Applied Patient Counseling and Medication Therapy Management

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Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2024-2025

Topic

The aim of the course is to introduce the concepts and skills used by pharmacists to provide patient-centered care. Students will study about different techniques and practices used in the different levels of the pharmaceutical care and patient counseling. Beside the theoretic introductions the students will have the opportunity to gain skills in patient interviewing, medication history taking, triage, critical thinking and other patient assessment techniques. Furthermore the course will give the opportunity to apply patient-centered pharmacy care principles, pharmaceutical knowledge and effective professional communication techniques to solve drug therapy problems and provide drug therapy management in community pharmacy environment. Management of major disease states and medication therapy with an emphasis on special populations will be in the focus with a Cases based collaborative learning approach. Application of knowledge and skills in the following areas will be emphasized: patient interviewing, information gathering, drug therapy planning and problem solving, therapeutic monitoring, therapeutic interventions, and documentation.

Lectures

• 1. Basic counselling skills - Fittler András Tamás
• 2. Basic counselling skills - Vida Róbert György
• 3. OTC counselling practice - Fittler András Tamás
• 4. OTC counselling practice - Vida Róbert György
• 5. Rx counselling practice - Fittler András Tamás
• 6. Rx counselling practice - Vida Róbert György
• 7. Triage and assessment - Fittler András Tamás
• 8. Triage and assessment practice - Vida Róbert György
• 9. Red flags - Fittler András Tamás
• 10. Red flags practice - Vida Róbert György
• 11. Overview of medication review (Standard, Consult, Follow-up) - Fittler András Tamás
• 12. Case studies 1. - documentation as a medication review consult (Gastrointestinal, liver, renal) - Vida Róbert György
• 13. Case studies 2. - documentation as a medication review consult (Cardiovascular) - Fittler András Tamás
• 14. Case studies 3. - documentation as a medication review consult (Respiratory cases) - Vida Róbert György

Practices

• 1. Case studies 4. -documentation as a medication review consult (Central nervous system) - Fittler András Tamás
• 2. Case studies 5. -documentation as a medication review consult (Infectious) - Vida Róbert György
• 3. Case studies 6. -documentation as a medication review consult (Thyroid) - Fittler András Tamás
• 4. Case studies 7. -documentation as a medication review consult (Anticoagulation) - Vida Róbert György
• 5. Case studies 8. -documentation as a medication review consult (Diabetes) - Fittler András Tamás
• 6. Follow-up medication reviews for case studies 1. - Vida Róbert György
• 7. Follow-up medication reviews for case studies 2. - Fittler András Tamás
• 8. Follow-up medication reviews for case studies 3. - Vida Róbert György
• 9. Follow-up medication reviews for case studies 4. - Fittler András Tamás
• 10. Follow-up medication reviews for case studies 5. - Vida Róbert György
• 11. Follow-up medication reviews for case studies 6. - Fittler András Tamás
• 12. Follow-up medication reviews for case studies 7. - Vida Róbert György
• 13. Follow-up medication reviews for case studies 8. - Fittler András Tamás
• 14. The future of medication review/wrap up and evaluation - Vida Róbert György

Seminars

Reading material

Obligatory literature

Literature developed by the Department

Notes

Further recommended literature:
• Sally-Anne Francis, Felicity Smith, John Malkinson, Andrew Constanti, Kevin Taylor. Integrated Pharmacy Case Studies. Pharmaceutical Press; 1st edition

• Min Liu, Lakesha M. Butler. Patient Communication For Pharmacy: A Case-Study Approach on Theory and Practice Jones & Bartlett Learning; I Pap/Psc edition

• Karen J. Tietze. Clinical Skills for Pharmacists: A Patient-Focused Approach. Mosby; 3rd edition

Recommended literature

• Royal Pharmaceutical Society: Medicines, Ethics and Practice. The professional guide for pharmacists. Edition 36. July 2012.

• Christopher A Langley and Dawn Belcher: Applied Pharmaceutical Practice. Second Edition. Pharmaceutical Press. 2012.

• Brent I. Fox et al.: Building core competencies in pharmacy informatics. American Pharmacists Association. 2010

• Robert S. Beardsley, Carole L. Kimberlin, Willian N. Tindall: Communication Skills in Pharmacy Practice. A Practical guide for Students and Practitioners. 6th Edition. 2012.

• Roger Walker and Cate Whittlesea: Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics. Fifth Edition. Churchill Livingstone EIsevier, 2012.

• Daniel L. Krinsky, Stefanie P. Ferreri, Brian Hemstreet, Anne L. Hume, Gail D. Newton, Carol J. Rollins, Karen J. Tietze: Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs. An Interactive Approach to Self-Care, 17th Edition, 2011.
• C. Edwards - P. Stillman. Minor Illness or Major Diesease? Pharmaceutical Press 6edition

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

Részvétel az órák legalább 75%-án. Egyéni feladat kidolgozása. Sikeres vizsga: a megírt dolgozatok legalább 60,1%-os teljesitese.

Mid-term exams

Egyéni feladat kidolgozása. Sikeres vizsga: a megírt dolgozatok legalább 60,1%-os teljesitese.

Making up for missed classes

Pótlásra egyéni megbeszélés, egyeztetés alapján van lehetőség.

Exam topics/questions

Neptun a félév során leadott előadásoknak megfelelő témakörök.

Examiners

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars

• Fittler András Tamás
• Vida Róbert György