Course Overview

> The aim of this course is:

- To analyse and discuss the role and the impact of medicines in
therapeutics, health services and society.
- To understand the pharmacological and clinical essential principles
of prescribing.
- To understand the pharmacological, clinical and epidemiological
principles underlying the effects (both beneficial and unwanted) of
medicines in various populations.
- To analyse and discuss the relevance of unbiased, updated
information for prescribing.
- To discuss and practice the selection of medicines for patients
with specific disease.
- To discuss and analyse the need to keep studying the effects of
medicines in populations in general medical practice.

Learning Achievement

Competence

Course prerequisites

- Post-graduated leve in Health or Life Sciences.
- Language prerequisites: Non-native English speakers must provide a
certificate proving a minimum of English B2 level (cf. Europass
[http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/]).
- Computer and internet requirement.

Grading Philosophy

Assessment is a mix of continuous assessment.

Course schedule

> This course consists of the following parts:

- Patients therapeutic needs, medicines and society.
- Patients, physicians, information and prescribing.
- Clinical and pharmacological basis of therapeutics.
- Variability in medicines response.
- Therapeutics and medicines prescribing of medicines for selected
health problems.

Course type

Recorded and live lectures, readings, home assignments, on-line quizzes, forums, wikis, live seminars.

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

Other information

- Professionals: 3,000€/year.
- Students: 1,500€/year.
- No additional costs and no mobility required.

Duration: 12 weeks

Language of instruction: English
Mode of delivery: E-learning

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