Health Information Management

Recommended Prerequisites

Knowledge gained in the first four years of the Integrated Master Course in Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Teaching Methods

Lectures supported by visual material (Powerpoint presentation) with active participation of students through questions.   

Learning Outcomes

The discipline of health information management has the overall aim - to build capacity for the pharmacist can provide:

A. Drug information to health professionals to support clinical decision and policy use of medicines.

B. Medicines information and education to the patient.

 

Specific objectives to obtain are the ability to answer questions relating to specific clinical situations, learning to:

A. Determine the actual need of the information requested.

B. Formulate a specific database to that patient for that situation.

C. Find information on available resources.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Introduction to the concept of clinical information.
2. Health information sources of a medicines information centre in hospital setting.
3. How to answer question related to clinical cases.
4. Preparing documents to support Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee decision.
5. Analysis of particular cases of information.
6. Patient information and education.

Head Lecturer(s)

Ana Cristina Costa Ribeiro Rama

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Research work: 30.0%
Exam: 70.0%

Bibliography

Drug Information: A Guide for Pharmacists, 4e. Patrick M. Malone, Karen L. Kier, John E. Stanovich