Medical Prescription – PST04101 Dispensing
NTA Level 4 • Semester 1 • PST04101 Medical Prescription Dispensing • Source Session/Topic 2 Full source-text version: all educational wording from the extracted learning source is retained; only presenter/tutor metadata and web-layout noise are removed, while formatting is improved for readability. Session 2: Medical Prescription Total Session Time: 120 minutes Prerequisites • None Learning Tasks By the end of this session students are expected to be able to: • Define a Medical Prescription • List Parts of a Medical Prescription • Identify Features of Different Parts of a Medical Prescription Resources Needed: • Flip charts, marker pens, and masking tape • Black/white board, chalk and /whiteboard markers • Handout 2.1: Sample of a Filled Medical Prescription SESSION OVERVIEW |Step |Time |Activity/ |Content | | | |Method | | |1 |05 minutes |Presentation |Introduction, Learning Tasks | |2 |05 minutes |Presentation |Definition of a Medical | | | | |Prescription | |3 |50 minutes |Presentation |Parts of a Medical Prescription | | | |Small Group Discussion| | |4 | 50 minutes |Presentation |Features of Different Parts of a | | | |Small Group Discussion|Medical Prescription | |5 |05 minutes |Presentation |Key Points | |6 |05 minutes |Presentation |Evaluation | SESSION CONTENTS STEP 1: Presentation of Session Title and Learning Tasks (5 minutes) READ or ASK students to read the learning tasks and clarify ASK students if they have any questions before continuing. STEP 2: Definition of Medical Prescription (5 minutes) Medical Prescription • A legal written order from a qualified prescriber to a qualified dispenser which contains instructions to dispense or compound and administer specified medicines to a clearly mentioned patient Or • It is an order for medication issued by a physician, dentist or other properly licensed medical practitioner o A prescription designate specific medication and dosage to be prepared by a pharmacist/pharmaceutical technician and administered to a particular patient o A medical prescription can be printed or written in ink Categories of a Medical Prescription • Those written for single component or prefabricated products and not requiring compounding or mixing by the pharmacist/pharmaceutical technician • Those written for more than a single component and requiring compounding [pic] Fig 2.1: Sample Prescriptions STEP 3: Parts of a Medical Prescription (50 minutes) |Activity: Small Group Discussion ( 30 minutes) | | | |DIVIDE students into small manageable groups | | | |ASK students to discuss on the following question | | | |What are the Parts of a Medical Prescription? | | | |ALLOW students to discuss for 30 minutes | | | |ALLOW few groups to present and the rest to add points not mentioned | | | |CLARIFY and SUMMARIZE by using the contents below | The following are parts of a Medical Prescription: • Name of the institution/health facility • Prescriber information and signature • Patient information • Date prescription was written • The superscription (Rx symbol) • Inscription (medication prescribed) • The subscription (dispensing instruction to the pharmaceutical personnel) • Transcription/ Signatura (Direction to the patient) [pic] Figure 2.2: Sample of Filled Medical Prescription [pic][pic] Refer students to Handout 2.1: Sample of a filled Medical Prescription STEP 4: Features of Different Parts of a Medical Prescription (50 minutes) |Activity: Small Group Discussion ( 30 minutes) | | | |DIVIDE students into small manageable groups | | | |[pic] ASK students to discuss on the following question | |What are the features of different parts of a Medical Prescription? | | | |[pic] Refer students to Handout 2.1: Sample of a Filled Medical | |Prescription | | | |ALLOW students to discuss for 15 minutes | | | |ALLOW few groups to present and the rest to add points not mentioned | | | |CLARIFY and SUMMARIZE by using the contents below | The following are features of different parts of a medical prescription: • Name of the institution/ health facility o Full address of the institution • Prescriber’s information and signature o Name, address and signature of the prescriber together with professional qualification. (ACO, CO, AMO, MD or DS etc) written and signed in indelible/permanent ink • Patient information o Patient information which includes the patient full name, address, hospital registration number, sex, age and /or body weight of the patient • Date prescription was written o The date prescription was written showing day, month and year • The superscription (Rx symbol) o Consists of the heading where the symbol Rx (an abbreviation for recipe, the Latin for ‘take thou’) is found o The Rx symbol comes before the inscription • Inscription o Is also called the body of the prescription o Provides the names and quantities of the chief ingredients of the prescription to be dispensed o The dose/strength and dosage form, such as tablet, suspension, capsule, syrup is found • The subscription (dispensing instruction to the pharmaceutical personnel) o This gives specific directions for the pharmaceutical personnel on how to compound the medication o These directions to the pharmaceutical personnel are usually expressed in Latin or may consist of a short sentence such as: "make a solution," "mix and place into 10 capsules” or "dispense 10 tablets" • Transcription o This gives instructions to the patient for use: ▪ On how to take the drug; route by which the drug is to be administered. ▪ How much, how many times per day (frequency of administration), when and how long the drug is to be taken ▪ These instructions are preceded by the symbol “S” or “Sig.” from the Latin, meaning "mark." Or “Label” ▪ Also may contain special instructions, warnings considered important for the patient STEP 5: Key Points (5 minutes) • A medical prescription should be clearly written for easy reading and to prevent unnecessary mistakes in interpretation o If not written clearly, check with the prescriber and never guess • Not all medications require prescriptions. There are certain medications on the market that can be purchased over the counter, thus their name Over-the-Counter drugs (OTC) STEP 6: Evaluation (5 minutes) •
