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Don’t make it too complicated. Remember, this exam is aimed at final year medical students and Foundation Year 1 doctors so the paper will not ask you to prescribe chemotherapy drugs or other specialist medications so don’t worry about learning those. Know what to do in the event of a missed contraceptive pill (this varies depending on the type of pill being taken). Newly qualified FY1 doctors will write and review many prescriptions each day, however, prescribing is often considered one of the most challenging areas. In addition, prescription errors are commonly observed in practice. Therefore, the PSA was introduced to ensure junior doctors are safe prescribers with the aim to improve clinical practice and reduce the number of prescribing errors.

It is made up of 8 sections totalling 200 marks. The time given to complete this is 120 minutes. Questions will cover topics such as Medicine, Surgery, General Practice, Psychiatry, Paediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, and Elderly Care. Take into consideration specific information you are given about a patient when deciding which piece of information is best – e.g. are they of childbearing age? You will be given a clinical scenario and a list of 6-10 drugs the patient is taking, you will need to identify drugs that are contra-indicated (e.g. in renal impairment), causing the clinical picture (e.g. hypokalaemia, confusion, hypotension), or contain a dosing error.Know how to prescribe gentamicin and how to use the gentamicin chart to determine next prescription timing To apply for the PSA Temporary Pass /PSA Pass, please complete this application form and submit it together with the following documents: PSA Temporary Pass

There are often several correct drug/ dose/ route combinations which will receive full marks. Lower marks are given for suboptimal options. The BNF can be used at any point during the PSA examination. Therefore, it is absolutely vital that candidates are confident with using the BNF prior to the exam. Each question has 10 marks available (5 for the drug choice and 5 for the choice of dose/route/frequency).Data interpretation made memorable and simple including ECG, ABGs, chest X-rays and basic bloods. Common traps highlighted throughout. You will be asked to determine: the most common or most serious side-effect of a drug, which drug is most likely responsible for an ADR, potential drug interactions, and management of an ADR.