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Bases of pharmacotherapy (5 cr)

Code: GE00CO50-3001

General information


Enrollment
20.08.2018 - 07.09.2018
Registration for the implementation has ended.
Timing
03.09.2018 - 14.12.2018
Implementation has ended.
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 cr
Local portion
5 cr
Mode of delivery
Contact learning
Unit
Department of Social Services and Promotion of Functional Ability
Campus
Kouvola Campus
Teaching languages
Finnish
Seats
20 - 40
Degree programmes
Degree Programme in Care for Older Adults
Teachers
Riitta Tenkanen-Salmela
Teacher in charge
Pauliina Lehto
Groups
GEKV17SM
Elderly care, part-time studies
Course
GE00CO50
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Objective

Basics in medication 2 ECTS credits:

You know the rules and regulations applicable to pharmaceutical service

You know the responsibilities in handling medicine and client/patient medication

You know different pharmaceutical forms and methods of administrations

You know the effects and side effects of general medicines

You can implement prescribed medication safely and can monitor its effectiveness

You know basic mathematical calculations in medicine

You know how to guide clients in safe medication care

You know the risks involved in medication processes

Medication in aging:

You know the special features of medication of elderly people

Content

What rules and regulations apply to medication care?

What are dosing, medication forms and methods of administration in medication care?

How are doses calculated?

How to support commitment in medication care?

How to prevent risks in medication care?

What special features are related to medication care of the elderly?

How to guide aged people in medication care?

What is multi-professional work in medication care?

Evaluation

Assessment criteria level 3: entry-level know-how and skills
Students can
a. use professional vocabulary systematically.
b. look for information in the key information sources of the field.
c. identify interrelated tasks.
d. work together with customers, users and target groups.
e. use the key models, methods, software and techniques of the professional field.
f. work as team members in a goal-oriented way.
g. justify their actions according to the ethical principles of the professional field.

Course material

Osoitetaan opintojakson alussa

Study forms and methods

Työviikkopohjainen oppimisväylä:
Opetus toteutetaan työjärjestyksen mukaisesti. Läsnäolon pakollisuus ilmoitetaan opintojakson alussa

Työhön integroitu oppimisväylä:
Opiskelijalla on opintojakson tuottama osaaminen hankittuna muissa koulutuksissa ja voimassa olevat lääkeluvat. Osaamisen näyttö ja hyväksiluvut sovitaan opintojakson opettajan kanssa.

Student workload

1 op= 27 tuntia opiskelijan työtä

Evaluation scale

Approved/Failed

Assessment methods and criteria

Hyväksytysti suoritetut tehtävät tai aiempi osaaminen todennettu

Qualifications

Basis of physiology 5 ECTS credits
Ethical principles 5 ECTS credits

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