Basic Concepts of Therapy

Subject Code : SFA-440

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Module Name Basic Concepts of Therapy
Module Level, if applicable 2nd year Types of teaching and learning Lecture & Interprofessional Education (IPE) 
Code, if applicable SFA-440 Class size 50 & 50
Semester 4th  (Fourth) Attendance time (hours per week per semester) 3 h
Person responsible for the module Dr. Apt. Vitarani Dwi Ananda Ningrum, M.Si Forms of active participation Discussion & Report
Lecturer(s) Dr. Apt. Vitarani Dwi Ananda Ningrum, M.Si

apt. Yosi Febrianti, MSc.

apt. Ndaru Setyaningrum, MSc.

 Workload Lecture: 2 (hour) x 14 (meeting) = 28

Preparation and follow up 4 (hour) x 14 (self-learning) = 56

Attendance time 1 (hour) x 12 (meeting) = 12

Preparation and follow up 4 (hour) x 14 (self-learning) = 24
Language English- Indonesia Total workload 120 hours
Relation to curriculum Compulsory course Credit points 3 CU
Requirements according to examination regulations Minimum attendance at lectures is 75% (according to UII regulation). Final score is evaluated based on assignment and reports (40%), mid semester exam (30%), and end semester exam (30%).
Recommended prerequisites Pharmacology
Related course –
Study and examination requirements and forms of examination Mid-term, Final term, and Presentation.

By the end of this course students should be able to:

  • Understand the role of pharmacist in different scopes of pharmaceutical work in science and technology as well as pharmaceutical care
  • Understand the role of pharmacists and that of other healthcare workers as part of a health professional team in healthcare facilities
  • Explain the definition, aims, medication-related issues, and impacts of irrational drug use, as well as the risk factors in patients with the high potential for irrational drug use.
  • Explain the pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic changes of drugs in a specific population based on the physiological approach (pediatrics, geriatrics, pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers) and pathological approach (obesity-malnutrition, renal function disorders, liver function disorders) AND analyze their correlation with the principles of drug use.
  • Explain the pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic changes of drugs in a specific population based on the physiological approach (pediatrics, geriatrics, pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers) AND analyze their correlation with the principles of drug use.
  • Explain the pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic changes of drugs in a specific population based on the pathological approach (obesity-malnutrition, renal function disorders, liver function disorders) AND analyze their correlation with the principles of drug use.
  • Describe the types of ADR and their examples and distinguish the types and mechanisms of drug interactions as well as the principles of ADR and drug interactions prevention and management AND correlate them with the risk factors for the occurrence of ADR and clinically-relevant drug interactions.
  • Describe the types of ADR and their examples as well as the principles of ADR prevention and management.
  • Distinguish the SOAP method used by healthcare workers in integrated services for patients in healthcare facilities and classify data and information in a scenario of inpatients with a CHRONIC disease into S, O, A, and P parts from a pharmaceutical-care perspective AND use the SOAP method for patients with a disease in primary healthcare facilities.
  • Apply the SOAP method in a case of patient with hypertension in primary healthcare facilities

This course is designed for discussing the concept of drug therapy. It will cover knowledge about the role of pharmacists and that of other healthcare workers as part of a health professional team in healthcare facilities, rational therapy, the pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic changes of drugs in a specific population based on the physiological approach, ADR, and SOAP method

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