Workshop on Pharmaceutical Care in Diabetes
Organized by Marmara University, Faculty of Pharmacy
Date: June 10th, 2010, Thursday
Time: 13:00 – 15:00
Hall: Prof. Mustafa Nevzat Pısak Hall
Language: English
Workshop Tutors:
Fikret V. İzzettin, Prof. Dr.
Mesut Sancar, Assist. Prof.
Şule Apikoğlu-Rabuş, Assist. Prof.
Betül Okuyan, Res. Assist.
Background Information:
Diabetes mellitus with its accompanying complications such as cardiovascular diseases, blindness, nephropathy and neuropathy is a serious health problem. While, the complication risk is directly related to high blood glucose levels, as most patients with type 2 diabetes have a combination of risk factors including obesity, hypertension and hyperlipidemia, optimum diabetes care should also cover the management of these conditions.In recent years, pharmacists in many practice settings have begun providing patient-centered services with the goal of improving drug therapy outcomes through practices such as pharmaceutical care. Pharmacists, providing pharmaceutical care to the diabetics is proved to promote the diabetic control and the quality of life of the patients. Therefore, for diabetes management pharmaceutical care practices are needed to be established and performed regardless of the practice site.
Learning Objectives: Identify the basic principles of pharmaceutical care. Identify the therapeutic goals of diabetes mellitus and steps to take to reach these goals. Identify the drug-related problems and assess the drug therapy of the individual patient, in terms of efficacy and toxicity. Analyze a complex diabetes case (diabetes with comorbidities). Counsel patients on non-pharmacologic interventions (diet, exercise, foot care, home blood glucose monitoring...etc).
Program Format:
Duration: 120 minutes
Number of participants: max. 40 Background information on basic principles of pharmaceutical care, pharmaceutical care plans and issues on diabetes pharmacotherapy (25 minutes) Presentation of a complex diabetic case simulation - together with all the clinical and laboratory parameters (5 minutes) Small group case discussion (20 minutes) Group presentations (60 minutes) Final comments and conclusion (10 minutes)
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