Workshop - Praescrìptiõ
Department of
Pharmacology, FMMC organized a 2 day workshop, Praescrìptiõ
- An Inter Professional Education workshop on Supplementary prescription
writing on 23rd April 2024 in AV hall, Knowledge centre, FMMC
and STEMI prescription- A Sim-IPE
approach, A Simulation scenario run workshop on 25th April, 2024
at Father Muller Simulation and Skill Centre. Dr Padmaja Udaykumar, Professor
and Head, Department of Pharmacology, FMMC was the Organizing chairperson and
Dr Chandralekha N, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, FMMC was
the Organizing secretary.
The program was
officially inaugurated on 23rd April 2024 by lighting the lamp by
Rev Fr Ajith B Menezes, Administrator, Dr Antony Sylvian Dsouza, Dr Padmaja
Udaykumar, Professor & Head, Dr Agnes, Vice Principal, FMCON, Dr
Chandralekha N, Associate Professor. Mr Lester Caevan Lobo, a participant also
joined. Rev Fr Ajith B Menezes gave a strong message on the importance of
writing prescriptions legibly which if ignored will lead to medication errors.
Dr Scandashree S, Assistant Professor, Dept of Pharmacology compered the
session.
The following were the
resource faculty for the workshops-
Dr Padmaja Udaykumar- Professor & Head,
Dept of Pharmacology
Dr Nagesh KR -Professor,
Dept of Forensic Medicine
Dr Sasikumar S - Professor
& Head Dept of Medical & Surgical Nursing
Dr Savita Lasrado -Associate
Professor; Dept of Otorhinolaryngology
Dr Anahita R Shenoy Basti-
Associate Professor, Dept of Physiology
Dr Chandralekha N -Associate
Professor, Dept of Pharmacology
Dr Jostol Pinto -Associate
Professor, Dept of Cardiology
Dr Mangala S- Assistant
Professor, Dept of Pharmacology
Dr Pooja M- Assistant Professor
Dept of Pharmacology.
There were altogether 33
participants from 3rd year BSc nursing, FMCON and medical interns,
FMMC.
The topics covered during
the workshop on 23rd April, 2024 were the Introduction and
Principles of Prescribing, the Prescriptive role of Nurse Practitioners,
Factors influencing Prescribing, Professional, legal, and ethical issues
relevant to prescribing practice, Pathophysiology, clinical features, treatment
of Suspected STEMI, Prescribing competencies, Process and steps of prescribing,
Teamwork and prescription writing for ST elevated myocardial infarction. There
was a pretest and a post-test. At the end, students were assessed on
prescription writing.
On 25th April
2024, there was a pre-brief session, simulation scenario run and a debriefing
for Group 1 students and the same was repeated for the Group 2 students. Simulation
scenario performances of both groups were assessed based on the checklist. The
participants appreciated the content, conduct of the workshops and efforts of
the resource faculty and presentations.
The program came to an
end with the distribution of certificates of appreciation to the resource
faculty and certificates of participation to the participants. The organizing
chairperson and organizing secretary thanked the resource faculty for their time
and effort towards the successful conduct of the workshops. They also applauded
the participants for their enthusiasm and active participation.
