CAVENDISH UNIVERSITY ZAMBIA
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
PHARMACOLOGY AND THERAPEUTICS ASSIGNMENT
INSTRUCTIONS
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Answer ALL THE
questions
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Each question
carries 20 marks. Total marks: 100
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All your answers
should be typed with a font of 12 for main text and 14 for headings
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Indicate your
full names (surname first) and computer number on the cover page of your report
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Plagiarizing will
be penalized with substantial subtraction of marks
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Submit
the assignment report as a hard-copy by 31st October 2020
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The report should
have a minimum of TEN pages and maximum of TWENTY pages (including references)
QUESTION
1
MEDICATION
ERRORS AND PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCT QUALITY PROBLEMS
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Explain what
medication errors are
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Describe the
various types of medication errors
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Describe
factors that contribute to medication errors
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Explain the
importance of reporting medication errors and describe the information that
should be included in medication error reports
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Give examples
of pharmaceutical product quality problems
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Explain the
sources of product quality problems
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Explain
monitoring for product quality problems
QUESTION
2
EVIDENCE-BASED
MEDICINE, STANDARD TREATMENT GUIDELINES, FORMULARIES AND ESSENTIAL MEDICINE
LISTS
QUESTION
3
RATIONAL
PHARMACOTHERAPY
QUESTION
4
DRUG
USE IN SPECIAL GROUPS (PREGNANT WOMEN, LACTATING MOTHERS, PAEDIATRIC AGE
GROUPS, ELDERLY PATIENTS, PATIENTS WITH LIVER DISEASE, PATIENTS WITH KIDNEY
DISEASE, AND PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE)
QUESTION 5
MONITORING DRUG THERAPY
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