Teaching methods

Exercises are active teaching methods which can be done during lessons or lectures and take little time. Assignments can be prepared by one or more students as homework or in working groups.

 

Exercises

  • ADR Game; let us play with ADRs!

  • The aim of this exercise is to practice clinical reasoning and causality reasoning when it comes to diagnosing an ADR and asking the right questions for an ADR anamnesis. This exercise is suitable for training PV 3 (Recognizing ADR).

  • Source: Netherlands Pharmacovigilance Centre Lareb/Expert meeting Nov 2017

 

Describe your living room

In this exercise, student practice communication skills and learn to ask the right questions for documentation of an ADR. This exercise is suitable for training PV key aspects 3 (recognizing ADRs), 4 (managing ADRs) and 5 (reporting ADRs).

Source: The Netherlands Pharmacovigilance Centre Lareb

 

Patient leaflet

In this exercise, students learn how to read and use Patient Information Leaflets (PIL) and to understand a patient’s view on safety of medicines. This exercise is suitable for training PV Key aspect 1 (importance of PV in context of pharmacotherapy).

Source: Juan Roldán Saelzer, PhD. Jefe Subdepartamento de Farmacovigilancia, Agencia Nacional de Medicamentos, Instituto de Salud Pública de Chile

 

Who am I (Guess the ADR)

In this exercise, students can practice classifying ADRs in systems such as type A/B, ABCDE or DoTS. This exercise is suitable for training PV key aspects 2 (preventing ADRs) and 3 (recognizing ADRs).

Source: The Netherlands Pharmacovigilance Centre Lareb

 

 

Assignments

Singe ADR case

The aim of this assignment is to familiarize the students with the concepts of causality assessment. This assignments can be used for training PV key aspects 2 (preventing ADRs), 3 (recognizing ADRs), and 4 (managing ADRs).

Source: Netherlands Pharmacovigilance Centre Lareb

 

ADR Case Serie

The aim of this assignment is to familiarize the students with the concepts of causality assessment. In this exercise students are trained in causality assessment, signal detection, and clinical implications of ADRs. This assignments can be used for training PV key aspects 1 (importance of PV), 2 (preventing ADRs), 3 (recognizing ADRs), and 4 (managing ADRs).

Source: The Netherlands Pharmacovigilance Centre Lareb

 

ADR Monograph

In this assignment students are trained in causality assessment, signal detection, literature search, clinical implications of ADR, and presentation techniques. This assignments can be used for training PV key aspects 1 (importance of PV), 2 (preventing ADRs), 3 (recognizing ADRs), and 4 (managing ADRs).

Source: The Netherlands Pharmacovigilance Centre Lareb

 

Assessing an ADR report

In this assignment students are trained in classification of ADRs, causality assessment, and communication with healthcare professionals. This assignments can be used for training PV key aspects 3 (recognizing ADRs) and 5 (reporting ADRs).

Source: The Netherlands Pharmacovigilance Centre Lareb

 

Reporting an ADR

The aim of this assignment is to make students competent to make a proper adverse drug reaction report. This assignments can be used for training PV key aspects 3 (recognizing ADRs), 5 (reporting ADRs).

Source: The Netherlands Pharmacovigilance Centre Lareb

 

Other

Student run PV programme; Feasibility and Educational Value of a Student-Run Pharmacovigilance Programme: A Prospective Cohort Study

Source: Tim Schutte, VUMC, the Netherlands