Development of a new theoretical and practical activity about pharmaceutical aerosols for the Pharmacy students of the Universidad Nacional del Su

GALLO LOREANA; RAZUC MARIELA; RAMIREZ RIGO M.VERÓNICA; CALCAGNO ADRIANA; NATALINI PAOLA

Córdoba

Congreso; 3era Reunión Internacional de Ciencias Farmacéuticas-RICiFa 2014; 2014

Facultad de Ciencias, Dpto. de Farmacia. UNC

The inhalatory route is employed for the treatment of respiratory diseases. In such cases, local therapy has shown to be more effective than systemic administration. An adequate access to this via requires the use of medications (i.e. formulations and complex devices) and their appropriate administration technique. Lack of efficacy and/or safety in this therapy is generally related to the inappropriate use of the devices involved. Therefore, pharmacists should be prepared to intervene and advise patients on this subject. In this context, it was considered relevant to improve the students knowledge of inhalation therapy. The goal of this work was to develop a theoretical-practical activity in order to allow students to make a connection between the technological concepts of formulations to their correct use. In this sense, this activity will be useful for students professional performance. To this end, a theoretical-practical seminar was designed after a search in books and scientific articles and the study of different therapeutic devices and educational videos. The activitys estimated time of completion is 3 hours. It comprises exercises aimed to understand the performance and characteristics of different types of pharmaceutical aerosols (metered-dose inhalers, dry-powder inhalers and nebulizers). For this purpose, diagrams, tables, videos and devices were employed. The activity was designed to be executed by groups and assisted by the teachers. In conclusion, this seminar is expected to improve the understanding of this topic and raise students awareness of the importance of an adequate use of pharmaceutical aerosols. The activity will be carried out in the subject Farmacotecnia II of the career of Pharmacy at the Universidad Nacional del Sur.