Medication Management in Heathcare

What Will You Learn?

• Core principles of medication safety: Understand the medication-use process (prescribing, transcribing, dispensing, administration, monitoring), common failure points, and strategies to prevent adverse drug events (ADEs).
• Clinical pharmacology essentials: Review pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, drug classes, mechanisms of action, and factors affecting dosing (age, organ function, genetics, comorbidities).
• Evidence-based prescribing: Use clinical guidelines, formulary management, and deprescribing frameworks to select appropriate therapy and minimize polypharmacy.
• Transitions of care and reconciliation: Master medication reconciliation at admission, transfer, and discharge to avoid discrepancies that harm patients.
• Monitoring and follow-up: Implement therapeutic drug monitoring, lab interpretation, side-effect surveillance, and outcome measures to adjust regimens safely.