News & Research
All the latest news and research from SCRIPT
Latest News
SCRIPT shortlisted for the RCP Excellence in Care Awards 2018
We are very excited to announce that the SCRIPT has been shortlisted in the "Medical Education and Training" category for the RCP Excellence in Care Awards 2018. This reflects the significant impact SCRIPT has had on embedding education around prescribing and...
New modules released
The SCRIPT team are pleased to launch two new modules next week. "Endocrine 1" has been released in the Paediatric version, taking the number of available modules up to 16, with a further 11 modules in development. The second new module, "Advanced Pain Management", is...
GP SCRIPT pilot now available in the West Midlands
The newest version of SCRIPT for General Practitioners is now being trialled by Trainee GPs working in the West Midland regions. Trainees are able to access six modules and their feedback will inform improvements and further developments to the new programme, with the...
Prof Jamie Coleman to give Inaugural Lecture on 7 February 2018
Professor Jamie Coleman, one of the Principal Investigators of SCRIPT at the University of Birmingham, will be giving his inaugural lecture, with the title "Rewriting the SCRIPT: Educating and Supporting Tomorrow’s Prescribers". The 1-hour lecture will tell the story...
Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) Awareness Week 20-24th November
The Yellow Card scheme collects reports of adverse incidents associated with medicines and medical devices.
SCRIPT presents at Patient First conference
The SCRIPT team were invited to present a poster at the Patient First conference on 21 November in London.
Research Outputs
Awards
- (2018) RCP Excellence in Patient Care Awards
Shortlisted in Medical Education and Training category - (2016) West Midlands Academic Health Science Network
Celebration of Innovation Award – Highly Commended for Patient Safety
(Nursing SCRIPT) - (2013) Patient Safety Awards
Winner of Improving Safety in Medicine Management category
(Medicine & Surgery SCRIPT) - (2013) Patient Safety Awards
Finalist in Education and Training category
(Medicine & Surgery SCRIPT) - (2012) BMJ Improving Health Awards
Finalist: Excellence in Healthcare Education
(Medicine & Surgery SCRIPT)
Peer-reviewed Publications
- (2017) Use of an e-Learning Educational Module to Better Equip Doctors to Prescribe for Older Patients: A Randomised Controlled Trial
Cullinan S, O’Mahoney, Byrne S.
Drugs Aging. 2017 May;34(5):367-374 - (2016) Perceptions and Impact of Mandatory eLearning for Foundation Trainee Doctors: A Qualitative Study
Brooks HL, Pontefract SK, Vallance HK, Hirsch CA, Hughes E, Ferner RE, et al
PLos ONE. 11(12):e0168558 - (2016) An evaluation of UK foundation trainee doctors’ learning behaviours in a technology-enhanced learning environment
Brooks HL, Pontefract SK, Hodson J, Blackwell N, Hughes, E, Marriott JF, et al
BMC Medical Education 16:133
Reports and Guidance
- (2017) Supporting junior doctors in safe prescribing
Royal College of Physicians - (2017) Combating antimicrobial resistance: Educational approaches for the responsible prescribing of antimicrobials
Health Education England - (2017) The General Practice Nursing Workforce Development Plan
Health Education England - (2016) Embedding national antimicrobial prescribing and stewardship competencies into curricula: A survey of health education institutions
Health Education England - (2016) Dental antimicrobial stewardship: toolkit
Public Health England - (2016) Prescribing Safety Assessment Guide for Foundation Doctors
Health Education England
Oral presentations
- (2018) SCRIPT: Improving prescribing and medicines management education through eLearning.
Coleman JJ, Pontefract SK, Vallance HK, Kubenz VI, Blackwell NC, Hughes E, Ferner RE, Marriott JF
Ppresented at: World Congress of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, Kyoto, Japan: 01-04/07/2018 - (2017) Dental SCRIPT: An innovative eLearning programme to improve prescribing competency.
Vallance HK
Presented at: West Midlands Dental Trainee Conference, Birmingham, UK: 20/09/2017
Posters
- (2018) SCRIPT – eLearning to improve medical education relating to prescribing and therapeutics.
Coleman JJ, Vallance HK, Kubenz VI, Ferner RE, Pontefract SK, Blackwell N, Hughes E, Marriott JF
Poster exhibited at: COMET, Birmingham, UK: 25-27/06/2018 - (2018) SCRIPT – Improving prescribing and therapeutics education through eLearning.
Ferner RE, Vallance HK, Kubenz VI, Pontefract SK, Hughes E, Blackwell NC, Coleman JJ, Marriott, JF
Poster exhibited at: RCP Annual Conference / Innovation in Medicine, London, UK: 25-26/06/2018 - (2018) SCRIPT – eLearning to improve knowledge of appropriate prescribing around AMS and Sepsis.
Vallance HK, Kubenz VI, Marriot JF, Coleman JJ, Ferner RE, Hughes E, Blackwell, N
Poster exhibited at: HEE Population Health and Prevention Conference, Leeds, UK: 07/03/2018 - (2017) SCRIPT: Improving prescribing and medicines management education through eLearning.
Vallance HK, Kubenz VI, Pontefract SK, Blackwell NC, Hughes E, Ferner RE, Marriott JF, Coleman JJ
Poster exhibited at: Patient First, London, UK: 21/11/2017 - (2016) An eLearning programme for continued professional development of general practitioners.
Mehra R, Pontefract SK, Blackwell N, Vallance HK, Ferner RE, Marriott JF, Wilkinson M, Coleman JJ, Hughes E
Poster exhibited at: RCGP Annual Primary Care Conference, Harrogate, UK: 06-08/10/2016 - (2016) A systematic evaluation of SCRIPT eLearning: from theory to practice.
Brooks HL, Pontefract SK, Vallance HK, Blackwell N, Marriott JF, Hughes E, Ferner RE, Coleman JJ
Poster exhibited at: Annual Scientific Meeting (ASME), Belfast, UK: 06/07/2016 - (2016) SCRIPT eLearning: building on a firm Foundation.
Vallance HK, Pontefract SK, Blackwell N, Ferner RE, Brooks HL, Hodson J, Marriott JF, Hughes E, Coleman JJ
Poster exhibited at: International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare, Gothenburg, Sweden: 13/04/2016 - (2016) SCRIPT eLearning: a multi-method evaluation.
Coleman JJ, Brooks HL, Thomas SK, Hodson J, Blackwell N, Hughes E, Marriott JF, Ferner RE
Poster exhibited at: OTTAWA 2016, Perth, Australia: 19/03/2016 - (2016) SCRIPT: An innovative eLearning programme to improve medicines management by qualified nurses in the West Midlands.
Vallance HK, Pontefract SK, Blackwell N, Ferner RE, Tait D, Coleman JJ
Poster exhibited at: RCN Education Forum, Telford, UK: 15/03/2016 - (2015) A systematic evaluation of SCRIPT E-Learning: from theory to practice.
Brooks HL, Thomas SK, Hodson J, Blackwell N, Hughes E, Marriott JF, Coleman JJ
Poster exhibited at: Implementing the Urgent and Emergency Care Vision in London, London, UK: 17/11/2015 - (2015) A systematic evaluation of SCRIPT E-Learning: from theory to practice.
Brooks HL, Thomas SK, Hodson J, Blackwell N, Hughes E, Marriott JF, Coleman JJ
Poster exhibited at: Networking for Educators in Healthcare Conference (NET 2015), Cambridge, UK: 08/09/2015 - (2015) Learning analytics of an online eLearning programme: A descriptive account.
Thomas SK, Blackwell N, Brooks HL, Hughes E, Marriott JF, Coleman JJ
Poster exhibited at: International Association for Medical Education (AMEE), Glasgow, UK: 06/09/2015 - (2015) SCRIPT eLearning: a multi-method evaluation.
Brooks HL, Thomas SK, Hodson J, Blackwell N, Hughes E, Marriott JF, Coleman JJ
Poster exhibited at: International Association for Medical Education (AMEE), Glasgow, UK: 06/09/2015 - (2015) SCRIPT eLearning: A prescribing education tool for junior doctors.
Brooks HL, Thomas SK, Blackwell N, Hughes E, Marriott JF, Coleman JJ
Poster exhibited at: International Health Workforce Conference, London and Cambridge, UK: 12/05/2015 - (2015) Medicines optimisation: Using eLearning to improve the knowledge of junior doctors.
Brooks HL, Thomas SK, Hodson J, Blackwell N, Hughes E, Marriott JF, Coleman JJ
Poster exhibited at: Prescribing Research in Medicines Management (PRIMM), London, UK: 23/01/2015