NTA Level 4 • Semester 1 • PST04101

Guidelines on Prescribing Medicines

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Session 4: Guidelines on Prescribing Medicines

Total Session Time: 120 minutes

Prerequisites

• None

Students Learning Tasks

By the end of this session students are expected to be able to:

• Define Standard Treatment Guideline (STG)

• Explain the Importance of STG

• Describe Categories of Athorized Prescribers

Resources Needed:

• Flip charts, marker pens, and masking tape

• Black/white board, chalk and whiteboard markers

SESSION OVERVIEW

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: Introduction to Standard Treatment Guideline (STG) (5 minutes)

Standard Treatment Guideline

• STGs may be defined as ‘systematically developed statements to help

practitioners or prescribers make decisions about appropriate treatments

for specific clinical conditions’

• STGs or treatment protocols are a proven, effective strategy to promote

appropriate prescribing, when used in conjunction with educational

strategies to promote their use

• As a minimum, they should contain information on clinical features,

diagnostic criteria, non-drug and drug treatments (first-, second-,

third-line) and referral criteria

STEP 3: Importance of Standard Treatment Guidelines (30 minutes)

|Activity: Brainstorming (5 minutes) |

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|Ask students to brainstorm on the following question: |

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|What is the importance of Standard Treatment Guidelines? |

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|ALLOW few students to respond |

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|WRITE their responses on the flip chart/ board |

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|CLARIFY and SUMMARISE by using the content below |

Standard Treatment Guidelines are very useful in:

• Providing guidance to health professionals on the diagnosis and treatment

of specific clinical conditions

• Orienting new staff about accepted norms in treatment

• Providing prescribers with justification for prescribing

• Providing a reference point by which to judge the quality of prescribing

• Aiding efficient estimation of drug needs and setting priorities for

procuring and stocking drugs

STEP 4: Categories of Authorized Prescribers (60 minutes)

|Activity: Small Group Discussion ( 40 minutes) |

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|DIVIDE students into manageable groups |

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|ASK students to discuss in groups on the following question: |

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|Who are the authorized prescribers? |

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|ALLOW students to discuss for 20 minutes |

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|ALLOW each groups to present |

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|CLARIFY and SUMMARIZE by using the contents below |

The following are the authorized prescribers:

• Assistant Clinical Officer Dispensaries

• Clinical Officer Dispensaries, Health Centers

• Assistant Dental Officer Health Centers, District Hospital

• Dental Officer District Hospital, Regional Referral Hospital

• Assistant Medical Officer Health Centers, District Hospital,

Regional Referral

Hospital

• Medical Officer Health Center, District Hospital, Regional

Referral

Hospital

• Specialists Regional Hospital, Zonal referral

Hospitals, National

and specialized

Hospitals

STEP 5: Key Points (10 minutes)

• Standard Treatment Guidelines is defined as ‘systematically developed

statements to help practitioners or prescribers make decisions about

appropriate treatments for specific clinical conditions

o Provide guidance to health professionals on the diagnosis and treatment

of specific clinical conditions

STEP 6: Evaluation (10 minutes)

• What is STG?

• What is the importance of STG?

• Who are the authorized prescribers?

References

GoT (1998). Tanzania National Formulary (1st ed.). Dar es salaam, Tanzania:

MOHSW.

GoT (2013). Standard Treatment Guidelines& National Essential Medicines

List Tanzania MainLand ( 4th ed). Dar-es-salaam, Tanzania: MOHSW.

GoT (2014-2019). Staffing Levels for Ministry of Health and Social Welfare

Departments, Health Service Facilities, Heath Training Institutions

and Agencies. (Revised). Dar es salaam, Tanzania: MOHSW.

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