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Anticoagulation; stroke prevention in Atrial Fibrillation

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About the CPD course

This course is aimed at GPs; nurse prescribers; PCN and practice pharmacists and pharmacy technicians; medicines optimisation teams and community pharmacists. The course is comprised of six modules covering the background to AF and the risk of stroke; NICE clinical guideline 196 on the Diagnosis and Management of AF; the assessment of stroke and bleeding risks; the choice of anticoagulant; the safe use of DOACs in renal impairment; co-prescribing of anticoagulants and antiplatelets and the patient information required to ensure that anticoagulants are used as safely as possible.

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We are an NHS funded not-for-profit organisation that supports quality, optimised prescribing for patients. We produce evidence-based resources and tools for primary care commissioners, and provide a platform to share innovation across the NHS. Most of our materials are publicly available, however we also provide a range of data and intelligence tools, webinars and events for our subscribers. We also aim to engage with a broad range of stakeholders including patients and carer groups, the pharmaceutical industry and voluntary sector organisations.

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