Annual medicines safety week
The MHRA has provided some great resources including posters that promote YellowCard reporting and encourage Healthcare Professionals to be pro-active in ensuring that patients are aware of how to report side effects.
#MedSafetyWeek is 4th-10th November 2024.
This year’s focus is on preventing side effects.
https://yellowcard.mhra.gov.uk/information
The campaign has a variety of posters that can be used to promote Yellow card reporting and encourages healthcare professionals to be increasingly pro-active in ensuring that patients are aware of how to report side effects.
https://yellowcard.mhra.gov.uk/MedSafetyWeek
The campaign also identifies a variety of e-learning modules for doctors, pharmacists and nurses…
E-learning module for doctors
This free e-learning module for doctors allows them to learn about the importance of reporting suspected adverse drug reactions (ADRs). The European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME), part of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS), has given the module the highest order of accreditation. Doctors are awarded 1 EACCME credit (1 hour CPD) on completion of the 45 minute ADR e-learning module.
Adverse Drug Reactions: reporting makes medicines safer.
E-learning modules for pharmacists
The Centre for Postgraduate Pharmacy Education (CPPE) has developed a series of 3 e-learning programmes with the Wales Centre for Pharmacy Professional Education and MHRA. The programme has been endorsed by the Drug Safety Research Unit.
The e-learning modules should help pharmacists understand how to identify, report and prevent ADRS.
Adverse drug reactions and medicines safety
Reporting adverse drug reactions
Patients and adverse drug reactions
E-learning module for nurses
The Nursing Times, in close collaboration with MHRA, have developed an e-learning module for nurses.
The module is free once you have registered and counts for 2 hours continuing professional development (CPD) credits.
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