Drug Care and Pharmacology
| Structure Type: | Course |
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| Code: | GERAHK200 |
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| Type: | Compulsory |
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| Level: | Bachelor |
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| Credits: | 4.0 points |
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| Teacher Team: | Lahti, Marita |
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| Language of Instruction: | Finnish |
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Course Implementations, Planned Year of Study and Semester
| Curriculum | Semester | Credits | Start of Semester | End of Semester |
| VANTYO-2015 |
2 spring |
4.0 |
2017-01-01 |
2017-07-31 |
| VANTYO-2016 |
2 spring |
4.0 |
2018-01-01 |
2018-07-31 |
Learning Outcomes
Students will become familiar with drug care regulations and aware of their responsibilities in handling medines and in the drug care of older clients. They will be familiar with the drug care of common diseases and use their knowlege in the implementation of drug care. Students will be aware of special problems and typical side effects in older people's medication. Students will learn various dosage forms and routes of medication, and they will assume responsibility for handling drugs safely and correctly. Students are able to perform drug calculations. They examine older people's drug care from the perspective of sustainable development. Students evaluate their development needs as regards drug care issues.
Student's Workload
106 hours
Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses
Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology
Contents
- laws and guidelines on drug care and provision of medicines
- basic concepts in pharmacology
- types of drugs
- drug care for common illnesses in older people
- dosage forms, handling and administration of medines
- effective mechanisms and combined effects of drugs
- basic principles and development needs in older people's drug care
- special problems in older people's drug care and counselling
- professionals' areas of responsibility in drug care
- drug calculations
- unit- specific drug care plans
- Encouraging students to monitor and demonstrate their drug care competence by means of the student's drug care certificate
Recommended or Required Reading
- Saano, S.&Taam-Ukkonen M. 2013. Lääkehoidon käsikirja. SanomaPro.
- Kivelä, S-L. 2007. Iäkkäiden lääkehoito. Lääkelaitos. Kansaneläkelaitos. Kapseli 0355-242X. Saatavana: http://www.med.utu.fi/yleislaak/kivela/Kapseli35.pdf
- Laine, K. 2005. Lääkkeiden yhteisvaikutukset (sov. osin)
- Turvallinen lääkehoito. 2007.
- Geronomien Lääkehoitopassi 2013/Student's drug care certificate
- Other material selected by the lecturer
Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Co-operative lectures, independent and group assignments, drug dosage calculations
Assessment Criteria
Grade 5:
Students are aware of and able to justify their responsibilities in handling drugs and able to implement drug care and drug care counselling of older people in a flexible manner. They produce ideas for the development of decisionmaking in older people's drug care. Students know how to flawlessly plan and implement the entire pharmacological care process of older clients.
Grade 3:
Students are able to explain their responsibilities in handling drugs and in implementing drug care and counselling of older people on drug care. They are able to examine the ethical perspective in decisionmaking concerning older people's drug care. Students know how to flawlessly implement the entire pharmacological care process of older clients.
Grade 1:
Students are aware of their responsibilities in handling drugs and in implementing drug care and drug care counselling of older people. They are able to explain the ethical perspective in decisionmaking concerning older people's drug care. Students are able to flawlessly explain the entire pharmacological care process of older clients.
Assessment Methods
Active classroom participation, exams on pharmacology and older people's drug care; flawless drug calculations before the practical training period Gerontological care, nursing and rehabilitation. Numerical assessment
Work Placement
the study course does not include practice
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