Multimorbidity and Prescribing

Overview

• This module is designed for all primary care staff to assist with their understanding of multimorbidity and prescribing and how this information should be applied in their daily working lives in primary care.
• The course contains a case study and multiple-choice questions.

Goals

During this course you will learn:

• What multimorbidity is.
• How common multimorbidity is.
• About the risk factors for multimorbidity.
• About the complications of multimorbidity.
• How to manage multimorbidity in primary care.
• What polypharmacy is.
• What problematic polypharmacy is.
• How common polypharmacy is.
• How to manage problematic polypharmacy.
• What information and advice to give people with multimorbidity.

Topics covered