IP3: Prescribing in Practice is a 15-credit Level 7 module that provides the opportunity to apply prescribing knowledge and clinical skills in supervised real-world practice.

You will undertake a minimum of 90 hours of patient-facing clinical experience under the supervision of an approved Designated Prescribing Practitioner (DPP). During the placement, you will manage a range of ocular conditions and develop your confidence and competence in making safe, evidence-based prescribing decisions.

You will maintain a clinical placement logbook documenting patient encounters, clinical reasoning, prescribing decisions and reflective learning. Your practice will be supported through feedback and supervision, enabling you to develop professional accountability, clinical judgement and effective multidisciplinary working.

The module brings together the knowledge and skills developed across the PG Cert IP and provides the opportunity to demonstrate achievement of the General Optical Council Independent Prescribing learning outcomes in clinical practice.

Successful completion of the module, alongside successful completion of the other programme requirements, enables you to apply for Independent Prescriber annotation on the General Optical Council register.

Assessment

Assessment is based on supervised clinical practice and a Clinical Placement Logbook.

You will be required to:

complete a minimum of 90 hours of patient-facing clinical placement;

maintain a clinical placement logbook documenting clinical encounters, prescribing decisions and reflective learning;

demonstrate safe and effective prescribing practice under the supervision of your Designated Prescribing Practitioner (DPP); and

demonstrate achievement of all General Optical Council Independent Prescribing learning outcomes.

The Clinical Placement Logbook is assessed with a minimum grade of 50%. The clinical placement and achievement of all GOC learning outcomes form a separate pass/fail requirement.

Both elements must be successfully completed to pass the module.

This module can contribute to the following programme(s)

HMOIPPGC: PgCert Optometry Independent Prescribing