Pharmacotherapy and medical calculation for older people (LAA3MS26PMK)
- Type of studies
- Open University of Applied Sciences
- Campuses
- Pieksämäki
- Location
- Diak Itä-Suomi (Pieksämäki)
- Ilmoittautumisaika
- 1.8.2026—7.9.2026
- Start Term
- 28.9.2026—1.11.2026
- Field of Study
- Health care, The church sector
- Study mode
- Blended learning
- Study language
- Finnish
- Application Status
- Registration closed
- Pricing
- Fee-based
- Code
- AAF623
- Extent
- 2 op
- Price
- 30 €
- Admission quota
- 2
- Available places
- 2
- Teachers
- Hanna Kolehmainen
Opintojen sisältämät toteutukset
LAA3MS26PMK Pharmacotherapy and medical calculation for older people
Sisältö
• safe pharmacotherapy of older people
• specificities of pharmacotherapy of older people
• the most common active ingredient groups and their areas of use, mechanisms of action and routes of administration for older people
• risk medications for older people
• pharmacotherapy guidance, committing to treatment
• medical calculations
• specificities of pharmacotherapy of older people
• the most common active ingredient groups and their areas of use, mechanisms of action and routes of administration for older people
• risk medications for older people
• pharmacotherapy guidance, committing to treatment
• medical calculations
Learning outcomes
Students
• understand the specificities of patient safety in pharmacotherapy in the care of older people
• know the principles of clinical pharmacology in pharmacotherapy of the most common diseases of older people and know how to apply the information in nursing.
• know the risk medications in the pharmacotherapy of older people
• can assess the pharmacotherapy of older people
• can offer guidance on pharmacotherapy and its self-monitoring to customers/patients and their families
• know how to use drug databases and apply the information in pharmacotherapy
• can perform the medical calculations included in the course
• understand the specificities of patient safety in pharmacotherapy in the care of older people
• know the principles of clinical pharmacology in pharmacotherapy of the most common diseases of older people and know how to apply the information in nursing.
• know the risk medications in the pharmacotherapy of older people
• can assess the pharmacotherapy of older people
• can offer guidance on pharmacotherapy and its self-monitoring to customers/patients and their families
• know how to use drug databases and apply the information in pharmacotherapy
• can perform the medical calculations included in the course
Grading scale
0-5