Session 10. Standard Treatment Guidelines

Drug and Therapeutics Committee Training Course

Session 10. Standard Treatment Guidelines

Participants' Guide

Drug and Therapeutics Committee Training Course--Participants' Guide

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ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

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CONTENTS

Session 10. Standard Treatment Guidelines ....................................................................................1 Acknowledgment ........................................................................................................................ 1 Purpose and Content ................................................................................................................... 1 Objectives ............................................................................................................................... 1 Preparation and Materials ....................................................................................................... 1 Key Definition ............................................................................................................................ 2 Introduction................................................................................................................................. 2 The Need: A Solution to Therapeutic Anarchy .......................................................................... 2 Advantages.............................................................................................................................. 3 Disadvantages ......................................................................................................................... 5 Establishing STGs....................................................................................................................... 5 Key Features of a Successful STG Manual ................................................................................ 7 Implementing the Guideline ....................................................................................................... 9 Activity 1. Developing a Guideline for Use during the Field Trip ........................................... 10 Activity 2. A Case Study: A Second Edition? Standard Treatments in Pagalia ....................... 11 Summary ................................................................................................................................... 12 Annex 1. Case Study for Activity 2 .......................................................................................... 13 One Morning, Mid-1998........................................................................................................... 13 Health Status and Health Care in Pagalia ................................................................................. 13 Publication of the Standard Treatment ..................................................................................... 14 Health Center Treatment Patterns--1997................................................................................. 14 A Second Edition? .................................................................................................................... 15 Annex 2. Publications Relevant to the Development of STGs................................................. 16

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