Medicines Audit and Incident Management (previously titled Medicines Management and Audit) Face-to-Face / Virtual Classroom

At the end of this course, delegates will be able to:

▪ Describe how to audit effectively

▪ Demonstrate how to use a risk-based approach to auditing

▪ Explain what can be done to reduce the likelihood of medicines errors occurring

▪ Describe the process of managing medicines incidents

▪ Identify when and how to report a safeguarding concern

▪ Identify any gaps in skills and knowledge and develop an action plan

This course includes the following:

▪ Adopting a risk-based approach to auditing medicines

▪ Different types of medicines audit and topics that should be covered in medicines audits

▪ Identifying poor practice and common medicines errors

▪ Achieving good practice

▪ Managing medicines incidents including identifying contributory factors

▪ Recording and reporting medicines incidents including safeguarding

▪ Understanding processes, incident management and safeguarding case studies

▪ Action planning