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Modern Pharmacology Course

What will I learn?

Improve your medical skills with our Modern Pharmacology Course (Zambian Edition), made for healthcare workers who want to understand medicines better. You'll learn about treating high blood pressure (hypertension) and diabetes, how medicines work in the body (pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics), and how to use medicines in the best way. You'll also learn about things you can do besides giving medicine, like managing chronic kidney disease and explaining your advice clearly to patients and other healthcare workers. This short, helpful course will help you make good decisions when looking after patients.

Apoia's Unique Offerings

Online courses with lifetime access
Certificate aligned with educational standards
Printable PDF summaries
24/7 online support
Select and organise the chapters you wish to study
Set your own course workload
Instant feedback on practical activities
Study at your convenience, no internet required

Develop your skills

Enhance your practical skills listed below

Become an expert in using medicines to treat high blood pressure and diabetes properly.

Understand how medicines are absorbed and spread in the body (pharmacokinetics) to use them better.

Learn how to use medicines in the best way to reduce side effects.

Use lifestyle changes (like diet and exercise) along with medicines to help patients.

Give clear and accurate advice about medicines to patients and other healthcare workers.

Suggested summary

Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

Before starting, you can change the chapters and workload.

  • Choose which chapter to start with
  • Add or remove chapters
  • Increase or decrease the course workload

Examples of chapters you can add

You will be able to generate more chapters similar to the examples below

This is a free course aimed at personal and professional development. It is not equivalent to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate course, but provides practical and relevant knowledge for your professional journey.