SPRING PROGRAMME 2012 - PRE-READING MATERIAL

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1. MANAGEMENT ON DEPRESSION

a) National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. Depression. NICE Clinical Guideline 90; 2009. Available on www.nice.org.uk

b) Aware. Available on www.aware.ie .

c) World Health Organisation. Available on www.who.int/mental_health/en/

3. ORAL ANTI-CANCER MEDICINES

a) www.macmillan.org.uk

b) http://www.mascc.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=89760 This is an example of a teaching tool for use with patients who are on oral anti-cancer medication.

c) www.cancer.ie

d) www.nccn.org - free registration is required here.

d) http://www.bopawebsite.org/contentimages/publications/BOPA_Standards_for_Clinical_Pharmacy_Verification_of_SACT_FINAL_29.1.10.pdf
This is an example of an internationally recognised standard for the verification of chemotherapy prescriptions.

4. INFLAMMATORY ARTHRITIS

a) www.arthritisireland.ie
b) www.eular.org
c) www.arthritisresearchuk.org
d) www.rheumatology.org
e) http://www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/pdf/CG79NICEGuideline.pdf
f) http://www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/live/13108/50413/50413.pdf
g) http://www.sign.ac.uk/pdf/sign123.pdf

5. UPDATE ON THE MANAGEMENT OF STROKE

a) www.stroke.ie

b) www.stroketraining.org

c) www.irishheart.ie

d) www.vvs.ie (volunteer stroke scheme)

e) www.sign.ac.uk

f) www.nice.org.uk

6. TB UPDATE

a) http://www.hpsc.ie/hpsc/A-Z/VaccinePreventable/TuberculosisTB/Publications/File,4349,en.pdf

b) http://guidance.nice.org.uk/CG117

c) http://thorax.bmj.com/content/53/7/536.full.pdf

d) HIV www.aidsmap.com