# \[e-drug\] Short Course "Rational Drug Management" **URL:** \ **Category:** e-drug\ **Created:** [March 29, 2004, 5:28pm UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-short-course-rational-drug-management/19229 "2004-03-29T17:28:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
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E-DRUG: Short Course in "Rational Drug Management" -------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- Interested in a short course in "Rational Drug Management" at the University of Heidelberg? Still seats available!!! [Please reply to \ NOT to e-drug@healthnet.org] Further information: [http://www.hyg.uni-heidelberg.de/ithoeg/teaching/Short/Drug.htm](http://www.hyg.uni-heidelberg.de/ithoeg/teaching/Short/Drug.htm) Kind regards Natascha Petersen Short Courses in International Health Department of Tropical Hygiene and Public Health University of Heidelberg, Germany Fax +49 - 6221 - 56 49 18 E-Mail short.courses@urz.uni-heidelberg.de             natascha\_petersen@urz.uni-heidelberg.de Rational Drug Management This course is organised jointly by the Department of Tropical Hygiene & Public Health (ATH�G) of the University of Heidelberg and the Swiss Tropical Institute at Basel. Contents Overview Drugs are an essential tool for preventive, curative and rehabilitative 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 offer 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 participants 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 international 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 guidelines, an - Describe the framework and components of a drug supply system - Apply the relevant tools for the procurement and distribution of essential drugs - Explain the elements of drug costs and financing - Describe elements of drug quality and quality assurance 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 experience in the health sector and at least 1 year experience in certain 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 withdraws from the course less than four weeks prior to its commencement, 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. -- To send a message to E-Drug, write to: e-drug@healthnet.org To subscribe or unsubscribe, write to: majordomo@healthnet.org in the body of the message type: subscribe e-drug OR unsubscribe e-drug To contact a person, send a message to: e-drug-help@healthnet.org Information and archives: [http://www.essentialdrugs.org/edrug](http://www.essentialdrugs.org/edrug)