Rational use of drugs: assessment of a training course

Abstract: Remediar Program of the National Ministry of Health implemented between 2006 and 2008 Rational Use of Drugs’ Courses for doctors and dentists who worked in the Primary Care Centers Health receiving the kit with medicines from Remediar. The training was intended generally to promote rationa...

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Autores principales: Fernández Prieto, A., Cerezo, L., Galli, A.
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Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Escuela de Salud Pública y Ambiente. Fac. Cs. Médicas UNC 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/RSD/article/view/11776
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Sumario:Abstract: Remediar Program of the National Ministry of Health implemented between 2006 and 2008 Rational Use of Drugs’ Courses for doctors and dentists who worked in the Primary Care Centers Health receiving the kit with medicines from Remediar. The training was intended generally to promote rational use of medicines for professional primary care prescribers. Agreements were established between the National Health Ministry, Provincial Health Ministries and 23 medical schools. The Health Ministry policy was to involve the academic community in a joint effort aimed at prioritizing the Primary Health Care. The course was held for three cohorts, totaling 4463 professional, 2776 started the course and completed it by passing a final exam. They ran 118 seats of classrooms, involving all jurisdictions. URM Course was evaluated by the Monitoring and Evaluation Area using administrative data on academic performance by province and conducting 15 focus groups in different locations. The aim of this paper is to present the methodology used and the results obtained in the URM Course Evaluation in order to make a contribution to improve future interventions.