This study day is only available to clinical staff who work within the Kent and Medway ICB

Aim of the Session

To ensure those clinical personnel -doctors, nurses, pharmacists and health care assistants -who are already managing anticoagulant monitoring in primary care are updated and upskilled. The course will cover both INR monitoring of patients on warfarin and DOAC monitoring.

Time
09:00-13:00

Staff group
GPs, Nurses, HCAs, pharmacists  and all clinical staff

Learning Outcomes

By attending the programme individuals will:

Update their knowledge of recent developments in anticoagulation.

• Have an understanding of current guidelines in stroke prevention and existing research evidence for monitoring and initiation of anticoagulants.
• Learn from discussion with other professionals aspects of managing anticoagulation safely in a multidisciplinary team.
• An understanding of the roles of the multi-professional, disciplinary team in managing anticoagulation safely.
• Acquire an understanding of the requirements of clinical governance for anticoagulation management developing/adapting and applying audit tools with performance indicators.