Course overview
The course provides a comprehensive understanding of medical cannabis, exploring its historical context, applications, evidence, research, conditions, and treatment with cannabis-based medicinal products (CBMP). It’s designed for healthcare professionals, including GPs, paediatricians, pharmacists, nurses, and it will also help patients and their families gain essential knowledge.
What you’ll learn
- Basic concepts and context
- What makes cannabis medicine
- Indications and applications for medical cannabis use
- Managing the risks
- Practical considerations
- Discussing opinions about CBMPs
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, you should have acquired the necessary knowledge, enabling you to:
- Gain insight into the historical uses of medical cannabis.
- Introduce the pharmacology of cannabis compounds: cannabinoids and terpenes.
- Understand, monitor, and control the potential risks associated with taking cannabis as medicine.
- Understand that the primary mode of action of cannabis is the interaction between cannabinoids and the endocannabinoid system.
- Understand the choices that physicians need to make to confidently prescribe cannabis to patients for different kinds of conditions.
- Understand the potential medical applications and the current state of clinical evidence.
- Recognize cannabis-based medicines, prescriptions, dosage, and administration methods.
- Understand common safety, legal, and ethical issues.
