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Professional Experience in Pharmacy I - GAF349

Title:	Professional Experience in Pharmacy I
Guaranteed by:	Department of Social and Clinical Pharmacy (16-16220)
Faculty:	Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové
Actual:	from 2021
Semester:	summer
Points:	0
E-Credits:	5
Examination process:	summer s.:
Hours per week, examination:	summer s.:0/160, C [HS]
Capacity:	unknown / unlimited (unknown)
Min. number of students:	unlimited
4EU+:	no
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
Key competences:
State of the course:	taught
Language:	English
Teaching methods:	full-time
Level:
Note:	deregister from the credit exam date if a requisite was not fulfilled

Guarantor:	PharmDr. Kateřina Malá, Ph.D.
Comes under:	4.ročník 2024/25 Pharmacy (EN19)
Incompatibility :	GAF195
Pre-requisite :	GAF347
Interchangeability :	GAF195
Is pre-requisite for:	GAF363

Examination dates SS schedule

Annotation -

The course composed of six months of Professional Experience in Pharmacy is a mandatory part of the study. The internship takes place in community and hospital pharmacies in the Czech Republic or abroad and is carried out in full compliance with the requirements of Directive 2005/36/ES on the recognition of professional qualifications and its amendment 20013/55/EC. Students get acquainted in more detail with the pharmacy and perform selected activities under the supervision of the senior pharmacist. This internship purposefully and comprehensively completes and consolidates the study issues of Charles University, the Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové.

Last update: Malá Kateřina, PharmDr., Ph.D. (14.02.2025)

Course completion requirements -

Practice in a pharmacy for 4 continuous weeks approved by the Consent. Credit can be given after sending the Confirmation of practice completion and Report from the practice.

Last update: Malá Kateřina, PharmDr., Ph.D. (14.02.2025)

Literature -

Obligatory:

European Pharmacopoeia, 10th Edition: published in accordance with the Convention on the Elaboration of a European Pharmacopoeia. Strasbourg: Council of Europe.

http://www.ema.europa.eu/ema/

Recommended:

Langley, Christopher A. Belcher, Dawn. Fasttrack: Applied pharmaceutical practice . London: Pharmaceutical Press, 2009, 195 s. ISBN 978-0-85369-835-7.

Kelly, William N. Pharmacy: what it is and how it works. Boca Raton: Taylor & Francis, 2012, 452 s. ISBN 978-1-4398-5305-4.

websites of national authorities in field of pharmacy (EMA, FIP, EAHP, PGEU, WHO etc.)

Last update: Malá Kateřina, PharmDr., Ph.D. (14.02.2025)

Teaching methods -

Professional Practice in a Pharmacy.

Last update: Malá Kateřina, PharmDr., Ph.D. (14.02.2025)

Syllabus -

Introduction

The subject is introductory part to fulfilment of requirements of Council Directives 2005/36/EC and 2013/55/EU. It partially substitutes former subject Six-month Traineeship in the Pharmacy. One‑month practice is performed in community or hospital pharmacies in the Czech Republic and abroad. Students are deeply acknowledged with a pharmacy process and under supervision they carry out all the activities at the level of a graduated pharmacist. This practice purposefully and comprehensively completes and consolidates the issues taught at the Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University.

Content of the practice

During the practice, the students get acquainted with a pharmacy and its workload, pharmacy staff, pharmacy operating rules, safety regulations and hygiene regimen in a pharmacy, relevant legislation, mandatory confidentiality of healthcare professionals working in a pharmacy, professional activities performed in a pharmacy.

The priority is the areas mentioned below, i. e., the consolidation of theoretical knowledge obtained at the faculty and its confrontation with realworld clinical practice. Furthermore, training the basic principles and obtaining new practical skills are acknowledged. Professional Experience in Pharmacy I is followed by Professional Experience in Pharmacy II.

· Current pharmacy as a branch. Reflection of pharmacy practice.

· Philosophy and strategy of pharmaceutical care, its implementation.

· Pharmacy as a healthcare facility, types of pharmacies and network of pharmacies.

· Activities in a pharmacy and good pharmacy practice.

· Legislation related to a pharmacy workload.

· Pharmacy staff – professionals and other workers.

· Pharmacy operation processes, safety, and hygiene in a pharmacy.

· Working environment in a pharmacy. Technical and material requirements for equipment in a pharmacy.

· Pharmacopoeia and other professional literature used in a pharmacy – European Pharmacopoeia, Czech Pharmacopoeia.

· Medical prescriptions and working with them. Pharmaceutical calculations.

· Problems of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances – classification, storage, application.

· Dispensing activity. Dispensation. Application of dosage forms. Providing of pharmaceutical care.

· Self-medication and health promotion.

· Preparation of medicinal products in a pharmacy.

· Supply activity, storage of medicines, medical devices, and other products.

· Control activity in a pharmacy.

· Unwanted pharmaceuticals.

· Professional administration – recording and documentation of processes in a pharmacy.

· Economics of a pharmacy. Pricing and reimbursement of medicinal products.

· Information and consulting activities in a pharmacy. Information resources in a pharmacy. Cooperation with patients, physicians, and other healthcare professionals.

· Veterinary drugs in a pharmacy.

· Advertisement in a pharmacy.

· Medical devices and the process of their supplying.

· Hospital pharmacy and its specifics.

Last update: Malá Kateřina, PharmDr., Ph.D. (14.02.2025)

Během praxe se student/ka seznámí s lékárnou a kolektivem pracoviště, dělbou práce v lékárně, provozním řádem lékárny, předpisy o bezpečnosti práce, hygienickým režimem lékárny, platnými právními předpisy relevantními pro provoz lékárny, povinnou mlčenlivostí zdravotnických pracovníků a jednotlivými odbornými činnostmi.

Prioritou jsou níže zmíněné okruhy, tj. upevnění teoretických poznatků z výuky a jejich konfrontace s realitou v profesní praxi. Dále je náplní praxe základní procvičení stávajících a získání nových praktických dovedností.

· Lékárenství jako jedno z odvětví farmacie, jeho zařazení a postavení v systému farmacie.

· Filozofie a strategie farmaceutické/lékárenské péče, její realizace.

· Lékárenství a lékárna, jejich typy a síť lékáren.

· Rozdělení činností v lékárně a jejich náplň.

· Právní předpisy pro lékárny. Správná lékárenská praxe.

· Kategorie pracovníků v lékárně – odborní a ostatní pracovníci.

· Provoz lékárny, bezpečnost a hygiena práce v lékárně.

· Lékopisná a jiná odborná literatura používaná v lékárně – Evropský lékopis, Český lékopis.

· Problematika návykových látek a prekurzorů – rozdělení, uložení, zacházení s nimi.

· Lékařský předpis a práce s ním. Lékárenské výpočty.

· Lékárenské pracovní prostředí. Technické a věcné požadavky na vybavení lékáren.

· Výdejní činnost. Dispenzace. Aplikace lékových forem. Poskytování farmaceutické péče.

· Příprava léčivých přípravků v lékárně.

· Samoléčení a podpora zdraví.

· Zásobovací činnost, skladování léčiv, zdravotnických prostředků a ostatního sortimentu.

· Informační a konzultační činnost v lékárně. Zaměření na jednotlivého pacienta, lékaře, ostatní zdravotnické pracovníky, širokou veřejnost.

· Zdroje informací v lékárně.

· Administrativa odborná – evidence a dokumentace jednotlivých aktivit v lékárně.

· Ekonomika lékárny. Cenotvorba v lékárně. Úhrada léčivých přípravků.

· Veterinární léčiva v lékárně.

· Zdravotnické prostředky a jejich zajišťování.

· Nemocniční lékárenství a jeho specifika.

Last update: Malá Kateřina, PharmDr., Ph.D. (14.02.2025)

Learning outcomes

The course Professional Experience in Pharmacy I is an introductory part of the requirements of Directive 2005/36/EC on the recognition of professional qualifications and its amendment 2013/55/EU. For four weeks, students carry out professional internship in a community or hospital pharmacy in the Czech Republic or abroad. Students are deeply acknowledged with pharmacy processes and perform selected activities under supervision and according to the possibilities of the pharmacy at the level of a graduated pharmacist. This internship follows the course Pharmaceutical Care I and comprehensively completes and consolidates the issues taught at the Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University.

Students will learn about the pharmacy and its workload, pharmacy staff, pharmacy operating rules, safety regulations and hygiene regime in a pharmacy, relevant legislation, mandatory confidentiality of healthcare workers in a pharmacy, and professional activities performed in a pharmacy.

Learning outcomes:

Students based on the knowledge and skills acquired:

to characterize pharmacy as a healthcare facility and its integration into the healthcare system;

to characterize the space and staffing of a pharmacy;

to characterise the services provided by a pharmacy;

to explain the implementation of pharmaceutical care provided in a pharmacy;

to compare the competencies of pharmacist, pharmacy assistant and other pharmacy staff;

to list problems encountered in the provision of pharmaceutical care and to propose solutions;

to demonstrate cases that were managed during the internship in providing various activities in a pharmacy;

to demonstrate examples of the possibilities of collaboration with physicians and other healthcare stakeholders.

Last update: Malá Kateřina, PharmDr., Ph.D. (31.03.2025)