AP401+Medication+Safety

= AP401 Medication Safety =

Resources

 * **Subject** || **Lecture Notes** || **mp3** ||
 * Medication Safety || [|2008] [|2007] || [|2008a] [|2008b] ||
 * Pharmacy Informatics || [|2007] ||  ||

Pharmacy Informatics Survey

Outline
Date: Friday, October 05 Handouts: [|Medication Safety - Handout] Slides: Medication Safety - Slides Audio: Medication Safety 1 & Medication Safety 2 Note: The lecture audio for this presentation is posted in mp3 format and provided for the purpose of revision support only
 * Medication Safety: Naomi Burgess**

Date: Tuesday, October 09 Handouts: Pharmacy Informatics Audio: Pharmacy Informatics 1 & Pharmacy Informatics 2 Note: The lecture audio for this presentation is posted in mp3 format and provided for the purpose of revision support only At the end of these lectures students should be able to: • Provide a basic definition of ‘medication safety’ in terms of patient safety and what is know about it • Describe the types of errors that occur related to medication use • Understand the concept of error theory • Provide examples of what can be done to improve patient and medication safety • Demonstrate a basic understanding of Health Informatics and e-Health • Discuss the nature of online (health) information and the issues that surround information use • List the elements that define the nature of the Health environment and IT • Identify some of the issues that evolve as part of the Health-IT interaction • List some of the IT implications for Pharmacy practice
 * Medication Safety: Jean-Pierre Calabretto**
 * The detailed material covered during this lecture series is not explicitly examinable. Although, an understanding of the basic principles covered in the lectures may be required to provide full contextual answers in case based examination questions.***