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"DEVELOP PATIENT CARE SKILLS FOR SELF-
TREATABLE CONDITIONS.

ILOs

Knowledge and Understanding

By the end of the course, the students should be able to:

a1 – Identify concepts of pharmaceutical care of patients with different disease conditions;
know and define different health problems encountered in community pharmacies, identify
their symptoms, recognize factors affecting their manifestations, identify different drug groups
and their main possible side effects or drug interactions.
a2- State key elements for prescription revision before dispensing, identify medication-related
problems in the prescription and necessary pharmacist intervention

a3- Identify and recognize the different OTC products (especially in the Egyptian market),
different medical devices and self-care home tests and use.
a4- Identify the target patient groups who need special care or counseling upon medication
dispensing
a5- To be conscious of the balance between the health related professional competence and
commercial sustainability of the pharmacy

a6- To be conscious of the role of the pharmaconomist with regard to compliance, concordance
and adherence

Intellectual Skills

By the end of the course, the students should be able to:

b1- Differentiate between diseases of similar symptoms and relate to different health disorders

b2- Assess different patients and relate health conditions with lifestyle of individuals

b3- Choose the most suitable OTC product for different health conditions (common cold, cough,
otic disorder, foot care, dermatological disorders and GIT disorders) and propose a plan of
treatment
b4- Examine and revise the prescription, calculate doses, propose alternatives or
complementary therapies
b5- Manage medication therapy for selected chronic diseased outpatients

b6- Distinguish between self-care candidate patients and those who need referral

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