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23rd and 24th May 2022 | Day 1: 08.45am - 5:00pm | Day 2: 09:00am - 16:30pm (2 full days )
Coney Green Business Centre , Clay Cross, S45 9JW
Free
- Course Type: Face-to-Face Training
- Available for: All
- Funding: Free
- Spaces Remaining: 8
Prerequisites: You must be a registered nurse or pharmacist to access this course. The two day event is for practitioners new to anticoagulation management. You must attend both days – priority will be given to practices that currently provide the Derbyshire warfarin service
Target Audience: Practice nurses and Pharmacists
Experienced Health Care Assistants or other staff involved in anticoagulation services may attend following discussion with the organisers.
Course Overview
Warfarin management in primary care has been an established service which has significantly improved patient care in terms of access and choice. Without appropriate training to meet nationally and locally defined competencies this service cannot be delivered safely and effectively.
This course is designed to enable competent practitioners to safely and effectively manage a primary care based warfarin clinic using near patient testing for INR estimating, interpreting INR results and
determining the dose of warfarin in order to maintain results within their appropriate therapeutic ranges.
What will I learn?
It involves two days of comprehensive training – the first day covering the theory and essential learning relating to anticoagulation and the second day covers the practical aspects including monitoring and dosing of warfarin and using computer decision software. Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs – formerly known as NOACs) are covered as essential learning and an important development in the appropriate management of a diverse range of patients. The course was accredited by the former Derbyshire PCTs and has been delivered for more than ten years, training most of the practitioners currently delivering anticoagulation services across Derbyshire.
Course Content:
Day one includes:
• Overview of anticoagulation and How Warfarin works
• Stroke Prevention and Atrial Fibrillation
• Indications for Warfarin and BSH Guidelines
• Initiation and Management of Warfarin
• Setting up a clinic – including counselling patients
• Case Scenarios: dealing with problems
• Warfarin and drug interactions
• Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs): Place in treatment, Indications and risk
Day two includes:
• Service specification / Commissioning update
• Safe practice: NPSA and local serious incidents
• National External Quality Assurance Scheme for Near Patient Testing
• CoaguChek XS Plus Meter: Includes set up, testing, quality control and practical overview
• Computer Decision Making Software Overview • Governance and legal responsibilities
• Written Assessment: 40 Multiple choice questions (part of the competency assurance process)
Please note: Delegates will be advised to view some pre- course work. In Derbyshire the specification may also require the following BMJ Modules to be completed within 6 months of starting service:
o Maintaining patients on anticoagulants
o Starting patients on anticoagulants (if going to initiate patients)
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