F1SF1_11 Social Pharmacy

Faculty of Pharmacy
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
PharmDr. Tünde Ambrus, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PharmDr. Tünde Ambrus, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. RNDr. Jozef Kolář, CSc. (lecturer)
PharmDr. Dominik Grega, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. RNDr. Jozef Kolář, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Jozef Kolář, CSc.
Department of Applied Pharmacy – Departments – Faculty of Pharmacy
Supplier department: Department of Applied Pharmacy – Departments – Faculty of Pharmacy
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 144 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/144, only registered: 0/144, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/144
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Social Pharmacy deals with the role of medicines in the society. The aim of the course is to give to students relevant knowledge and scientific background for evaluation of the role of pharmacist and medicines in context of the society and healthcare system.
Learning outcomes
After attending the course, the student will be able:
- to characterize the role of pharmacy and pharmacist in society;
- to identify and summarize the importance of medicines for society;
- to characterize the role of pharmacy in the healthcare system;
- to describe the necessary regulatory mechanisms in pharmacy, enforced at national and international level;
- to look up and analyze the essential statistical data on the utilization of medicines in the society.
Syllabus
  • Topics of the course: Social Pharmacy - characteristics; Importance of medicines in the healthcare and society; Theoretical basics of healthcare; Statistics in pharmacy and healthcare; Healthcare systems; Healthcare services; Health policy, medicines policy; Falsified medicines; Pharmacoeconomics; Pharmacoepidemiology; Pharmacovigilance; Marketing authorization of medicinal products; Medicines utilization
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Právní předpisy v platném znění. info
  • Zdravotnické portály, internetové/webové stránky. info
  • Pharmacoepidemiology. Edited by Brian L. Strom - Stephen E. Kimmel - Sean Hennessy. Sixth edition. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Blackwell, 2020, 1 online. ISBN 9781119413370. URL info
  • Grega, D., Kolář, J. Základy farmakoekonomie (skripta VFU). Brno, 2019. info
  • Introduction to public health in pharmacy. Edited by Bruce Lubotsky Levin - Ardis Hanson - Peter D. Hurd. Second edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018, 1 online. ISBN 9780190238339. URL info
  • KELLY, William N. Pharmacy : what it is and how it works. Fourth edition. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2018, xxi, 397. ISBN 9781138038332. info
  • WALLER, Patrick and Mira HARRISON-WOOLRYCH. An introduction to pharmacovigilance. Second edition. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell, 2017, 1 online. ISBN 9781119289784. URL info
  • Čeledová, L., Holčík, J. Nové kapitoly ze sociálního lékařství a veřejného zdravotnictví. Praha, 2017. info
  • Gonsior, O., Kolář, J. Registrace léčivých přípravků: II. Originální přípravky (skripta VFU). Brno, 2017. info
  • Černíčková, Z., Kolář, J. Registrace léčivých přípravků: I. Generické přípravky (skripta VFU). Brno, 2016. info
  • HOLČÍK, Jan, Pavlína KAŇOVÁ and Lukáš PRUDIL. Systém péče o zdraví a zdravotnictví. 2. upravené vydání. Brno: NCO NZO, 2015, 115 pp. ISBN 978-80-7013-575-4. info
  • Vlček, J., Dalecká, R. a kol. Základy farmakoepidemiologie, farmakoekonomiky a farmakoinformatiky. Remedia Praha, 2005. info
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion, individual work, presentations
Assessment methods
1) Requirements before the exam: attendance at all seminars; continuous fulfillment of assignments.
2) Exam - oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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