Medical care and pharmacology (8 op)

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Sisällön jaksotus

19 September 2025 at 9:45–11:15 : INFO (Class TBC)
Course content and progression

Medication Calculations:
Medications administered via natural routes
Medications administered by injection
Dosage based on body weight or body surface area
Medical gases
Solution concentrations as relative concentrations
Preparing solutions from solid substances
Diluting solutions
Infusion rate calculations

Medical care theory:
Medicine in the body
Adverse effects and interactions of medicines
Factors affecting drug therapy
Safe medical treatment

Medication Calculation Exam Dates to be confirmed
Medication Calculation Exam, 1st retake dates to confirmed

CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY, spring 2026

Pharmacotherapy for: cardiovascular diseases, pain, neurological diseases, type 2 diabetes, gastrointestinal diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis and osteoporosis, respiratory diseases, skin diseases, thyroid diseases, urinary tract diseases, sensory diseases, pharmacotherapy affecting mental health and alertness, antimicrobials, national high-risk medicines classification

Pharmacology exam

Tavoitteet

The student knows the key legislation and informational guidance regulating medication therapy and understands their significance in the overall medication therapy process.
The student is able to assess the critical points in the overall medication therapy process to implement the safe medication therapy as prescribed by a physician.
The student can explain the processes and stages of how a medication is absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated in the body when administered through different routes.
The student is proficient in error-free medication calculations.
The student is able to use essential pharmacological knowledge in the planning, implementation, guidance, and evaluation of medication therapy.

Suoritustavat

Contact teaching, assignments and online – activities

Sisältö

Regulatory basis for medication therapy
Medication treatment plan
Nurse's role, duties, and responsibilities in medication therapy
Self-medication
Medication therapy technology
Drug calculations
Implementation of medication therapy using different administration routes
Stages and effects of medication in the body
Monitoring, recording, checking, and evaluating the effects of medication therapy
Therapeutic effects, adverse effects, and interactions of medications, interaction mechanisms
Basics of pharmacology
Most common groups of drugs and their uses, mechanisms of action, and administration methods

Aika ja paikka

Check your pakki schedule.

Oppimateriaalit

Materials provided by teachers in Reppu
Hand out materials and lecture materials
Medical calculation will follow the Finnish text book: Nikkola, R., Nurkka, N. & Paloposki, S. 2021. Annos oivallusta. Harjoittelemalla lääkelaskennan osaajaksi. Sanoma Pro Oy. Helsinki.

Opetusmenetelmät

Physical and online lectures, CSL, group discussions, group work, independent studies

Harjoittelu- ja työelämäyhteistyö

The Medication Passport will be activated and used during the clinical training periods of the professional studies.

The medication theory exam and the basic medication calculations, which are included in the medical care and pharmacology course, must be passed no later than one month before the start of the clinical training in professional studies.
In addition to the above, passing the medication calculations related to the specific professional study module is always a prerequisite for starting the clinical training. These must also be passed no later than one month before the start of the training.

Tenttien ajankohdat ja uusintamahdollisuudet

MEDICATION CALCULATION EXAM:
1st retake:
The medication calculation exam and one retake will be held during the course lessons (no separate registration required). Further retakes will take place in the general medication calculation retake exams.

MEDICAL CARE THEORY EXAM:
Exam content: Reppu materials and lectures
1st retake:
2nd retake:
Register for the retake exams using the electronic form sent to Karimi Ngui, at least one week before the exam date.

PHARMACOLOGY, EXAM: xx.x.2026
The pharmacology exam consists of an individual and a pair exam. The grade in pharmacology is formed based on the combined score of the individual and pair exams. The retake exam is an individual exam. The Safe Exam Browser is used in the exam.
Pharmacology, exam area: Pharmacotherapy for: cardiovascular diseases, pain, neurological diseases, type 2 diabetes, gastrointestinal diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis and osteoporosis, respiratory diseases, skin diseases, thyroid diseases, urinary tract diseases, sensory diseases, pharmacotherapy affecting mental health and alertness, antimicrobials, national high-risk medicines classification
1. Retake: xx.x.2026
2. Retake: xx.x.2026
Registration for the retake exam with an electronic form to Liisa Kemppainen, at least one week before the exam date.

Submission of the Clinical Pharmacology assignment in Reppu by xx.x.2026 at 6 p.m. at the latest.

Opiskelijan ajankäyttö ja kuormitus

Medical care 5 credits (135 h)

Pharmacology 3 credits (81 h)

Arviointikriteerit, tyydyttävä (1)

The student can name the key regulations affecting medication therapy.
The student can explain the stages of a medication administered in different ways in the body. The student can describe the nurse's responsibility in implementing a blood transfusion.
The student masters error-free drug calculations.
The student can name the key groups of drugs.
The student can create a medication therapy implementation plan.
The student can correctly administer medication through natural routes.
The student can carry out a blood transfusion according to the physician's order.

Arviointikriteerit, hyvä (3)

The student is able to describe the stages and mechanisms of action of medications in the body by drug groups.
The student can describe blood products and their purposes.
The student can describe the essential content of the regulations affecting medication therapy. The student masters error-free drug calculations.
The student can use electronic databases and analyze the information they provide.
The student can use the aids needed for medication administration in a patient-centered manner.
The student uses an ethical knowledge base in the medication therapy decision-making process.
The student recognizes ethical issues in medication therapy.
The student can describe their own responsibility in the implementation of a patient's medication therapy.

Arviointikriteerit, kiitettävä (5)

The student expertly and comprehensively uses medication safety concepts and integrates them into coherent wholes.
The student is able to assess critical points related to the overall medication therapy process.
The student acts responsibly in the various stages of the overall medication therapy process.
The student masters error-free medication calculations.
The student acts responsibly, proactively, and flexibly in the given learning and operational environment to ensure the implementation of safe medication therapy.

Arviointikriteeri, hyväksytty/hylätty

Failed:
The student does not achieve a satisfactory level