Basics of Drug Care (2 cr)
Code: ST00BZ81-3006
General information
- Enrollment
- 18.04.2025 - 01.09.2025
- Registration for the implementation has begun.
- Timing
- 01.09.2025 - 07.11.2025
- The implementation has not yet started.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 2 cr
- Local portion
- 2 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- SeAMK Physiotherapy
- Campus
- SeAMK Seinäjoki, Kampustalo
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Degree programmes
- Bachelor of Health Care, Nursing
- Bachelor of Social Services
- Degree Programme in Public Health Nursing
Evaluation scale
1-5
Objective
Students become familiar with statutes and regulations that concern pharmaceutical care. They learn the pharmaceutical dosage forms and routes of administration, and assume responsibility for appropriate handling and storage of medicines. Students know how to use pharmaceutical databases and know how to perform pharmaceutical calculations.
Content
- pharmaceutical statutes and regulations
- risks in pharmaceutical care
- pharmaceutical dosage forms, storage, handling and administration routes of drugs
- documentation in pharmaceutical care
- use of pharmaceutical databases
- pharmaceutical industry and services
Materials
- Taam-Ukkonen M., Saanio, S. & Muller E. 2023. Turvallisen lääkehoidon perusteet. SanomaPro. Myös vuoden 2018 painos käy.
STM. 2023. Turvallinen lääkehoito -opas. Saatavilla verkossa: https://julkaisut.valtioneuvosto.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/162847/STM_2021_6.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y
- current material
Teaching methods
Theory studies in pharmacotherapy through contact lessons and partially online lessons
Independent work
Group assignment
Seminar
Exam schedules
The exam in the dedicated time on campus
Student workload
2 ECTS = 2 x 27h work for student
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
Students
- have some knowledge of statutes on pharmaceutical care
- have command of the various pharmaceutical dosage forms and know how to handle medicines appropriate and carefully
- use pharmaceutical databases randomly
Assessment criteria, good (3)
Students
- are familiar with statutes on pharmaceutical care
- have command of the various pharmaceutical dosage forms and know how to handle and store medicines appropriate and carefully.
- mainly use pharmaceutical databases correctly
Assessment criteria, excellent (5)
Students
- are familiar with statutes on pharmaceutical care
- have command of the various pharmaceutical dosage forms and of the appropriate and careful handling and storage of medicines.
- use pharmaceutical databases correctly
Assessment criteria, approved/failed
Fail:
Students
- are not familiar with the statutes on pharmaceutical care
- do not know pharmaceutical dosage forms or how to handle and store medicines appropriately.
- do not know how to use pharmaceutical databases
Qualifications
previous studies are not required