E-DRUG: URGENT: Courses soon - Rational Medicines Use & Medical Supply Management in South AFrica
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Hello All E-Druggers,
I am now back at Boston University and am happy to be back!
Some long time E-Drug members may recall that I used to teach short courses on topics such as Promoting rational Drug Use before I joined WHO. Now that I am back in an academic setting I will be participating in such courses again.
The courses will be held at the University of Western Cape in South Africa.
They will be part of the very popular Winter School held every year in June and July.
I am very pleased to be part of the programme and would encourage anyone who is interested in either Rational Medicine Use of Medicines Supply Management to apply.
The courses will be held in late June or early July so there is only a short time to apply and make arrangements to attend.
Over the past years rational use of medicines has been neglected for many different reasons but the need remains.
I do hope to see many E-Druggers at these courses. The detailed brochure is available at http://www.uwc.ac.za/Faculties/CHS/soph/Documents/WS_2014_2New_Med_Courses_final.pdf
DETAILS ARE BELOW IN THIS MESSAGE
For specific queries please contact Hazel Bradley at hbradley@uwc.ac.za
Best wishes
Richard Laing
Richard Laing
Professor International Health
Boston University School of Public Health,
801 Massachusetts Avenue Boston MA 02118
Tel 617 414 1445 (Office) 617 435 7860 (Mobile)
E mail richardl@bu.edu
http://www.bu.edu/pharm/the-program/
Skype richardl1951
TWO NEW MEDICINES COURSES
Rational Medicines Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 - 27 June 2014 * Medicines Supply Management . . . . . . . . 7 - 11 July 2014
Given the importance of medicines as one of the building blocks for health systems, we are delighted to offer two new medicines courses at the UWC Winter School in 2014. Each one-week course will be facilitated by staff from the Schools of Public Health and Pharmacy at UWC, in collaboration with several high profile international and local partners including Dr Richard Laing (formerly of WHO: Essential Medicines and now at University of Boston, USA), Management Sciences for Health and with input from local and national colleagues from the Department of Health and NGOs. The courses are targeted at health care professionals, including pharmacists, doctors and nurses involved in medicines use and management and will employ a combination of theoretical input and participatory, interprofessional learning methods including presentations, small group work, case study analysis and prescribed and optional readings.
FOR FURTHER DETAILS CONTACT:
Dr Hazel Bradley
hbradley@uwc.ac.za
Winter School Administration
For Attention: Tasneem Parker or Marlene Petersen School of Public Health University of the Western Cape Private Bag X17 BELLVILLE 7535
TEL: 021 959-2809
021 959-2121
021 959-2132
FAX: 021 959-2872
E-mail: sophwinter@uwc.ac.za
Website: www.uwc.ac.za
FURTHER DETAILS OF TWO COURSES
NEW MEDICINES COURSES @ WINTER SCHOOL 2014 RATIONAL MEDICINES USE
* Rational Medicines Use (23-27 June 2014) * Medicines Supply Management (7-11 July 2014)
VENUE: Both courses will be held at the
School of Public Health Building
University of the Western Cape campus,
Cape Town, South Africa
COURSE FEES:
Course fees (for each one week course): South African participants - R3800 and international participants - US$600 Fees cover tuition, core materials, lunches and morning and afternoon teas. All accommodation, food, travel expenses, visa and health insurance are the responsibilityof participants. (Please note that UWC cannot arrange accommodation but we can provide a list of Bed and Breakfast establishments in the area and local transport vendors)
COURSE TIMES: 08h30 to 17h00 unless otherwise specified.
APPLICATIONS: Apply by completing the attached form by 4 JUNE 2014. Payments are due BEFORE the course begins and places will only be secured by submitting proof of payment of your course fees.
REGISTRATION: Registration for each course will take place at 8h00 on the Monday of the week the course will be held at the School of Public Health, UWC.
RATIONAL MEDICINES USE
DURATION: 1 week (23 - 27 June 2014)
CONVENORS:
Dr Hazel Bradley (SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, UWC) * Dr Renier Coetzee (SCHOOL OF PHARMACY, UWC) * Dr Richard Laing (SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, BOSTON UNIVERSITY, USA) * Dr Stephanie Berrada (MANAGEMENT SCIENCES FOR HEALTH) * Mr Percy Daames (MANAGEMENT SCIENCES FOR HEALTH)
AIM:
This course will engage participants from various backgrounds in the importance of the rational medicines use concept and introduce a range of tools to investigate and promote rational medicines use.
OBJECTIVES:
By the end of the course, you should be able to:
* Advocate for rational medicine use and its importance within health systems; * Identify and analyse the application of quantitative methods to identify medicine use problems; * Evaluate qualitative methods and their application to investigate medicine use and prescribing behavior; * Identify and analyse the importance of determining efficacy, safety, effectiveness and cost effectiveness of medicines in decision making; * Evaluate the importance of clinical evidence in decision making and formulary management; * Critically evaluate the principles of the anti-microbial resistance concept and the role of rational medicine use in its prevention; * Critically review the role of Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committees (PTCs) in all of the above.
COURSE CONTENT:
The course content will draw on the following elements:
* Importance of rational medicines use and problems associated with irrational medicine use; * Identification of medicines use problems using several quantitative methods such as, prescribing indicator studies, application of defined daily dose (DDD) and ABC, VEN and therapeutic category analyses; * Identification and design of qualitative methods to investigate prescribing behaviour and medicine use; * Strategies to promote rational medicine use including educational, managerial and regulatory interventions; * Concept and implementation of Medicines Use Evaluation (MUE) and its application to programmes such as tuberculosis programme; * Application of the Essential Medicines Concept and the development of Standard Treatment Guidelines (STGs) and Essential Medicines Lists (EMLs) using evidence-based decision making principles; * Infection Control and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) concepts with respect to global and local situations and multifaceted strategies required to co ntain AMR; * Stewardship of rational medicine use by prescribers, dispensers and Pharmaceutical Therapeutic Committees (PTCs).
TARGET GROUP:
Healthcare professionals, including pharmacists, doctors and nurses from the public (government) sector and NGOs working at national, provincial, district and facility level and involved with medicines management activities including medicine selection, formulary listings, identification of medicines use problems and the promotion of interventions to address medicines use problems
CPD Points: 40 are being applied for this course