The Unofficial Guide to Prescribing,

Edition 2

Editors: Edited by Ali B.A.K. Al-Hadithi, MB BChir, MA(Cantab), MRCP(UK), AFHEA, PGCert (Med Ed), Simon R.J. Maxwell, MD PhD FRCP FRCPE FBPharmacolS FHEA and Zeshan Qureshi, BM, BSc (Hons), MSc, MRCPCH

Publication Date: 07 Aug 2025

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Part of the unique and award-winning The Unofficial Guides series, a collaboration between senior students, junior doctors and specialty experts. This combination of contributors understands what is essential to excel on your course, in exams and in practice – as well as the importance of presenting information in a clear, fun and engaging way. Packed with hints and tips from those in the know, when you are in a hurry and need a study companion you can trust, reach for an Unofficial Guide.

The Unofficial Guide to Prescribing provides detailed steps on patient assessment, investigation, and management, with an emphasis on prescription procedures. Through clinical scenarios, this work provides the necessary skills to excel in handling emergencies and complex prescribing.

Prescribing errors have significant health implications for patients and financial implications for healthcare systems, costing millions annually. As such, early prescribing training has become a crucial necessity in medical education and is now an integral part of teaching and assessment.

Each scenario is presented as you would see it in the hospital setting and covers:
Initial step-by-step assessment of the patient: how to assess, assessment findings, and immediate management
Initial investigations
Initial management
Reassessment
Treatment
Handing over the patient

Key Features

New section on electronic prescribing and fluid prescribing
Drug charts throughout to fill in with model answers
Core theory around prescribing alongside practical application
Prescribing taught alongside clinical management
An enhanced eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customise your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud

About the author

Edited by Ali B.A.K. Al-Hadithi, MB BChir, MA(Cantab), MRCP(UK), AFHEA, PGCert (Med Ed), Academic Clinical Fellow (Cardiology and Internal Medicine), University of Cambridge; Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, USA; Simon R.J. Maxwell, MD PhD FRCP FRCPE FBPharmacolS FHEA, Professor of Student Learning (Clinical Pharmacology and Prescribing), University of Edinburgh; Consultant Physician, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK and Zeshan Qureshi, BM, BSc (Hons), MSc, MRCPCH, History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge, Paediatric Registrar, London, UK

1 Introduction to Prescribing
2. Cardiology
3. Respiratory Medicine
4. Gastroenterology
5. Neurology
6. Endocrinology
7. Obstetrics and Gynaecology
8. General Surgery
9. Paediatrics
10. Additional Important Scenarios

Book Reviews

Review of the previous edition:
"As part of ‘The Unofficial Guide to…’ series, this excellent book is a must have for all students, as well as professionals involved in prescribing and hospital care – it provides a solid foundation for dealing with emergency situations and complex prescribing scenarios. It strengthens theoretical knowledge and applies it to ‘real life’ situations...it is an essential resource that should hold a place on all university reading lists". --Reviewed by: Dr Irfan Rashid on behalf of the International Journal of Clinical Skills, Jan 2015

ISBN: 9780443113451

Page Count: 408

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Medical Students, Junior Doctors.