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Food Supplements in Pharmacy
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:01.07.2024 09:54:49
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | ZFTK_041 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Basic Sciences of Medicine, including Pharmacy; Pharmacognosy | Target Audience: | Pharmacy | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Inga Sīle | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Applied Pharmacy | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 16 Dzirciema Street, zftk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67061547 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Pharmacognosy, inorganic and organic chemistry, biochemistry, normal and pathological physiology, pharmacology, Latin, English. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Promote the basic knowledge about food supplements: contribute to understanding the differences between food supplements and food, between food supplements and drugs; contribute to comprehension of health and nutrition claims; create notion about substances used in food supplements. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | General description of food supplements | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||||
| 2 | Nutrition and health claims made on foods | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||||
| 3 | The main rules of food supplement purchase, food supplement falsification | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | Overview of the active substances that are frequently used in food supplements | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | Cholesterol-lowering food supplements | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 6 | Food supplement production unit | Lectures | 2.00 | other | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||||
| 7 | Presentation of individual independent work | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | General description of food supplements | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||||
| 2 | Nutrition and health claims made on foods | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||||
| 3 | The main rules of food supplement purchase, food supplement falsification | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||||
| 4 | Overview of the active substances that are frequently used in food supplements | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Analysis of food supplement advertising and substances, EU Register on nutrition and health claims made on foods, EFSA register, herbal monographs, presentation. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Regular attendance of lectures and classes, good results of tests, homework, presentation. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Upon completion of the course the students will be able to explain the difference between food supplements and daily food; term EU and LR regulations on food supplements; explain essence of nutrition and health claims made on foods; characterise the main active substance groups that are used in the food supplements; name official (non-commercial) evidence-based information sources about natural products that are used in the food supplements; explain rules for safe purchase rules of the food supplements. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Upon completion of the course the students will be able to see the difference between the food supplements and drugs and explain their effect on the physiological functions of the organism; critically evaluate the utility of food supplements depending on the biologically active substances that they contain; critically evaluate food supplement purchase and using safety; find and properly use non-commercial evidence-based information on natural products of food supplements. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | As a result of successfully acquired course the students will be able to evaluate the role and utility of food supplements in providing normal function of human organism; evaluate the safety of food supplement use. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | 01.04.1999. Patērētāju tiesību aizsardzības likums: Latvijas Republikas likums. Latvijas Vēstnesis. 104/105. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 2 | 06.03.1998. Pārtikas aprites uzraudzības likums. Latvijas Vēstnesis. 60/61. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 3 | 05.03.2015. Prasības fasētas pārtikas marķējumam: LR Ministru kabineta noteikumi Nr. 115. Latvijas Vēstnesis. 46. | ||||||||
| 4 | 10.12.2015. Prasības uztura bagātinātājiem: LR Ministru kabineta noteikumi Nr. 685. Latvijas Vēstnesis. 242. | ||||||||
| 5 | 22.06.2006. Zāļu reģistrēšanas kārtība: LR Ministru kabineta noteikumi Nr. 376. Latvijas Vēstnesis. 97. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 6 | 30.12.2006. Eiropas Parlamenta un Padomes Regula Nr. 1924/2006 (20.12.2006.) par uzturvērtības un veselīguma norādēm uz pārtikas produktiem. Eiropas Savienības Oficiālais Vēstnesis. 404. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 7 | EFSA’s Register of Questions. European Food Safety Authority. | ||||||||
| 8 | EU Register of nutrition and health claims made on foods. European Commission. | ||||||||
| 9 | Latvijas Uztura bagātinātāju reģistrs. No: Pārtikas un veterinārais dienests. | ||||||||
| 10 | Latvijas Republikas Zāļu reģistrs. No: Zāļu valsts aģentūra. | ||||||||
| 11 | Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students | ||||||||
| 12 | EFSA’s Register of Questions. European Food Safety Authority. | ||||||||
| 13 | EU Register of nutrition and health claims made on foods. European Commission. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | World Health Organization. WHO monographs on selected medicinal plants. | ||||||||
| 2 | ESCOP Monographs: Scientific Foundation for Herbal Medicinal Products. – 2nd ed. – 2003. | ||||||||
| 3 | European Medicines Agency. Herbal Medicinal products. | ||||||||
