COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT:
The University of Groningen, in collaboration with the World
Health Organization Drug Action Program (WHO-DAP) and the
International Network for Development of Pharmacotherapy
Teaching (INDEPTH) will be holding the fourth
TRAINING COURSE ON TEACHING RATIONAL DRUG THERAPY
21-29 August 1996
Groningen, the Netherlands
COURSE OBJECTIVE
To train 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
industrialized and developing countries. As a result drug
therapy may prove ineffective, unnecessarily expensive or
unsafe. Contemporary medical education emphasizes
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, a teaching method was
developed by the University of Groningen (the Netherlands),
based on the theories of problem-solving and normative
decision analysis. It 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 emphasizes the
importance of correct prescribing and good patient-doctor
communication. The essentials of this model are explained
in the GUIDE TO GOOD PRESCRIBING, a WHO Drug Action Program
publication.
The effects of the course 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 and transfer effect were present at
least 6 months after the training session, in all 7 medical
schools.
COURSE FEE
The course fee is 6,000 Dutch Guilders; including full board
and lodging, tuition fees, and educational material, but
excluding travel expenses.
APPLICATION DEADLINE
1 June 1997
MORE INFORMATION
For more information, and requests for application forms,
please contact:
Summer Course Secretariat
Mr. W. Sloof
University of Groningen
A. Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV, Groningen
The Netherlands
Telephone +31 50 363 2810
Fax +31 50 363 2812
e-mail summer.course.pharmaco@med.rug.nl
www http://www.med.rug.nl/pharma
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