The Basics of Geriatric, Pharmacological and Medical Care (5cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

A) Internal Medicine 1 ETCS

- You understand how most common internal medicine problems are diagnosed and treated
- You know how to use essential medical information when treating an internal medicine patient or client

B) Geriatrics 1 ETCS

- You know the most common geriatric disorders / illnesses and diseases
- You know how most common geriatric illnesses and diseases are diagnosed and treated
- You understand the main changes brought by ageing and morbidity characteristics associated with ageing
- You understand the evaluation of functional capacity and comprehensive geriatric assessment of older people
- You understand the basics and the challenges of pharmacotherapy and pain management in the care of older people
- You are able to assess nutrition and nutritional status in older people.
- You learn to apply knowledge related to the most common geriatric conditions and syndromes in the care of ageing clients

C) Pharmacology 1 ECTS

- You familiarize yourself with the most essential basic concepts of pharmacology
- You familiarize yourself with drug binding and drug response
- You familiarize yourself with the pharmacology, pharmacodynamics, indications, effect mechanisms and the most common adverse effects of the most commonly used medicines.


D) The Basics of Pharmacotherapy 2 ETCS

- You are familiar with the laws and principles governing pharmacotherapy
- You understand the principles of medication safety in social and health care
- You understand the need for medication and the evaluation of its effectiveness in multidisciplinary social and health care
- You understand the principles of rational pharmacotherapy (effectiveness, safety, economy, equality and quality) from the perspective of the individuals and society
- You can describe the medication process
- You know how to implement safe medication in accordance with the responsibilities of your own professional role
- You know how to plan, implement and evaluate the patient's daily medication
- You are familiar with different pharmaceutical dosage forms and routes of administration
- You can perform dosage calculations correctly as part of patient safety
- You understand the importance of adherence to medication
- You can guide the patient and their relatives in the correct dosing and use of medicines
- You know how to use the main databases in pharmacotherapy
- You know the basics of drug interactions and related side and adverse effects

Content

A) Internal Medicine 1 ETCS

- Neurological disorders (epilepsy, MS, Parkinson's disease, treatment of cerebral infarction)
- Common blood disorders and their treatment
- Cardiac disorders (basic ECG interpretations, arrhythmias and their treatment, treatment of pacemaker patients, treatment of acute myocardial infarction, valve defects and their treatment)
- Forms of cancer treatment and future prospects of cancer care
- Treatment of a kidney patient (treatment of a patient with a chronic renal failure, dialysis treatment)
- Urology (incontinence, kidney diseases)
- Asthma diagnostics and treatment
- Anticoagulants and their challenges
- Future prospects for the treatment of type 1 diabetes
- Future prospects for the treatment of type 2 diabetes

B) Geriatrics 1 ETCS
- Sickness and morbidity in old age
- Physiology of ageing, changes brought by ageing
- Clinical characteristics of the older patient (incl. frailty syndrome, gerastenia)
- Acutely ill older adults (incl. delirium, infections)
- Memory disorders - prevalence, etiology, diagnostics and symptoms (incl. AT, VCI, LBD, PDD, frontotemporal lobe degeneration)
- Functional capacity and geriatric assessment
- Pain management in older people
- Medication challenges in older people and overall evaluation of medication
- Nutritional status in older people and its assessment

C) Pharmacology 1 ETCS
Lecture materials and recordings on the topics above

D) The Basics of Pharmacotherapy 2 ETCS
- Supervision, laws and regulations governing pharmacotherapy
- The basics of medication safety
- Medication deviations
- Concepts of pharmacotherapy
- Pharmaceutical dosage forms
- Various routes of medicine administration
- Pharmacotherapy and aseptic techniques
- Pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics
- Drug interactions, side and adverse effects
- Main databases in pharmacotherapy
- Pharmacotherapy process
- Patient education on medication adherence
- Medication competence and ethics in applied gerontology
- Subcutaneous and intramuscular injection techniques
- The basics of dosage calculations (where applicable)