E-drug: PBL course on pharmacocotherapy announcement
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PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT
FOURTH LATIN AMERICAN TRAINING COURSE ON TEACHING RATIONAL PHARMACOTHERAPY
(spanish language) 7-18 october 2002. La Plata, Argentina
ORGANISED BY:
Cetedra de Farmacologica. Facultad de Medicina. Universidad Nacional de La
Plata (Argentine); EDM/PAR ,World Health Organization, Geneva.
Switzerland;Pan-American Health Organization, Buenos Aires/Argentine -
Washington/USA
COURSE OBJECTIVES
GENERAL OBJECTIVE
The course is designed primarly for trainers to multiply this course on
teachers of Pharmacotherapy ,Clinical Medicine,Pediatrics, Gerontology
working in undergraduate or postgraduate settings,medical schools,teaching
hospitals,etc. The course is also directed to teachers. The main aim of
this course is to provide practical instructions in and experience of a
problem-based approach in pharmacotherapy teaching.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
At the end of the Course, it is expected that the participants have:
* Obtained appropriate knowledge on problem-based method of
learning/teaching medicine and pharmacotherapy.
* Obtained and experienced knowledge and necessary skills to train teachers
to develop abilities to be facilitators.
* Obtained and experienced a methodology to facilitate the students to
develop criteria to choose and apply drug therapy and/or appropriate
treatment to solve health problems.
* Obtained the knowledge and necessary skills to plan, develop , implement
and assess a problem-based pharmacotherapy course, in their own medical
school or educational institution.
* Acquired critical apraissal in the use of sources of information about
drugs and treatments.
METHODOLOGY
The course is based on the methodology developed by the University of
Groningen, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Clinical Pharmacology
(Netherlands). The principles of the model underly in the WHO Guide to Good
Prescribing(1994)WHO Geneva.Switzerland .1994.
This course was succesfully introduced in Europe,Africa and Asia, and since
1999 has been developed once a year in America, Argentina, in spanish , in
the "Catedra de Farmacologica",Facultad de Ciencias Medicas , Universidad
Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina.
FACULTY
The Course will be facilitated by an academic staff of the" Universidad de
La Plata" (Argentine). Also will be present representatives from the World
Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland and/or from the Pan-American Health
Organization, Buenos Aires/Argentina - Washington/USA.
NUMBERS
To achieve the maximum opportunities for small group work and interactive
learning the course will be limited to 30 participants.
LANGUAGE
The working language of the course will be spanish.
CONTACT INFORMATION
For more information, and requests for registration, please contact:
Dra. Perla M. de Buschiazzo
Cetedra de Farmacologica. Facultad de Ciencias Medicas.
Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Calle 60 y 120- 3er piso
La Plata.1900. ARGENTINA
Tel/fax: 54 (221) 421-6932=20
Fax : 54 (221) 423-6710
E-mail: pmordujo@netverk.com.ar
pmordujo@atlas.med.unlp.edu.ar
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