Session 27: Clinical Pharmacology & Medication Safety

Description:

Clinical Pharmacology & Medication Safety focuses on the scientific study and application of drugs to optimize patient care while minimizing risks. It encompasses the understanding of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and individualized therapy, alongside strategies to prevent medication errors and adverse drug events. This field promotes rational prescribing, evidence-based practice, pharmacovigilance, and interprofessional collaboration, ensuring safe, effective, and patient-centered medication use across diverse healthcare settings.

Keynote Points:

  • Advancing safe and effective drug therapy through clinical pharmacology principles
  • Integrating medication safety into patient safety and quality-of-care frameworks
  • Enhancing rational, evidence-based prescribing across clinical settings
  • Preventing adverse drug events through proactive risk assessment and monitoring
  • Strengthening pharmacovigilance and adverse drug reaction reporting systems

Benefits:

  • Improves patient safety by minimizing medication errors and adverse drug events
  • Enhances therapeutic effectiveness through rational and individualized drug therapy
  • Supports evidence-based prescribing and optimal medication use
  • Strengthens adverse drug reaction monitoring and pharmacovigilance practices
  • Reduces healthcare costs related to drug-related complications and readmissions
  • Improves safe use of high-risk and high-alert medications