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About Study Course

Credit points / ECTS:4 / 6
Course supervisor:Inga Urtāne
Study type:Full time
Course level:Master's
Target audience:Clinical Pharmacy
Language:Latvian
Branch of science:Basic Sciences of Medicine, including Pharmacy; Clinical Pharmacy

Objective

Promote knowledge acquisition and awareness raising on clinical pharmacy and the role of a clinical pharmacist in healthcare.

Prerequisites

Pharmacology, pharmacotherapy, practical pharmacy and pharmaceutical legislation, social pharmacy and pharmaceuticals, English.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

Upon successful completion of the course, students will have acquired knowledge that will allow to:
1. recognize the scope and tasks of the clinical pharmacist;
2. define and outline the principles for evidence-based drug selection;
3. understand the role of the clinical pharmacist in promoting patient safety;
4. formulate and describe the role and tasks of hospital pharmacy in the healthcare system.

Skills

On study course completion students will be able to:
1. identify the areas of activity of the clinical pharmacist;
2. evaluate and explain the role of the clinical pharmacist in the development of a patient safety system;
3. participate in the planning, organization and monitoring of the rational use of funds for the purchase of medicines;
4. participate in the development, maintenance and use of a rational drug information system;
5. participate in the design, implementation and improvement of a system for the detection, analysis and elimination of medication therapy errors.

Competence

1. As a result of successful completion of the course students will be able to apply the acquired knowledge in clinical pharmacist's work.
2. Provide advice to health professionals based on guidelines, accepted standards, evidence-based medical knowledge.
3. Will be able to participate in the development of health policy oriented towards rational pharmacotherapy, in the definition of directions and goals of development, in the forecasting and planning of its individual stages.
4. Will be able to fill in the study course questionnaire with proposals for updating the course.

Study course planning

Planning period:Year 2024, Autumn semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Clinical Pharmacy, FFMp1Master’sRequiredInga Urtāne, Līna Lāže
Planning period:Year 2025, Spring semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Clinical Pharmacy, FFMp2Master’sRequired
Clinical Pharmacy, FFMpz1Master’sRequired