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Self-study course "Medication dose calculation"

Pre-enrollment open

imatge de recurs de medicaments
  • Modality
    Online
  • Languages
    Catalan
  • Duration
    8 hours
  • Planning

    Open all year round (self-paced online)

  • Location

    Online

  • Faculty

    Blanquerna School of Health Sciences

The course has a simple and interactive structure. Some videos (about 10 min) and some quizzes that must be passed within a maximum number of attempts. Progress through each of the topics covered module by module.

Objective

Gain confidence in interpreting medical orders, thereby enhancing patient (user) safety.

Who is it aimed at?

Nursing graduates. Students from all Nursing degree courses.

Course content

  • Terminology and general information about medications
  • A medicine's packaging as a source of information.
  • Reliable sources of information. The Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices. European Medicines Agency...
  • Centre d’Informació de Medicaments: The Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices.

  1. Measurement systems used in medicines. International System of Units.
  2. The prescription of medications. Legal aspects. Medical prescriptions and dispensing orders.

  • Solid and semi-solid pharmaceuticals.
  • Medication dosage: solid and semi-solid pharmaceuticals.
  • Worked examples.

  • Liquid pharmaceuticals and their routes of administration.
  • Medication dosage: oral and parenteral liquid pharmaceuticals.
  • Worked examples.

  • Characteristics and types of parenteral administration.
  • Calculations for parenteral administration.
  • Understanding of quantitative aspects.
  • Correct interpretation of medical orders.
  • Commented exercises.
  • Worked examples.

  • Pharmacology in pediatrics.

Methodology

  • Interactive-participative classes
  • Analysis of real cases
  • Communication workshops
  • Clinical simulation

Tuition fee

Academic tuition
€160
Facultat de Ciències de la Salut FCS

Certificate of attendance

Course participants will receive a certificate of attendance. Attendance to 80% or more of the sessions is required to obtain it.

Teaching staff (specify affiliation and academic degree)

  • Dr. Pilar Gonzalez Gálvez
  • Dr. Cristina Surís Palou
  • Dr. Eulàlia Vidal García
  • Dr. Núria Massó Ortigosa
  • Dr. Adriá Almazor Sirvent
  • Dr. Josep Antón Cordero Rigol
  • Nuria Colàs Migó
  • Dr. Jordi Ibáñez Nolla
  • Aina Surroca Rebes
  • Dr. Màrius Duran Hortolà (coordinator)

Enroll in the course

To enroll, click here and follow the instructions given. On the first screen, if you do not have Blanquerna credentials (username and password), you will need to register.

The application will ask you for the following documents during the enrollment process:

Identity card

Bachelor degree enrollment

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