1. e-Drug: Malawi – essential training in safe prescribing Louisa Alfazema 1, David Dewhurst 2 and Ross Ward 2 1 Department of Pharmacy, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi 2 Learning Technology, College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh EH8 9XD, UK

2. Background Errors in prescribing compromise patient safety Medical education may be deficient or inappropriate Development of an online formulary of essential drugs available 24/7 may help

3. eDrug:Edinburgh Developed by pharmacology faculty in 2005 and delivered through medical school VLE Circa 180 essential drugs – Structure – Clinical uses, doses, routes of administration – Mechanism of action – Contra-indications – Links to quality-assured third-party resources – Links to other Edinburgh teaching resources

4. e-Drug:Malawi Based on e-drug:Edinburgh structure but… Tailored to Malawi essential drugs list 47 drugs removed and 30 added e.g. anti- malarials, HIV drugs Some drug categories changed e.g. conditions expanded, some removed e.g. anti-obesity Delivered via CoM Curriculum Management System – accessible 24/7

9. Future developments Adding links to important policy documents Personalising – add annotation/notes function so that students can add own notes Provide links to other useful resources Evaluation – with medical and pharmacy students Develop versions for nurses and clinical officers

10. Thank you for your attention lalfazema@medcol.mw d.dewhurst@ed.ac.uk r.ward@ed.ac.uk