4 ECTS credits
120 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4023452ENR for all students in the 1st semester at a (E) Master - advanced level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
Om een inschrijving te kunnen nemen voor ‘Farmaceutische zorg en rationeel geneesmiddelengebruik’ moet men : Geslaagd zijn voor alle opleidingsonderdelen van het eerste jaar en het tweede jaar van de bachelor Farmaceutische wetenschappen EN moet men geslaagd zijn voor ‘Farmacognosie en fytotherapeutica’ EN moet men geslaagd of ingeschreven zijn voor alle opleidingsonderdelen van het derde jaar van de bachelor Farmaceutische wetenschappen EN moet men geslaagd of ingeschreven zijn voor Voedingsleer en voedingssupplementen.
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculteit Geneeskunde en Farmacie
Department
Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences
Educational team
Stephane Steurbaut (course titular)
Stephanie Wuyts
Eline Tommelein
Silas Rydant
Activities and contact hours
30 contact hours Lecture
Course Content

This course should familiarise students with a variety of practical pharmacotherapeutic aspects of their future profession. The focus wil be on pharmaceutical care and the new role a pharmacist has to play in society.


Examples of course topics:


1. Pharmaceutical Care and Seamless Care

* Good Pharmacy Practice
* Basic and advanced pharmaceutical care
* First and second level of delivery
* Drug adherence
* Pharmaceutical Care file
* Seamless Care and interprofessional communication
* Care pathways

* Appropriate drug use


2. Practical interpretation and implications of drug-drug and drug-food interactions

3. Pharmacotherapeutical guidelines:

* Diabetes
* Astma and COPD
* Hypertension/ Hypercholesterolemia/Cardiovascular risk management
* Kidney insufficiency 

* Atrial fibrillation

* Cytostatic drugs

* Gout and rheumatoid arthritis

* Topics in neurology, ophthalmology and hormonal therapy (contraception and menopause)

* Drug-drug en drug-food interactions

* ...

4. Practical interpretation of clinical lab results

5. Evidence based pharmacy

 

Course material
Handbook (Recommended) : Adviezen voor Zelfzorg, Leemans, BIB, 9789070472221
Handbook (Recommended) : Commentaren Medicatiebewaking, BIB, 9789074027403, 2020
Digital course material (Required) : Presentaties, Canvas
Digital course material (Required) : Apotheekrichtlijnen CWOA/APB
Digital course material (Recommended) : Geneesmiddelenrepertorium, www.bcfi.be
Additional info

The course consists of 24 hours of lectures.

Recommend course material:

* Geneesmiddelenrepertorium (free, can be downloaded from website BCFI.be)
* Pharmacy guidelines CWOA/APB (can be downloaded from website APB.be)
* Slides on Canvas (printversion of course slides)
* Commentaren Medicatiebewaking Escapo (optional group purchase)
* Adviezen voor Zelfzorg, Liesbeth Leemans (optional)

* Zelfzorgadvies in de apotheek, Valerie Storms en Veerle Foulon (optional)

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

At the  end of this course the student should be able to:
* know and understand what is meant by Pharmaceutical Care and how to realise this in practice.
* inform patients about appropriate drug use, both at the first and subsequent delivery moment.
* judge the clinical relevance of interactions and resolve them.
* apply the pharmacotherapeutical guidelines in pharmacy practice.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Examen mondeling with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

The exam will be oral with written preparation. A minimum score of 10/20 is needed to pass this exam.

 

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Pharmaceutical Care: Standaard traject NIEUW (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Drug Development: Pharmacist (only offered in Dutch)