Short Course in "Rational Drug Management"
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03 - 14 May, 2004
Interested in a short course in "Rational Drug Management" at
the University of Heidelberg? Still seats available!!!
[Please reply to <mailto:short.courses@urz.uni-heidelberg.de>
NOT to <afro-nets@healthnet.org>]
Further information:
http://www.hyg.uni-heidelberg.de/ithoeg/teaching/Short/Drug.htm
Kind regards,
Ms. Natascha Petersen
Short Courses in International Health
Department of Tropical Hygiene and Public Health
University of Heidelberg, Germany
Fax: +49-6221-564-918
mailto:short.courses@urz.uni-heidelberg.de
mailto:natascha_petersen@urz.uni-heidelberg.de
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This course is organised jointly by the Department of Tropical
Hygiene & Public Health (ATHÖG) of the University of Heidelberg
and the Swiss Tropical Institute at Basel.
Contents Overview
Drugs are an essential tool for preventive, curative and reha-
bilitative health care. However, holistic health care has to
consider drugs just as one tool among many others and avoid the
irrational overuse of pharmaceuticals. The number and type of
drugs is constantly increasing, while the financial resources
for health care services in general remain limited. Therefore
rational drug management has become an increasingly important
topic in order to make optimal use of the drug budget and to of-
fer health services of the highest possible standard.
The course uses case studies and experience from high, middle
and low-income countries with contributions from the partici-
pants to demonstrate the universal applicability of the concepts
and principles.
Learning Objective
* To apply the concepts and principles of essential drugs and
rational drug management,
* To be convinced of the need for a supportive national and in-
ternational drug policy environment and
* To improve knowledge and technical skills for rational drug
management in their respective services.
Specific Learning Objectives
* Describe the historical evolution and the current global drug
situation - Apply the concept and the principles of rational
drug
* Explain the importance of an international and national drug
policy - Apply tools to develop and implement treatment guide-
lines, an - Describe the framework and components of a drug sup-
ply system
* Apply the relevant tools for the procurement and distribution
of essential drugs - Explain the elements of drug costs and fi-
nancing - Describe elements of drug quality and quality assur-
ance for rational drug management
* Describe the enabling and hindering factors and strategies for
rational drug use
* Apply critical drug information management
Target Group
Health professionals and managers with a minimum 2 years experi-
ence in the health sector and at least 1 year experience in cer-
tain aspects of rational drug management.
Duration
2 weeks/90 hours. Equivalent to 3 ECTS points towards the tropEd
European Master in International Health
Course Coordinators
R. Huss (Heidelberg)
K. Wiedenmeyer (Basel)
Registration
Your written Registration should be received by the Department
of Topical Hygiene. Please register as early as possible since
the number of participants is limited.
Course fee
The total fee for the course is EUR 1,500; for those enrolled in
the tropEd programme EUR 1,000.
A non-refundable registration fee of EUR 100, which will be
credited towards the tuition fee, is due no later than four
weeks prior to the start of the course. If the participant with-
draws from the course less than four weeks prior to its com-
mencement, a fee of EUR 100 will be charged.
The tuition fee covers coursework and printed materials and a
bi-weekly pass for the Heidelberg public transportation system,
but does not include accommodation, insurance or other personal
living costs during the stay.