Basics of Pharmacotherapy

Structure Type:	Study unit
Code:	SSHP1802
Type:	Compulsory / Basic Studies
Curriculum:	S-SH 2013VK
Level:	Bachelor of Health Care
Year of Study:	1 (2014)
Credits:	4 cr
Responsible Teacher:	Autio, Päivi
Language of Instruction:	Finnish

Courses During the Year 2014

Impl.	Group(s)	Study Time	Teacher(s)	Language	Enrolment
4	S-SH-1CK	2014-01-07 – 2014-05-30	Päivi Autio	Finnish	2013-12-09 – 2014-01-10
5	S-TH-1B	2014-01-07 – 2014-05-30	Helena Leppänen	Finnish	2013-12-09 – 2014-01-10
6	S-SH-1VK	2014-01-07 – 2014-05-30	Päivi Autio	Finnish	2013-12-09 – 2014-01-10
8	S-SH-1B	2014-09-01 – 2014-12-19	Päivi Autio	Finnish	2014-08-15 – 2014-09-21
10	S-TH-1A	2014-09-01 – 2014-12-19	Helena Leppänen	Finnish	2014-08-15 – 2014-09-21

Still need to take the course? See the courses during the academic year 2018-2019.

Learning Outcomes

The student knows the regulations and norms which direct medication care and know-how demands of the nurse's medication care. The student knows the basic concepts of the medical treatment and the effects of medicines and the information retrieval methods. The student commands the mathematical basics required for the solving of medicine dosage calculations. The student carries out the patient's pharmacotherapy

Student's Workload

Total work load of the course: 108
- of which scheduled studies: 52 h
- of which autonomous studies: 56 h
The assesment of student's own learning 1 h is included in contact lessons.

Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses

No prerequisites.

Regulation concerning pharmacothepray and the patient's rights in pharamcotherapy. Central concepts and medicine forms and the different ways of giving the medicine. Absorption, division and eliminating of drugs in organs. Central effect mechanisms of the drugs in the human organism. Follow-up and documentation of pharmacothepray. Dosage of medicines the natural way and as injections. Ordering, storing and destroying of medicines. Implementing prescriptions and acquisition of the information which is related to the medical treatment. Mathematical basic skills. Drug dosage calculations. Practical exercises on implementing pharmacotherapy

Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures 34 h, e-learning 6h, exercises 12 h.

Assessment Criteria

Grade 5
The student
-is able to calculate medicine dosages correctly
-is able to describe and control the implementation of the regulations, norms, and recommendations regarding pharmacotherapy and can make development suggestions
- knows the concpets of pharmacotherapy and its implementation, works with a patient-oriented approach and is able to search for information in different pharmacotherapeutic data bases systematically
- can implement the patient´s pharmacotherapy / prescription, can make a self-evaluation and development suggestions

Grade 3
The student
-is able to calculate medicine dosages correctly
-is able to describe and control the implementation of the regulations, norms, and recommendations regarding pharmacotherapy
-knows the concpets of pharmacotherapy and its implementation and is able to search for information in different pharmacotherapeutic data bases
-is able to follow a medicine prescription, give the medicine and justify his/her choices and actions

Grade1
The student
-is able to calculate medicine dosages correctly
-is able to describe the regulations, norms, and recommendations regarding pharmacotherapy
-knows the concpets of pharmacotherapy and its implementation and is able to search for information in different pharmacotherapeutic data bases when supervised
-can administer medicine according to the instructions

Assessment Methods

Theoretical exam 90 %, mathematics exam 10 %; numerical evaluation/grading (0-5). Learning assignments, exercises, dosage calculation exam and virtual prescription test; evaluation pass/fail.

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