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The Applicant’s masked NRIC number (for Singapore Citizen or Permanent Resident) FIN or Passport number (for foreigner); Typically, you will be provided with 5 options and tasked with deciding which treatment would be most appropriate in the management of the given clinical scenario. Application of Temporary Pass is available online. Please visit the link here to access the iPass Portal. Each answer is composed of several variables (drug description (including form and strength), dose, route & frequency) and therefore, a correct answer can be expressed in a variety of ways, depending on the product selected. Due to the breadth of possible answers, some credit-worthy variations may not be included in a given mark scheme and recognised by the auto-scoring system.

For example, patients require ~ 1mmol/kg/day of K+, this should not be infused at a rate >10mmol/hr. There is an element of judgement of which is most important, if several pieces of information are accurate. 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 Get familiar with the BNF. The BNF online is the best option if you are wondering, but it really helps with efficiency if you are already familiar with how to navigate it before sitting the exam. The PSA was developed by the Medical Schools Council (MSC) and British Pharmacology Society (BPS) with roll-out across medical schools in the UK during 2014.

You will be asked to choose an appropriate drug or intravenous fluid with its corresponding dose, route, and frequency.

The beginning of Appendix 1 in the paper BNF contains several tables of ‘drugs that cause…’. This saves you from looking up each drug individually when being asked which drug is most likely to cause ‘x’. 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? 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.Solid state physics Quantum theory Chemical bonds SCIENCE Physics Condensed Matter Física do estado sólido Mecânica quântica This section comprises 40% of the available marks. You will be given a clinical scenario and asked to prescribe one drug/ fluid.

It is important to elicit which one of these is being tested as different tests are often required. (e.g., weight is the best monitoring measure for the beneficial effects of furosemide in someone with fluid overload, however, to monitor for harmful effects – renal function) Sp aced repetition is a technique for improving the retention of information . It works by spacing out the intervals between review sessions . This spacing allows you to consolidate the information making it more likely you will recall it during the prescribing safety assessment. From 1 February 2022, unvaccinated individuals will not be able to apply for passes and/or access PSA Terminals. As the scope of testing for this section can be quite broad, knowledge of some common scenarios will be very helpful: Learn the common and serious side-effects and monitoring requirements for: ACEi, antidepressants, anticoagulants, bisphosphonates, HRT, insulin, methotrexate, and statins.

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Read carefully whether you are being asked to assess that the treatment is working/ beneficial or whether you are assessing for adverse effects – you will do different tests for each of these. In the real assessment, the post-assessment review process considers every unrecognised answer and all credit-worthy answers are added to the mark scheme to enable marks to be credited. Know your metrics! milligrams and millilitres, micrograms and nanograms. Know the difference and how to convert between them. The PSA is undertaken by medical students in the early spring of their final year. It is an online exam that lasts for two hours and comprises 60 questions across eight-question formats. The total number of marks available is 200. Each medical school is allowed to choose whether or not they interpret the PSA as a summative assessment towards their medical degree.