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)

Victoria Bell

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Project: 25.0%
Exam: 75.0%

Bibliography

REVISED FIP BASEL STATEMENTS ON THE FUTURE OF HOSPITAL PHARMACY  Approved September 2014, Bangkok, Thailand, as revisions of the initial 2008 version.

Formulário Hospitalar Nacional de Medicamentos (FHNM) - DESPACHO N.º 13885/2004 (2.ª SÉRIE), DE 14 DE JULHO

Gestão Hospitalar - Decreto-Lei n.º 18/2017 de 10 de fevereiro

Manual de Boas Práticas de Farmácia Hospitalar – Ordem dos Farmacêuticos - 2018

Manual de Farmácia Hospitalar – Conselho Executivo da Farmácia Hospitalar

Best practices for Hospital and Health-System Pharmacy 2011 – 2012 ed; American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

Clinical pharmacists competencies; American College and Clinical Pharmacy; Pharmacotherapy 2008; 28(6). 806-815

The definition of clinical pharmacy; American College and Clinical Pharmacy; Pharmacotherapy 2008; 28(6). 816-817

Lazarou, J. et col. Incidence of averse drug reactions in hospitalized patients: a meta-analysis of prospective studies. JAMA 1998; 279:1200-5