Hospital Pharmacy

Recommended Prerequisites

Knowledge gained in the first four years of the Integrated Master Course in Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Teaching Methods

Lectures supported by visual material (Powerpoint presentation) with active participation of students through questions.   

Learning Outcomes

Students should be knowledgeable about:

Preparation, control, selection, acquisition, storage and dispensing of medicines for human use in hospital pharmacy services, either of public or private entities. Drug utilization studies.

Clinical monitoring and pharmacokinetics of drug therapy in an environment of hospital and outpatient clinic. Risk management.

Preparation of intravenous mixtures for cancer therapy, gene therapy and clinical nutrition and non-sterile preparations.

Role of the pharmacist in clinical trials and technical committees of therapeutics and ethics. Information and consultation on medicinal products for humans of prescription and non-prescription medicines, tailored for health professionals and patients in order to promote their rational use.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1 – Hospital organization.

2 – Competencies of the clinical pharmacist.

3 – Pharmacy department  - organizational structure.

4 - Management of Pharmaceutical Services.

5 – Medicines information.

6 – Dispensing medication for inpatients and outpatients.

7 - The participation of the pharmacist in technical committees.

8 - The role of the pharmacist in the preparation and control of medicines to the hospital.

Head Lecturer(s)

Ana Cristina Costa Ribeiro Rama

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

o    Libro de Farmacia Hospitalaria, 3º Edición, año 2002. http://sefh.interguias.com/libros/
o    Competências do Farmacêutico Clínico do American College of Clinical Pharmacy
Pharmacotherapy 2008 28 6 806-15
Pharmacotherapy 2008 28 6 816-7
o    How to read an article. http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/collections/read.htm
o    ASHP Guidelines. http://www.ashp.org/Import/PRACTICEANDPOLICY/PolicyPositionsGuidelinesBestPractices.aspx
o    Programa do Medicamento Hospitalar www.portugal.gov.pt/NR/rdonlyres/7D32F26D-7D5E-4EE9-AC9B-1D0928B070B0/0/Programa_Medicamento_Hospitalar.pdf
o    Manual Farmácia Hospitalar. http://www.infarmed.pt/portal/page/portal/INFARMED/PUBLICACOES/TEMATICOS/MANUAL_FARMACIA_HOSPITALAR
o    European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP). Guidance on the Pharmacy Handling of Gene Medicines. http://www.eahp.eu/content/search?SearchText=guidance+on+the+pharmacy+handling+&SearchButton=Search
o    FIP Statements on Hospital Pharmacists