E-drug: 5th Int Course on Teaching Rational Drug Therapy
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The WHO Collaborating Centre for Pharmacotherapy Teaching and
Training of the University of Groningen, in collaboration with the
World Health Organization Action Programme on Essential Drugs will be
holding the fifth annual
Training Course on Teaching Rational Drug Therapy, 12 - 21 August
1998, Groningen, The Netherlands.
COURSE OBJECTIVE
To teach teachers of pharmacology and therapeutics to equip their
students with adequate skills and knowledge to prescribe drugs
rationally. The course will enable participants to plan, develop and
implement the problem-based teaching method at their local medical
school or teaching institution.
COURSE RATIONALE
Irrational drug choice is prevalent in both the industrialised and
developing countries. As a result drug therapy may prove
ineffective,unnecessarily expensive or unsafe. Contemporary medical
education emphasises diagnosis. Undergraduate teaching in therapeutics
is still a neglected topic in most institutions. To respond to the need
to teach the skills needed for rational drug choice and prescription,
the Department of Clinical Pharmacology of the University of Groningen
developed a teaching method, based on the theories of problem-solving
and normative decision analysis.
COURSE METHOD
The course introduces a logical, step-by-step approach to a patient
problem: setting therapeutic objectives, selecting appropriate
(pharmaco)therapy, and monitoring the response to therapy. It also
emphasises the importance of correct prescribing and good
patient-doctor communication.
COURSE RESULTS
The effects of the Groningen teaching method were evaluated in 1991
and 1992 in 7 medical schools in developed and developing countries.
The results showed that the training course significantly improved the
ability of students to solve written patient problems. Both retention of
these skills and the ability to transfer these skills to new patient
problems were present at least 6 months after the training session, in
all 7 medical schools.
COURSE FACILITATORS
The Course will be jointly facilitated by staff of the Universities of
Groningen, Maastricht and the Free University of Amsterdam.
COURSE PARTICIPANTS
Lecturers and teachers of Pharmacology or Therapeutics at Medical
Schools, Hospitals and Postgraduate Teaching Institutions from around
the world are invited to attend this course. The course will be
conducted in English.
COURSE FEE
The course fee is NLG 6,000.-, which includes full board and lodging,
tuition fees, and educational material, but excludes travel expenses.
APPLICATION DEADLINE
1 July 1998
MORE INFORMATION
For more information, and requests for registration and funding
application forms, please contact:
Mr. Wessel Sloof
Course Coordinator
Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medical Sciences
University of Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen
The Netherlands
Tel: 31-50-363-2808
Fax: 31-50-363-2812
E-mail: summer.course.pharmaco@med.rug.nl
Internet: http://www.med.rug.nl/pharma
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