What knowledge and skills will the Prescribing Skills Assessment test?
The aim is not to assess anything over and above the outcomes required of graduates in Tomorrow’s Doctors (2009). Each item will assess a key prescribing skill as outlined in Tomorrow’s Doctors (2009), such as writing a prescription. The content of each item will be relevant to the prescribing tasks expected of an F1 doctor, i.e. the questions will refer to ailments and drugs that you are likely to be dealing with in Foundation year one. You will be able to refer to a copy of the BNF at any point during the assessment.
