1st POST GRADUATE COURSE IN CRITICAL CARE PHARMACY
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The 1st Post Graduate Course on Critical Care Pharmacy is a three-day program designed for pharmacists in hospital settings who provide specialized services for critically ill patients. The training program prepares participants to solve drug therapy problems and to contribute to multidisciplinary patient care teams through lectures on pharmacotherapy, current intensive care practices and guidelines, and exposure to patient rounds. This program also allows participants to support their hospital’s efforts to ensure safe, quality care for critically ill patients.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
1. To provide updated knowledge on current intensive care practices, protocols and guidelines
2. To develop critical thinking skills in the assessment and management of patients in the Intensive Care Unit
3. To identify the roles of the clinical pharmacist in the intensive care team
4. To demonstrate the multidisciplinary set-up of an intensive care team through interactions among clinical pharmacists, nurses, dieticians, doctors and other healthcare providers
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
To implement the program into full execution, an organizing committee and clinical faculty were established, consisting of:
Course Faculty: Pharmacy:
Aldrin Santiago, RPh MCP – Manager
Edward Tolentino, RPh MBA – Clinical Pharmacy Supervisor Maria Theresa Legion, RPh – Senior Pharmacist, ICU
Intensive Care Unit:
Rosemarie Leopando, RN – Manager Racquel Fernandez, RN – Supervisor Clinical Units:
Critical Care Medicine:
Jose Emmanuel Palo, MD Jude Erric Cinco, MD
Emily Aventura, MD Luis Habana, MD Gerardo Briones, MD
Marian Vita Nova Sodusta, MD Ronald Reodica, MD
Aaron Mark Hernandez, MD Joanne Robles, MD
Alain Alisasis, MD Infectious Disease:
Cybelle Abad, MD Nutrition Management:
Maria Christina Kristin Reyes, MD Course Coordinator:
Maria Theresa Legion, RPh Course Organizers:
Jose Emmanuel Palo, MD – Head, Adult Critical Care Medicine Aaron Mark Hernandez, MD – Chief Fellow, Adult Critical Care Medicine Aldrin Santiago, RPh MCP – Pharmacy Manager
Edward Tolentino, RPh MBA – Clinical Pharmacy Supervisor PROGRAM LENGTH AND DURATION
Date: April 12-14, 2014 Time: 7:00am-5:30pm PROGRAM VENUE
Augusto Barcelon Auditorium 6th floor, Podium Building
The Medical City TARGET AUDIENCE
Pharmacy Graduates and Undergraduates Target: 150-200 participants
COURSE OUTLINE
I. Intensive Lectures a. General Principles
b. Intensive Care Unit Protocols c. Pharmacotherapeutics
1. Central Nervous System 2. Cardiovascular System 3. Respiratory System 4. Gastro-intestinal system 5. Renal system 6. Hepatology 7. Hematology 8. Infectious Disease 9. Endocrine
REQUIREMENTS TO QUALIFY FOR COMPLETION
A final grade of 75 with no absences is required to successfully complete the course. Grading system will be as follows:
I. Intensive Lecture
a. Attendance 20% b. Examinations (Posttests) 80%
__________________________________ Final Grade 100%
A certificate of completion will be given to all successful participants. All participants will be given a certificate of attendance with corresponding CPE units.
Clinical Exposure
Clinical exposure in ICU/ACSU/Telemetry (Limited to 10 slots only)
SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES Intensive Lectures
Date Time Topic / Activity Resource Speaker
Day 1 April 12, 2014 Saturday 7:00 – 7:30am Registration 7:30 – 8:00am Pre-Test
8:00am – 8:45am Introduction: Clinical Pharmacy at
The Medical City Aldrin Santiago, RPh MCP
8:45am – 9:30am Introduction to General ICU Care: A
Multidisciplinary Approach Jose Emmanuel Palo, MD
9:30am – 10:15am Pharmacokinetics Principles with
Acid-base balance Aaron Mark Hernandez, MD
10:15am – 10:30am Break
10:30am – 11:15am Physicochemical characteristics of IV
drugs with IV fluids Aaron Mark Hernandez, MD
11:15am – 12:00nn Pharmaceutical Calculations Edward Tolentino, RPh
12:00nn – 1: 00pm Lunch
1:00pm – 1:45pm Introduction to ICU Nutrition Aaron Mark Hernandez, MD
1:45pm- 2:30pm Poisoning and Drug Overdose Aaron Mark Hernandez, MD
2:30pm – 3:15pm Pain, Delirium and Sedation Gerardo Briones, Jr., MD
3:15pm – 3:30pm Break
3:30pm – 4:15pm Bleeding and Coagulation Alain Alisasis, MD
4:15pm – 5:00pm Glucose Control: ICU Protocol Alain Alisasis, MD
5:00pm – 5:30pm Post Test
Day 2 April 13,
2014 Sunday
7:30am – 8:00am Pre-Test
8:00am – 8:45am Stroke Joanne Robles, MD
8:45am – 9:30am Seizure Joanne Robles, MD
9:30am – 9:45am Break
9:45am – 10:30am Acute Heart Failure and
Hypertensive Emergencies Jude Erric Cinco, MD
10:30am – 11:15am Myocardial Infarction Jude Erric Cinco, MD
11:15am – 12:00nn Arrhythmias Jude Erric Cinco, MD
12:00nn – 1: 00pm Lunch
1:00pm – 1:45pm Airway Management and Mechanical
Ventilation Emily Aventura, MD
1:45pm- 2:30pm AKI/CKD and Drugs on Dialysis Marian Vita Nova Sodusta, MD
2:30pm – 3:15pm Infectious Disease and Antimicrobial
Use Cybelle Abad, MD
3:15pm – 3:30pm Break
3:30pm – 4:15pm Sepsis Ronald Reodica, MD
5:00pm – 5:30pm Post Test Day 3 April 14, 2014 Monday 7:30 – 8:00am Pre-Test
8:00am – 8:30am Pharmacology of Cardiac Arrest and
Hypothermia Protocol Jose Emmanuel Palo, MD
8:45am – 9:30am Introduction to Rapid Response
System Jose Emmanuel Palo, MD
9:30am – 9:45am Break
9:45am – 10:30am Drug-Food Interactions Maria Christina Kristin Reyes, MD
10:30am – 11:00am ADR/ADE Reporting Maria Theresa Legion, RPh
11:00am – 11:30am Closing Remarks
11:30am – 12:00nn Post Test
(optional)
2:00pm – 3:00pm Multidisciplinary Team rounds – ICU Jude Erric Cinco, MD
3:00pm – 4:00pm Multidisciplinary Team rounds –
ACSU Gerardo Briones, Jr. MD
4:00pm – 5:00pm Clinical Pharmacy Exposure ICU Clinical Pharmacist
