Inherited disorders: Learning outcomes
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After completing this tutorial, you will be able to:
- Describe the role of the pharmacy team in managing patients with porphyria, phenylketonuria, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency and cystic fibrosis.
- Know where to look for information if asked a clinical question about a medicine for a patient with one of these inherited disorders.
You can download a PDF of the whole tutorial (without interactive elements such as the Learning Exercises).

Competencies
This tutorial is aimed at hospital foundation pharmacists but if you are a trainee pharmacist it will help you achieve GPhC learning outcomes such as these:- LO 12 Take an all-inclusive approach to ensure the most appropriate course of action based on clinical, legal and professional considerations
- LO 16 Apply professional judgement in all circumstances, taking legal and ethical reasoning into account
- LO 27 Take responsibility for the legal, safe and efficient supply, [prescribing] and administration of medicines
- LO 29 Apply the principles of clinical therapeutics, pharmacology and genomics to make effective use of medicines for people [including in their prescribing practice]
- LO 30 Appraise the evidence base and apply clinical reasoning and professional judgement to make safe and logical decisions which minimise risk and optimise outcomes for the person
- LO 34 Apply the principles of effective monitoring and management to improve health outcomes
- LO 35 Anticipate and recognise adverse drug reactions, and recognise the need to apply the principles of pharmacovigilance
- LO 48 Actively take part in the management of risks and consider the impacts on people
If you are a foundation pharmacist, this tutorial may help you meet competencies from the RPS framework including:
- 1.2 Need for the medicine
- 1.4 Selection of the medicine (medicine-medicine, medicine-patient, medicine-disease interactions)
- 1.5 Medicine specific issues (ensures appropriate dose, selection of dosing regimen, selection of formulation and concentration)
- 1.8 Evaluation of outcomes
- 3.2 Knowledge
- 3.3 Analysing information
Continuing professional development
Finally, here are some CPD activities you could consider:
★ Listen to Ania's experience of living with acute intermittent porphyria and Joy's story of caring for her daughter with phenylketonuria
★ Listen to Ania's experience of living with acute intermittent porphyria and Joy's story of caring for her daughter with phenylketonuria
★ Speak to your medicines information team and ask to search MiDatabank for past enquiries on these inherited disorders. Are there any frequently asked questions?