Health

PRESCRIPTION PHARMACOLOGY

  • Training structure

    Faculty of Pharmacy

  • Language(s) of instruction

    French

Presentation

This training project meets the need for healthcare professionals to master the pharmacological bases of prescription drugs in their daily medical and pharmaceutical practice.
It also meets the needs of pharmacists wishing to prepare for a return to the pharmacy, as well as any healthcare professionals wishing to update their knowledge and skills.

 

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Objectives

The aim of this training course is to provide, update and/or reactivate, in a synthetic and integrative way, the pharmacological knowledge necessary for the exercise of medical professions related to drugs.

1- Summary & reminders

  • Knowledge of the pharmacotherapeutic classes of the drugs studied
  • Knowledge of the pathophysiological context of the drugs studied
  • Advice on prescribing and dispensing the drugs studied

 

2- Mastering the prescription

  • Pharmacology of prescribed drugs and consequences (indications, side effects and main interactions)
  • Pathophysiology and treatment specifics (in conjunction with drug pharmacology)
  • Pharmacology as the basis for drug-related advice

 

3- Drug self-training

  • Learn the basics of independent information research
  • Research and information extraction methodology

 

4- Evaluation of professional practice (EPP)

  • Assessment of learning progress using differential tests at the beginning and end of the course

 

5- Special case of CPD modules - Module structure (Points 1 to 3)

  • Phase 1: Initial EPP for each module (Evaluation des Pratiques Professionnelles)

- Dedicated time equivalent to 5% of the module, i.e. 1 hour

- Self-evaluation supervised by trainers, with analysis and personal feedback of results

  • Phase 2: Acquiring & perfecting knowledge & skills

- Dedicated time equivalent to 90% of the module, i.e. 18h

- Definition of pedagogical objectives and training methods

- Lectures and tutorials on teaching aids and role-playing with case studies and related knowledge

- Challenge regular testing of knowledge acquisition and its conversion into skills

  • Phase 3: Final EPP for each module (Evaluation des Pratiques Professionnelles)

- Dedicated time equivalent to 5% of the module, i.e. 1 hour

- Self-evaluation supervised by trainers, with analysis and personal feedback of results

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Know-how and skills

- Reinforce and consolidate pharmacological and pathophysiological mastery of drugs when writing and dispensing prescriptions.

- Development of the mobilization of pharmacological knowledge in the practice of professional competence.

- Optimizing the pharmacotherapeutic management of patients and the quality/safety of drug care through prescription pharmacology.

- Optimizing doctor-pharmacist-patient interactions based on medication, advice and associated therapeutic education.

- Use of information research tools on drug pharmacology

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Organization

Knowledge control

A 15-minute oral presentation.

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Program

Course duration:

CPD students and non-students: 80 hours of face-to-face teaching

CPD :

- Division into 4 CPD modules

- All validated modules are definitively acquired

- Maintaining the validity of the modules allows DPCs to accumulate the 4 modules over time to obtain the DU.

- Module composition :

* Module 1: Drugs and the nervous system

* Module 2: Drugs and the cardiovascular system

* Module 3: Drugs and metabolic diseases

* Module 4: Analgesic, anti-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory drugs

anti-infectives

Start date: January 15

End of course: June 15

Examination period: June 15 to 30

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Admission

Access conditions

Applications :

send CV + covering letter to pharma-du @ umontpellier.fr @

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Target audience

Initial training:

Students who have completed the 5th year of pharmaceutical studies

Students who have completed the 5th year of medical studies

 

Continuing education

Non-coffin pharmacists wishing to transfer to the dispensary

Pharmacists (refresher courses and continuing education)

Qualified healthcare professional in contact with medicines

 

Others : 

All qualified healthcare professionals (nurses, pharmacy assistants, etc.)...

Healthcare engineers and all healthcare professionals after

examination of the application.

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And then

Professional integration

Career opportunities:

Training for qualified healthcare professionals to consolidate their day-to-day practice in contact with patients and their needs / Refresher courses for retraining healthcare professionals

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