Turvallinen lääkehoito (2 cr)

Evaluation scale

Pass/Fail

Objective

The purpose is that after completing the course, you will know the basics of safe medicine therapy. You understand the responsibility of your own professional role in medicine therapy.

Content

Key legislation, guidelines and supervision of medicine therapy in Finland

Basic concepts of medicine therapy

Medication groups

Pharmaceutical forms and methods of administration

Handling medication

Stages of the drug in the body (pharmacokinetics) and the most common side effects and interactions

Safe drug treatment implementation, including digital solutions

Monitoring and documentation of medicine therapy

Medicine therapy guidance

Risk medication and control of risks

Use of databases

Location and time

Moodle learning environment online. Introductory webinar on Zoom 9th January 2023 at 5 pm.

Materials

Saano, S. & Taam-Ukkonen M. 2022. Lääkehoidon käsikirja. Helsinki: Sanoma Pro Oy.

Turvallinen lääkehoito. Opas lääkehoitosuunnitelman laatimiseen. Sosiaali- ja terveysministeriön julkaisuja 2021:6. Helsinki. https://julkaisut.valtioneuvosto.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/162847/STM_2021_6.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y

Teaching methods

Online pedagogy is used as teaching method. Studying takes place independently in Moodle. There will be an introductory webinal on Zoom at the beginning of the course. There we will go through issues related to completing the course. In Moodle you can find the theory section and related midterm assignments/exams and a final exam at the end of the course. There is also a discussion platform in Moodle where students can have a discussion about the topic. You can also ask questions from the teacher.

Exam schedules

The final exam is taken by everyone after they have passed all the previous sections. You can try to pass the final exam three times. Time between exam attemps is 72 hours. The first attempt at the final exam is therefore good to have approximately a week before the end of the course (19th May 2023).

Student workload

2 credits = 54 hours. One credit corresponds to 27 hours of work. The course progresses by doing subject areas in order. After every subject area there is a midterm or task and at the begining of the course there will be the final exam. Subject areas are: legislation, guidance and supervision in Finland, basics of medicine therapy, pharmacokinetics and side efffects and interactions, implementation of safe medicine therapy, monitoring the effects of medicine therapy, guidance of medicine therapy, risk medication and risk management and use of medication databases.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Pass: The student knows the basics of safe medicine therapy and understand his/her role in the implementation of safe medicine therapy. Student get to know the materials of the Moodle learning platform, pass the midterms and the final exam.

Fail: Student's performance does not meet the criteria for passing

Further information

Open AMK 25 places
This course is credited as a part of Jamk School of Health and Social Studies study course Lääkehoito, 3 credits (SZYY2017).