Description
Overview
The aim of this programme is to support healthcare professionals in improving patient adherence, whilst integrating a patient-centred approach.
Learning outcomes
On completion of this programme you should be able to:
- Appreciate the concepts of patient-centred care and medicines optimisation and their impact on adherence
- Differentiate between the terms compliance, concordance and adherence
- Identify the implications of and the factors affecting non-adherence
- Differentiate between indirect and direct methods of measuring adherence
- Understand the approach that should be adopted when questioning patients about their medication-taking behaviour
- Outline the 4Es and how they can be used to improve adherence
- Appreciate your role in shared decision-making and maintaining adherence
