1. Electronic Medicines Prescribing Assessment Package
Introduction:
May know me from WIC-Ed courses
Practice Nurses background / WIC
Qualified as NMP in 2006
The Electronic Medicines Prescribing Assessment Package has now been purchased by the
Nottinghamshire Health and Social Care Community Workforce Team and is now available for you to use.
Purchased in order to help Prof development of prescribers
Not mandatory … as yet… Has anyone used it yet?
Gill Beardmore
Practice Development Nurse
WIC-Ed / Workforce Development

2. Session objectives... Explain the background
Describe how to access the package
Outline some basic features
Identify uses in practice
Session objectives ....
The background to the package
Going to describe how to access the package
Some of it’s basic features
Ideas about how it could be used

3. The background...

4. Background
Led by Nottinghamshire Health and Social Care Community Workforce Team (NHSCCWT)
Health Community group set up across all 5 organisations
Funded by Flexible LBR monies
To avoid further development costs the Leicestershire and Rutland Community modules were purchased
3 year licence purchased (started 2011)
Nottinghamshire Health and Social Care Community Workforce Team (NHSCCWT)
NUH, Notts Health Care Trust, CityCare, County Health partnership, Sherwood Forest Hospitals
Open to GP practices
Leicestershire & Rutland – already developed - already using it so development costs kept down

5. NHSCCWT To keep costs down the NHSCCWT is the owner of the licence
Quarterly activity reports will be provided to the NHSCCWT
CityCare will receive report from the NHSCCWT and will input onto staff members training records
Nottinghamshire Health and Social Care Community Workforce Team (NHSCCWT) – keeps costs down – 1 licence only

6. The background
How to access...

7. Can access via the intranet – need to get onto the WFD website – click the button

8.
Pr via internet – by typing web address of WFD website into browser

9. Once into web site – home page – click on ‘e-learning’

10. That takes you to e-learning page – where all other e-learning modules can be accessed
This time click on nonmed prescribing

11. Takes you to non med prescribing page – describes the package
Need to click on link to web site – triad…
Note username

12. If you have a problem and this doesn't take you to the learning package, you will need to scroll down this page to the bottom to access what to do next.
It is likely that IT will need to help if this is the case
Report problems to WFD team

13. Assuming all OK – after clicking on the link – a window asking for username & password will appear

14. How to access...
Username: NottsWorkforce Password: peas2 Case sensitive....
Username & password – all the same
Case sensitive

15. Finally, should get to a screen like this…
Click on start

16. Which will take you into the system’s home screen

17. The background
How to access
Basic features...

18. Basic features Enter personal details
No personal record kept within system itself
Report generated & sent to WFD
Personal learning record then updated
Personal details – including Nat ins number – unique identifier
Unlike the other e-learning packages, there’s no record of your learning held within the system
But a report is generated from the results of everyone who has attempted modules & this is sent to WFD
The results are then entered onto your personal learning record

19. Basic features All instructions on screen Pass mark set at 60%
No time limit
Feedback given
Print certificate for own records
Feedback after every question

20. These are the modules
Mental health for mental health nurses
I’ve done 2 modules – take about an hour each
Some questions longer than others – can break & come back to it – progress bar shows how far into the module you are

21. The background
How to access
Basic features
How to use in practice...

22. Evidence based prescribing
Use in practice...
Problem solving
Invest some time
Reflect
Identify learning
Safe prescribing
Increased awareness
Evidence based prescribing
Some ideas about how to use it
Invest the time
It may be there are areas you’re not so familiar with – some will be very familiar
Reflection on performance can help identify learning needs
It’s a tool to help
Focusses on safe prescribing and ensuring prescribing is evidence based..
Personal development

23. Session objectives... Explain the background
Describe how to access the package
Outline some basic features
Identify uses in practice
So to concluded – we’ve looked at ….
Think now about how you personally will start to use this
Feed back your thoughts – preferably by

24. Questions?