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LÄÄ01MK24POR Safe pharmacotherapy and drug calculations (2 cr)

Code: LÄÄ0102A20S-3037

General information


Enrollment

11.10.2023 - 29.10.2023

Timing

15.01.2024 - 24.03.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

2 op

Virtual portion

1 op

Mode of delivery

50 % Contact teaching, 50 % Distance learning

Campus

Pori

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

0 - 100

Degree programmes

  • BA in Health Care, Public Health Care
  • BA in Health Care

Teachers

  • Janita Laine-Ahola
  • Karoliina Salminen

Scheduling groups

  • pienryhmä 1 (Size: 1. Open UAS: 0.)
  • pienryhmä 2 (Size: 1. Open UAS: 0.)

Groups

  • POR-S23th
  • POR-S23sh

Small groups

  • pienryhmä 1
  • pienryhmä 2
  • 15.01.2024 08:30 - 11:45, LÄÄ01 / Aloitus ja luento 1
  • 16.01.2024 12:30 - 14:00, LÄÄ01 / Lääkelaskenta
  • 07.02.2024 10:15 - 11:45, LÄÄ01 / Luento 2
  • 07.02.2024 12:30 - 14:00, LÄÄ01 / Lääkelaskenta / Pienryhmä 2
  • 07.02.2024 14:15 - 15:45, LÄÄ01 / Lääkelaskenta / Pienryhmä 1
  • 27.02.2024 12:30 - 15:45, LÄÄ01 / Luento 3
  • 18.03.2024 10:15 - 11:45, LÄÄ01 / Lääkelaskenta / Pienryhmä 1
  • 18.03.2024 12:30 - 14:00, LÄÄ01 / Lääkelaskenta / Pienryhmä 2
  • 22.03.2024 12:30 - 15:00, LÄÄ01 / Tentti

Objective

Students
- understand pharmacotherapy as part of patient safety and are familiar with the documentation of dangerous and complication events in pharmacotherapy
- understand their responsibility for their actions during training
- understand the basics of general pharmacology and pharmacy
- know how to look for and apply information on medication from drug databases
- know how to guide patients in pharmacotherapy and the interpretation of an electronic prescription
- know how to execute basic drug calculations without errors

Content

- the statutory basis governing pharmacotherapy
- pharmacotherapy plan
- basics of safe pharmacotherapy, dangerous and complication event reports
- responsibilities and obligations of a nursing student during the education
- pharmacology, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, toxicology
- pharmaceutical service
- drug databases and electronic prescriptions
- basics of drug mathematics

Evaluation scale

0-5