E-drug: Training course (preliminary announcement)
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PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT
THIRD LATIN AMERICAN TRAINING COURSE ON TEACHING RATIONAL
PHARMACOTHERAPY (spanish language) 4 to 15 June 2001. La Plata,
Argentine.
ORGANISED BY:
Cetedra de Farmacologia. 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 ; Institut Catala de Farmacologia. Universitat Autonoma
de Barcelona -WHO Collaborating Center for Research and Training in
Pharmacoepidemiology. Barcelona (Spain)
COURSE OBJECTIVES
GENERAL OBJECTIVE
The course is designed primarily for teachers of Pharmacotherapy,
Clinical Medicine, Pediatrics, Gerontology working in undergraduate or
postgraduate settings,medical schools,pharmacy schools,teaching
hospitals, etc. The course aims to provide practical instructions in,
and experience of a problem-based approach to 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
medicine and pharmacotherapy.
* 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)
FACULTY
The Course will be facilitated by academic staff of the Universidad de
La Plata (Argentine), from Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona(Spain) and
Universidad del Nordeste (Argentine). Also will be present
representatives coming 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 and funding, please
contact:
Dra. Perla Mordujovich de Buschiazzo
Cetedra de Farmacologia. 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
423-6710
E-mail: pmordujo@netverk.com.ar
pmordujo@atlas.med.unlp.edu.ar
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