Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Disaster Management

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Pre - requisites: FARM 7105, FARM 7116. This elective course of the First Professional Year will enable the student to study in more depth different types of disasters and its management, being this topic one that impacts society, individual and community health. The student is exposed to the He alth System and to the Pharmacy subsystem in the context of structure, organization and planning of disaster management. Environmental and mental consequences are examined in the occurrence of disaster as well as essential drugs. Actual topics such as The Resurgence of Infectious Diseases and Bioterrorism are discussed. The role of the pharmacist as a health professional and citizen is examined in the context of disaster management. Educational experiences will be developed through active learning methodologies.