FaF:FAPL1_11 Introductory Pharmacy Internsh - Course Information

FAPL1_11 Introductory Pharmacy Internship - 2 weeks

Extent and Intensity

0/40/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

PharmDr. Lenka Smejkalová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
PharmDr. Jan Šaloun, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

PharmDr. Jan Šaloun, Ph.D.
Department of Applied Pharmacy – Departments – Faculty of Pharmacy

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Pharmacy (programme FaF, M-FARMA)

Course objectives

Main objectives: To get basic skills and knowledge in practical activities in the pharmacy.
Basic processes in compounding and adjusting drugs, use of equipment, accomplishing hygienic requirements and principles of stocking drugs are the contents of the training. Students work under the supervision of the pharmacy staff.

Learning outcomes

Completing the course the student will be able to orientate in pharmacy practice, know the basic competencies of employees, apply ethical principles, the student will be able to perform basic activities in pharmacy: basic procedures of preparation of medicinal products, use Czech pharmacopoeia, will be orientated in the assortment of the pharmacy(medicinal products, foods for special medical purposes, supplements, medical devices, veterinary drugs, other pharmaceutical assortment)

Syllabus

• The goal of the course is to use the knowledge of Introduction to Pharmacy in the everyday Pharmacy routine, especially in respect to:
  
  Arrangement of the pharmacy settings
  a) workplaces in the pharmacy
  b) Internal Operating Rules of the Pharmacy, staff, job description
  2. Rules of the safety at work
  a) contact pharmacist- patient: danger of infection
  b) strong and very strong acting substances, poisons,
  c) flammable matters, electricity, gas
  d) first aid rules
  3. Rules of hygiene at the pharmacy
  a) sanitation of the workplace
  b) personal hygiene
  4. Assistance in washing, desinfection, sterilization
  a) washing and drying of the appliances, equipment used for preparnig drugs
  b) types of containers used for adjusting drugs
  5. Basic operations in preparing drugs
  a) processes (weighing, trituration, pulverization, mixing, adjusting, labeling)
  b) handling of commonly used appliances, equipment
  6. Storing of medicinal products
  Principles of storing of pharmaceuticals (according to the Pharmacopoeia)
  7. Medical prescription, its reading and assesment
  Basic calculations and their application in compounding medicinal products
  All documents and the text of Tasks and Instruction for submitting them- see IS (FAPL1) Interactive syllabi

Literature

recommended literature
• Český lékopis 2017. info
• European pharmacopoeia. info
• Winfield, A., Edafiogho, I. Calculations for pharmaceutical practice. Elsevier, 2005.

Teaching methods

Practical training

Assessment methods

Interview Monitoring of student's activities

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

Teacher's information

Acceptance sheet plaese return to guarantor at UAF by 30th Juni, or earlier if the training starts before the abovementioned day. Eventual changes are to be announced to the guarrantor of the course.
To obtain credits: to performe the training in the lenght 2 weeks, 5days per week, 8 hours per day and here mentioned materials must be submitted:
1. Completed tasks according to the List of tasks,
2. Job Journal (with the daily records of tasks acomplished)
3.Confirmation (with the evaluation of the training written by the supervisor in the pharmacy )
All necessary documents and the set of tasks and instructions for submitting them- see Introductory Pharmacy Internship FAPL1 IS interactive syllabi!

• Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2023, recent)
  
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