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K - knowledge
L - language skills and knowledge
S - skills
S1 - communication, collaboration and creativity
S2 - information skills
S3 - assisting and caring
S3.0 - assisting and caring
S3.1 - counselling
S3.2 - providing health care or medical treatments
S3.2.0 - providing health care or medical treatments
S3.2.1 - providing medical, dental and nursing care
S3.2.2 - performing surgical procedures
S3.2.3 - providing physical therapies
S3.2.4 - providing psychological and occupational therapies
S3.2.5 - prescribing and ordering medical tests, treatments or devices
- adapt hearing tests
- determine imaging techniques to be performed
- develop long-term treatment course for disorders in the glandular system
- develop personalised massage plan
- formulate a treatment plan
- make referrals to ophthalmology
- perform on-treatment review
- prepare intravenous packs
- prepare radiopharmaceuticals
- prescribe advanced nursing care
- prescribe corrective lenses
- prescribe exercises
- prescribe exercises for controlled health conditions
- prescribe healthcare products
- prescribe medication
- prescribe psychotherapeutic treatment
- prescribe tests for physiotherapy
- prescribe topical therapy
- prescribe treatment for musculoskeletal injuries
- prescribe treatments related to surgical procedures
- provide pre-natal care
- provide specialist pharmaceutical care
- triage clients
- triage clients for physiotherapy
- write prescriptions for medication in dentistry
S3.2.6 - fitting assistive devices
S3.3 - protecting and enforcing
S3.4 - providing information and support to the public and clients
S3.5 - preparing and serving food and drinks
S3.6 - providing general personal care
S4 - management skills
S5 - working with computers
S6 - handling and moving
S7 - constructing
S8 - working with machinery and specialised equipment
T - transversal skills and competences

prepare medication from prescription

skills

assisting and caring

providing health care or medical treatments

prescribing and ordering medical tests, treatments or devices

prepare medication from prescription

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Description

Prepare the pharmaceutical form of medicinal products according to the prescription received from the medical doctor.

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prepare medication according to prescription

prepare medication according to prescriptions

prepare medicinal products from prescription

prepare medicine from prescription

prepare pharmaceutical form of medication from prescription

prepare pharmaceutical form of medicinal products from prescription

put together medication from prescription

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skill

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cross-sector skills and competences

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ESCO is a Europe 2020 initiative.

DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion of the European Commission developed ESCO in collaboration with stakeholders and with the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop).

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Current version: ESCO v1.2 (Last update 15/05/2024)