Health Information Management

Recommended Prerequisites

Some knowledge of: History of Pharmacy, Ethics and Pharmaceutical Law and Veterinary Dosage Forms.

Teaching Methods

Theoretical lectures and to discuss topics.

Learning Outcomes

Contribute to the comprehensive training of pharmacists by providing important tools concerning communication, management and information in community pharmacy

Providing a set of fundamental knowledge regarding health products and medical devices, in the community pharmacy framework, that will allow future pharmacists to acquire competences that will enable them to correctly advise and inform customers on the most adequate product to fulfill their needs, and also to clarify any existing doubts regarding those or any other products.

Providing a set of fundamental knowledge for the training of community pharmacists.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Communication, management and information strategies regarding health products. The importance of communication in health promotion. Attitudes and behaviours that facilitate communication. How to communicate to inform, clarify and retain a costumer.

Pregnancy. Main health care concerns during pregnancy. Community pharmacist counseling in pregnancy and during breast feeding.

Infant care - Skin/hygiene; Common health problems in newborns

Infant feeding. 

Animal health

Compression therapy for chronic venous insufficiency. General concepts.

Ostomy.

Orthopedic products.

Dietary supplements.

Head Lecturer(s)

Victoria Bell

Assessment Methods

Final assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

MATOS, António Albuquerque et al. - Recomendações no diagnóstico e tratamento da doença venosa crónica. Porto: Sociedade Portuguesa de Angiologia e Cirurgia Vascular, 2011

FIP - FIP reference paper on the effective utilization of pharmacists in improving maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) FIP, 2012.

FIP - Counselling, Concordance, Communication: innovative education for pharmacists. 2nd. ed. FIP, 2012. ISBN 97805218387

YAHEYA, Mohammad; ISMAIL, Mohammad - Drug-food interactions and role of pharmacist. Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research. . ISSN 09742441. 2:4 (2009) 1–10.

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS - What Is a Colostomy/ Ileostomy?.

DGS. (2019). Manual de Boas Práticas Literacia em Saúde - Capacitação dos Profissionais de Saúde. Lisboa, Portugal: DGS. doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.17763.30243

Mohn, E. S., Kern, H. J., Saltzman, E., Mitmesser, S. H., & McKay, D. L. (2018). Evidence of drug–nutrient interactions with chronic use of commonly prescribed medications: An up