# \[e-drug\] Training course (preliminary announcement) **URL:** \ **Category:** e-drug\ **Created:** [February 11, 2001, 11:18pm UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-training-course-preliminary-announcement/10318 "2001-02-11T23:18:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
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E-drug: Training course (preliminary announcement) --------------------------------------------- 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 -- Send mail for the `E-Drug' conference to `e-drug@usa.healthnet.org'. Mail administrative requests to `majordomo@usa.healthnet.org'. For additional assistance, send mail to: `owner-e-drug@usa.healthnet.org'.