Infection Masterclass: Understanding Guidelines
Join us for the second addition to our Infection Masterclass series: Understanding Guidelines, designed specifically for trainee pharmacists preparing for the GPhC registration assessment.
Clinical guidelines can often feel overwhelming, particularly when different recommendations depend on patient age, allergy status, pregnancy, renal function, previous treatment, severity of infection and other clinical factors.
This session will focus on helping you understand how to interpret and apply infection guidelines in GPhC-style scenarios, rather than simply trying to memorise individual treatment pathways.
We will break down how to approach guidelines logically, identify the most important information within a patient scenario, and work out which recommendation is most appropriate.
Topics covered will include:
How to read and interpret clinical guidelines efficiently
Identifying first-line and alternative treatment options
Understanding when treatment recommendations change
Penicillin allergy and alternative antibiotic choices
Pregnancy and breastfeeding considerations
Renal and hepatic considerations
Antimicrobial stewardship within guideline-based prescribing
Common guideline-based GPhC traps
How to approach unfamiliar guideline questions in the exam
We will also work through GPhC-style clinical scenarios throughout the masterclass, showing you how to extract the important information from a question and use the guideline appropriately to reach the correct answer.
The aim is not for you to memorise every guideline word-for-word. Instead, you should leave the session with a much clearer framework for navigating guidelines, recognising the factors that change treatment decisions and approaching infection questions with greater confidence.
Tickets:
MicroPharm members: FREE
Your exclusive member access code can be found in the Information Hub.
Non-members: £10
This is the second session in our Infection Masterclass series and is suitable whether you are currently revising infection or want to become more confident using clinical guidelines ahead of the GPhC registration assessment.