MEDICINES AND PUBLIC HEALTH

DESCRIPTION

This course domain covers the Basics in pharmacoepidemiology, the Drug utilisation studies: introduction and quantitative methods, the Drug utilisation studies: qualitative methods and the The public health impact of adverse drug reactions.

medicines, public health

Courses offer
available for this domain

OBJECTIVES

To provide basic knowledge of the evaluation of the effects of medicines from an epidemiological point of view
To understand the limits of the available information on efficacy and risks associated with medicines
To understand the differences between experimental studies and the actual use of medicines in clinical settings
To know how is it possible to study the effects of medicines from a public health point of view
To provide intermediate and advanced knowledge of the effects of medicines from a public health point of view
To develop theoretical and practical knowledge of the quantitative analysis of medicines utilisation
To develop theoretical and practical knowledge of the qualitative analysis of medicines utilisation
To know how to study the health and economical impact of side effects of medicines for the community