The ability of caregivers to accurately measure and administer doses is important. Determining the motivations to use medicines, as well as dosing behaviours is necessary to improve the quality use of medicines.

Aim To trial a pharmacist charting service, comprising medication charting, in the preadmission clinic (PAC) at a Sydney teaching hospital. Methods A prospective pre/post‐trial was conducted comprising a 1‐month baseline audit and a 1‐month trial of pharmacist charting (i.e. pharmacists' preparation of patients' medication charts during routine consultations). Purpose‐designed data collection forms were used to document: pharmacist and doctor consultation times, time taken by pharmacists to prepare medication charts, and completeness and accuracy of the prescribed medication charts. A semi‐structured survey was used to elicit feedback from PAC staff regarding the pharmacist charting service; the data were thematically analysed using manual, inductive coding. Results Seventy‐two medication charts were completed by PAC pharmacists during the 1‐month trial. Completeness of charts improved post‐intervention (5.4 vs 80.6%, p < 0.001), as did the accuracy of charts (proportion of charts with inaccuracies: 41.1 vs 1.4%, p < 0.001); only one (1.4%) pharmacist‐prescribed medication chart was identified as having an inaccuracy. The changes in mean consultation times per patient for doctors and pharmacists, respectively, changed from pre‐ to post‐intervention as follows: pharmacists 18.9 ± 6.5 min to 20.6 ± 8.3 min (p = NS); and doctors 25.0 ± 9.6 min to 19.0 ± 6.4 min (p < 0.001). A statistically significant relationship was found between pharmacist consultation time and patients' numbers of medications (p < 0.001) and age group (p = 0.004). Conclusion Pharmacist charting in the PAC has been shown to improve medication chart completeness and accuracy, helping to ensure medication safety in the hospital setting. A further, long‐term trial will help confirm the clinical benefits of such a service.

BackgroundThe Psychology team have run two creative workshops for young people with health conditions based on the ‘Tree of Life’, a metaphor informed by narrative therapy. Young people are invited to create their own tree, with different parts of their tree representing different areas of their lives, such as skills, hopes and dreams. The day involves activities and talking in the group which aim to support young people to grow in confidence regarding living with their conditions and challenges that they face. The day also aims to support young people with making connexions and sharing experiences and knowledge with each other.ProjectSeven young people attended the first day, aged between 9–16 years with health conditions managed by a number of different GOSH teams including endocrinology, oncology and rheumatology. The presentation will outline the content of the day, describe the role of the facilitators and the approach taken. This will be demonstrated through video and camera footage of the young people engaging in the group activities.ResultsFeedback from the young people and their parents was very positive and indicated that the group enabled young people to:• Feel more connected to other young people facing similar challenges in their life.• Build confidence.• Hear other people’s ideas about how to cope with challenging times.• Be creative in expressing their thoughts and ideas.This presentation will outline our learning from running these first two days and our hopes for future days, including how to involve young people in the development and running of future Tree of Life days.

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Indian education system is governed by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) at center and by various departments at the states. A significant amount of fund is allocated for usage of technology in education under key Government schemes. Schemes such as ICT @ Schools have potential for fostering academic growth and upgrading skills of students, which help immensely in their future employability. Several such schemes exist which pertain to technology in education and executed either directly by the state or through private entities. A policy for implementation of ICT was thought out and designed at national level. One of the UT, Jammu and Kashmir has significant ICT-related interventions in education system through e -content delivery and ICT based teachers’ training and monitoring. The current research study evaluates the ICT policy and assesses its implementation at School level in terms of effectiveness towards mass education of the UT J&K. It recommends suitable measures for improvement in monitoring, implementation based on outcomes of the survey.