PART of an initiative from the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care is to improve the safe use of medicines via use of the national standard medication chart (NSMC).
The NSMC is a collection of standardised charts that present and communicate information consistently between clinicians on the intended use of medicines for an individual patient.
The Commission has engaged with MedicineWise to assist prescribers, pharmacists and nurses to enhance their existing skills and gain an understanding of the role that medication charts play in medication management.
To this end the Commission and MedicineWise have provided an online learning course for users of national standard medication charts.
The course is intended for experienced clinicians as well as students, guiding through the principles of safe prescribing and how to complete the NSMC correctly.
For access, go to learn.nps.org.au.
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