Hospital Pre-reg interviews

[admin]

Originally Posted by gaby

mines at 5.30

i wish it was in the mornign then it would have been over and done with.

Good luck to you Gaby......go get em

[gaby]

thanks!!!

im abit confused about medicines management, is it all about managing their budget and reducing waste?

edit: while on my afternoon of work experience. the pharmacist changed a drug to a cheaper version that did the same job, is this medicines management in action?

[admin]

Originally Posted by gaby

thanks!!!

Originally Posted by gaby

im abit confused about medicines management, is it all about managing their budget and reducing waste?

edit: while on my afternoon of work experience. the pharmacist changed a drug to a cheaper version that did the same job, is this medicines management in action?

Gaby

I guess your example could be called medicines management, as it's managing the drug bill for the hospital. All hospitals have to manage their budgets, and the drugs one is one of the biggest ones they have. I think the examples set out in the first quote give you better examples of this though, so I'd use one of these to talk about if you have to.

Here's a few defenitions, I personally think the first is the best one: -

What is medicines management?

Medicines management is about helping health professionals and patients make the right treatment choices. This is an evidence based approach to product choices which balances the safety, tolerability, effectiveness, price and simplicity of treatments. The list below gives you some examples of the types of things which come under "medicines management" - there are many more!

• Giving health professionals unbiased information on a new drug
• Asking a patient if they have any unwanted effects from their medicines
• Talking to carers about medicines and any concerns they may have
• Developing a local guideline for asthma management
• Giving advice on how to dispose of medicines safely
• Giving advice on safe systems for ordering medicines from the surgery

What is Medicines Management?

Medicines management is a system of processes and behaviours that determines how medicines are used by patients and by the NHS. Effective medicines management places the patient as the primary focus, thus delivering better targeted care and better informed individuals.


Medicines Management


Community Pharmacists are experts on medicines. This expertise is being put to good use in nine areas across the country where they are taking part in the Community Pharmacy Medicines Management Project.

Working with doctors and other health care professionals community pharmacists are helping NHS patients to get the most from their medicines so that they suffer fewer symptoms, experience less side effects and understand their treatment better. All things that make for happier healthier patients.

[Emmz]

Oh my ... they gave me a calculations test ... wasn't expecting that!
Think the interview part went okish. Eek. Find out on Friday.

[gaby]

I had a scenario and a list of drugs with doses and 3 questions.

1. are there any interactions or pharmacological problems?
2. what advice would you give?
3. what condition does the patient have?

the list of drugs contained
salbutamol
corticosteroid
tiotropium
(something i cant remember)
amoxil
nystatin
atenolol
simvastatin
clarithromycin

due to the regular dosing of salbutamol i deduced it must be copd.

and atenolol shouldnt be given in such conditions of asthma and bronchospasm.

but my hands were shaking and i was so scared i couldnt even work thru the problem i thought i'd go thru no. 2 and 3 first as they seemed easy. but then didnt have enough time to go thru no. 1 properly.

im gonna find out tomorrow whether i passed or not. Even thou i know i mucked up the problem, I'm not sure will they hold that against me??? I mean to get into 4th year every student must obviously be able to look up interactions.

the questions they asked after the problem solving session seemed pretty good and i think my answers were ok.

I'm really scared now im not sure what the outcome will be, but for the clearing option i put down all hospitals in west midlands.

[gaby]

emmz which region did u apply to?

I applied in the west midlands and it was a panel interview, at first i was so scared but eventually i calmed down because the interviewers were really nice.

[Emmz]

Mine was West Midlands too.
Which hospital/trust was yours for? Mine was for South Birmingham Teaching hospitals.
Did they not give you very long for your clincial bit because they didn't give us very long really for the calculations ... and it went really quickly!

[gaby]

yeah ours went really quick too. i mean for the first 5 minutes or so i was just panicking.

mine was for sandwell and city hospital.

emmz, we may be collegues one day.

[Emmz]

Yes we may! Aaaah I hate being stuck in limbo ... I have to wait until Friday to find out!
Good luck and hope you receive good news tomorrow!!

[gaby]

good luck to you too.