Clozapine is a high risk medicine used in the treatment of treatment resistant schizophrenia

This training course is designed to provide education about the use of this medicine and links to further education for clinicians who are involved in the management of Clozapine.

Relevance

This course is designed for all health professionals involved in the management of clozapine.

Learning outcomes

On completion of this course you will be able to:

• define schizophrenia and its treatments
• describe the role of antipsychotics in treatment
• explain why clozapine is a high risk medicine
• list the benefits and disadvantages of clozapine
• identify who clozapine is suitable for
• describe the strict pathology, cardiac and other monitoring requirements used to safely manage clozapine
• describe the treatment models available to support the monitoring requirements
• describe where to access more information and resources to support safe clozapine management