ratiopharm organizes the “Pharmaceutical care” course in the male diseases related to ageing.

– during the course will address pathologies like: urinary tract infection and prostatitis, benign prostatic hypertrophy, prostate cancer, testicular cancer, erectile dysfunction and balanitis

-pharmacists serving elderly patients should know the most common diseases in this group, the variety of symptoms for prevention and treatment

-the course, endorsed by the Foundation Pharmaceutical Care ” and edited by EDIMSA, is accredited by the Commission on continuing education of the Ministry of health, Social policy and equality with 2.3 credits

-this course can be downloaded online in PDF format on ratiopharm

Madrid, October of 2011- the continuing education of pharmacists is an unquestionable need, both for the health system and the professionals. The objective is to reach out to professional excellence and improve the attention to the population.

Pharmaceutical care responds first and foremost, to a significant social need, which contributes to improving the quality of life of citizens, through a close and documented communication between the pharmacist and patient. Preventive measures and compliance with treatment can prevent many complications and even death. Pharmacists can contribute to the prevention and better control of diseases.

Particularly vulnerable is the elderly patient, which presents a high incidence and prevalence of diseases such as hypertension or diabetes. The elderly patient also has a higher incidence of poor compliance.

According to Jesús Novalbos, Director of the scientific Department of ratiopharm: is especially relevant to the performance in this type of patients in order to improve the performance, only because the memory pharmaceutical ”.

With the aim that pharmacists gain a better knowledge in the care and treatment of various pathologies, syndromes and specific disorders that affect the male aging, ratiopharm, committed to training, organizes the course pharmaceutical care in male diseases related to ageing ”.

Urinary tract infection and prostatitis, benign hypertrophy of prostate cancer, prostate cancer, testicular cancer, erectile dysfunction and balanitis are male diseases related to ageing that will be addressed during the course.

Edited by EDIMSA, this course is endorsed by the Foundation Pharmaceutical Care ” and accredited by the Commission of continuing training of the Ministry of health, Social policy and equality with 2.3 credits.

Pharmacists who sign up for the course, will conduct a review on-line 4 modules on a bimonthly basis, and those who pass the final evaluation on-line in December 2011, will get a diploma awarded by the Foundation Pharmaceutical Care ”.

Commitment to training

ratiopharm considers the pharmacist a key health worker in the development of the generic market and its role of advice to the patient. For this reason, has been established with a line of stable and lasting work that began in the year 1998, collaborating with the Universidad de Granada in meetings on care pharmaceuticals, which was attended by more than 1,500 pharmacists of all Spain.

Subsequently, to support the dissemination of the generic medicinal product and the importance of the pharmacy in the development of the same, were initiated in 1999, the annual Conference on generic, to become the Forum of reference on this subject between practitioners and health administrations.

Due to the high demand for training in pharmaceutical care in 2003 began an ambitious project in collaboration with the prestigious Foundation Pharmaceutical Care ”, pioneer in the dissemination and training of pharmaceutical care in Spain. In its first edition dealt with pharmaceutical care in heart disease and has subsequently been the following courses: pharmaceutical care in asthma and COPD, pharmaceutical care in women’s health and pharmaceutical care in elderly cognitive deterioration.