Getting the essentials right. Medical Council provides tips and more

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Getting the essentials right. Medical Council provides tips and more

13 February 2019

Vanessa Weenink

From the Medical Council

Wednesday 13 February 2019, 12:00 AM

Medical Council medical adviser Kevin Morris urges doctors to check out the council’s website for help and advice on a wide range of issues

Do you know the answer? More importantly, do you know where to find the answer? Medical Council medical adviser Kevin Morris looks at the quiz questions doctors most often get wrong in a general registrant test. It also identifies the resources the council has to help answer those questions

The Medical Council publishes a number of statements that set out the standards of competence and conduct to be met by doctors. These reflect the exp

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1.These handbooks and statements also provide a reference from which conduct can be assessed by the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal in a disciplinary proceeding

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For older people and frail people, the long-term benefit of medicines reduces and the potential for harm from adverse effects increases. When the benefit–risk balance changes in this way, medicine review and optimisation are important to simplify the therapeutic regimen, reduce inappropriate medicines and minimise risks. In this article, pharmacist prescriber Linda Bryant uses two case studies to illustrate important considerations during medicine reviews

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