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A PSA pass within two years prior to starting the F1 year is valid, but the pass does not expire during the F1 year (e. For the 2023 PSA, all medical schools may decide to offer re-sits, especially if the PSA is taken as a summative test. She has a keen interest in medical education and would like to help other students excel in the PSA.

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The Board selects question items from the item bank to create PSA assessments, supervises the work of the standard setting group and reviews the performance of individual items during summative assessments. Then, you have to use your judgement to determine which of the correct information is the most appropriate to be given to the patient. Ihaven'treallylookedintothepharmacologytoomuch-justbeenfocusingontreatmentsforcommonconditionsandacutescenarios. The first is identifying the adverse effect caused by a specific drug, the second is identifying the drug that is causing a specific adverse effect, the third is identifying drug interactions and the fourth is managing an adverse drug reaction.Individuals will commence their allocated programme as scheduled and will be required to undertake the appropriate remediation package. In 2016, OpenAthens introduced a new authentication point as a security measure, which does not allow OpenAthens to work within iframes (i. Meanwhile, if the there are clinical features of toxicity, stop the drug temporarily and treat the toxicity, then either restart it at a lower dose or switch to another drug.

Prescribing Safety Assessment

However, certain information may be easier to find using the paper copy of BNF, so it is good to familiarise yourself with it too. Top tip: Multiple answers may be ‘correct’, so think about what is relevant to the patient in question! While the test may be daunting, the majority of those sitting the PSA will pass with the median score being ~75% and the pass mark frequently around ~63% (Determined by the Standard-Setting Group). The PSA is divided into eight distinct sections that test different aspects of prescribing across a range of clinical contexts. Even if among the 5 choices there is only one drug with one dose, route, frequency and duration, do not assume that everything is correct for that drug.

An FP 2022 applicant who has taken and passed the PSA before February 2021 will be required to take it again by their foundation school.