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Development of Patient Safety and Rational PharmacotherapyLaajuus (5 cr)

Code: TH00BY60

Credits

5 op

Objective

Students will learn to
- assess and develop the safety of care provided in the work unit
- plan and implement development work that promotes rational pharmacotherapy (e.g. planning, implementation and assessment of an intervention that promotes adherence to care)
- be able to apply evidence-based knowledge when developing processes related to patient safety and pharmacotherapy
- work together with a multi-professional team when developing patient and medication safety
- analyse the implementation of ethical principles in pharmacotherapy

Content

- Rational pharmacotherapy (medication policy, national strategy for drug information, implementation programme for pharmacotherapy, the FIMEA multi-professional network)
- Medication safety as part of patient safety and the development thereof (incl. risk management)
- Ethical perspective into pharmacotherapy
- Promoting adherence to care in pharmacotherapy

Enrollment

01.06.2022 - 23.08.2022

Timing

25.08.2022 - 18.12.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Health and Well-being

Campus

Kupittaa Campus

Teaching languages
  • Finnish
Seats

0 - 15

Degree programmes
  • Master of Advanced Nursing Practice
Teachers
  • Anu Vaihekoski
  • Marjo Salmela
Scheduling groups
  • Vain avoimen AMK:n opiskelijoille (Size: 5. Open UAS: 5.)
Groups
  • YKLASS21
Small groups
  • For Open UAS students only

Objective

Students will learn to
- assess and develop the safety of care provided in the work unit
- plan and implement development work that promotes rational pharmacotherapy (e.g. planning, implementation and assessment of an intervention that promotes adherence to care)
- be able to apply evidence-based knowledge when developing processes related to patient safety and pharmacotherapy
- work together with a multi-professional team when developing patient and medication safety
- analyse the implementation of ethical principles in pharmacotherapy

Content

- Rational pharmacotherapy (medication policy, national strategy for drug information, implementation programme for pharmacotherapy, the FIMEA multi-professional network)
- Medication safety as part of patient safety and the development thereof (incl. risk management)
- Ethical perspective into pharmacotherapy
- Promoting adherence to care in pharmacotherapy

Evaluation scale

H-5