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== Current Roles of Physiotherapy == | == Current Roles of Physiotherapy == | ||
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=== | === Supplementary Prescribing === | ||
==== Definition ==== | |||
= | "Voluntary prescribing partnership between an independent prescriber (doctor) and supplementary prescriber (pharmacist, nurse, physiotherapist, etc) to implement an agreed patient-specific Clinical Management Plan with the patient's agreement" <ref name="Courtenay and Griffiths">Courtenay M, Griffiths M, editors. Independent and Supplementary Prescribing: An Essential Guide. New York: Cambridge University Press; 2010.</ref> | ||
=== Classes Offered === | ==== Medicine Act 1968 ==== | ||
==== Classes Offered ==== | |||
Supplementary prescribing classes involve at least 26 days in the classroom, and 12 days in practice with a designated medical practitioner <ref name="Courtenay and Griffiths" /> | Supplementary prescribing classes involve at least 26 days in the classroom, and 12 days in practice with a designated medical practitioner <ref name="Courtenay and Griffiths" /> | ||
= Future = | = Future = | ||
Revision as of 13:27, 12 October 2011
This page has been created as part of the Queen Margaret University project on current and emerging roles in contemporary physiotherapy practice
Past[edit | edit source]
The History of Physiotherapy[edit | edit source]
The Role of Physiotherapy[edit | edit source]
Present[edit | edit source]
Current Roles of Physiotherapy[edit | edit source]
Current Prescribing Rights[edit | edit source]
Supplementary Prescribing[edit | edit source]
Definition[edit | edit source]
"Voluntary prescribing partnership between an independent prescriber (doctor) and supplementary prescriber (pharmacist, nurse, physiotherapist, etc) to implement an agreed patient-specific Clinical Management Plan with the patient's agreement" [1]
Medicine Act 1968[edit | edit source]
Classes Offered[edit | edit source]
Supplementary prescribing classes involve at least 26 days in the classroom, and 12 days in practice with a designated medical practitioner [1]
Future[edit | edit source]
Autonomous Practice[edit | edit source]
Independent Prescribing[edit | edit source]
Definition[edit | edit source]
Classes Offered[edit | edit source]
Likewise, Independent prescribing classes involve at least 26 days in the classroom, and about 12 days in practice with a designated medical practitioner [1]
