Course Overview

> The aim of this course is:

- To understand the need to design and to carry out qualitative drug
utilisation research.
- To be able to critically appraise qualitative drug utilisation
studies (DUS).
- To design, to implement and to discusssmall-scale audits on the
quality of medicines use in hospitals and in primary health care.

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:

- Sources of data and standards to compare with.
- Methods to identify how medicines are used in the community (1) -
prescription vs. indication and indication vs. prescription.
- Methods to identify how medicines are used in the community (2) -
cohort and case-controls studies as a source of drug utilisation data.
- Design of qualitative DUS: Objectives, methods and discussion of
proposals.
- How to read papers on qualitative DUS. Limitations of DUS.

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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