for the PSA, fantastic book, straight to the point.’
‘Must-have book for the PSA, can enter the exam with so much more confidence knowing roughly what format/common things to know.’
‘Excellent - really well-written book. short and sweet. Has all the important drugs, SE, interactions etc. prepares you well for the PSA (and other prescribing exams)’
‘Brilliant book’
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 2
- Latest edition
- Published: May 6, 2020
- Language: English
About the authors
About the authors
WB
William Brown
KL
Kevin W Loudon
JF
James Fisher
LM