RPS Foundation Framework Cluster 1 Patient Cluster 2 Professional Cluster 3 Personal Cluster 4 and Practice Practice Management and Pharmaceutical Organisation Care Patient Professionalism Gathering Clinical Consultation Organisation Information Governance Need for Effective Knowledge Service Medicine Communication Analysing Provision Provision of Skills Information Organisations Medicine Team Work Providing Budget and Selection of Education and Information Reimbursement Medicine Training Follow Up Procurement Medicine Research Staff Specific Issues and Evaluation Management Medicines Information and Patient Education Monitoring Medicine Therapy Evaluation of Outcomes Transfer of Care EXAMPLE 3 This scored 8/15. Whilst on the ward I counselled a patient newly started on warfarin, the patient was a little bit agitated at the time and to be taking all of the information in. Therefore I decided didn’t seem to cut the warfarin counselling down to the key points about the variable dosing depending on his INR, to report signs of bleeding and bruising immediately, not to take NSAIDs, to keep diet stable and to inform all health care professionals that he is taking warfarin. I did not go into a lot of detail about each counselling point as I felt the patient be able to retain wouldn’t all of the information and wanted to make sure he understood the most important points. I gave him a yellow book and advised him to read it and ask any questions when he came for his clinic appointment. During the counselling I felt that the patient was comfortable speaking to me, although he kept going off topic and telling me about his past, which worried me as I was concerned that he taking in the information. As he kept wanting to discuss other topics I kept having wasn’t to bring the conversation back to warfarin, I think I achieved this without upsetting the
RPS Foundation Framework Cluster 1 Patient and Pharmaceutical Care Cluster 2 Professional Practice Cluster 3 Personal Practice Cluster 4 Management and Organisation Patient Consultation Need for Medicine Provision of Medicine Selection of Medicine Medicine Specific Issues Medicines Information and Patient Education Monitoring Medicine Therapy Evaluation of Outcomes Transfer of Care Professionalism Organisation Effective Communication Skills Team Work Education and Training Gathering Information Knowledge Analysing Information Providing Information Follow Up Research and Evaluation Clinical Governance Service Provision Organisations Budget and Reimbursement Procurement Staff Management EXAMPLE 3 This scored 8/15. Whilst on the ward I counselled a patient newly started on warfarin, the patient was a little bit agitated at the time and didn’t seem to be taking all of the information in. Therefore I decided to cut the warfarin counselling down to the key points about the variable dosing depending on his INR, to report signs of bleeding and bruising immediately, not to take NSAIDs, to keep diet stable and to inform all health care professionals that he is taking warfarin. I did not go into a lot of detail about each counselling point as I felt the patient wouldn’t be able to retain all of the information and wanted to make sure he understood the most important points. I gave him a yellow book and advised him to read it and ask any questions when he came for his clinic appointment. During the counselling I felt that the patient was comfortable speaking to me, although he kept going off topic and telling me about his past, which worried me as I was concerned that he wasn’t taking in the information. As he kept wanting to discuss other topics I kept having to bring the conversation back to warfarin, I think I achieved this without upsetting the
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