History of Pharmacy, Deontology and Legislation

Code:

MI075138

Acronym:

HFDLEG

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Social Science

Instance: 2019/2020 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Pharmaceutical Technology Laboratory
Course/CS Responsible:	MSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MICF	148	Official Curriculum	5	-	3	26	81

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The students should aquire an integrated vision of the History of Pharmaceutical Sciences, developping competences that help him to understand the knowledges learned during the obtention of the master degree  according to the evolution of mankind, specially in what concerns the causes and the treatemnt of diseases.

Learning outcomes and competences

Results of apprenticeship and competences:

-capacity to integrate the subjects concerning medicinal sciences in the historic evolution of mankind;
-to establish connections between the different concepts of medicinal product and the social/environmental conditions;
-to understand the importance of the evolution of mankind in some basic concepts as health, illness and hygiene.

Transversal competences:

-cognitive: critic and analytical capacty; development of creative thoughts,
methodologic: planning capacity;
social: communication habilities and team work.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1-The great landmarks of History and its effect in the development of the social structure: sedentarism, agriculture, empirism, scientific knowledge, industrial  revolution and evolution of communication (writen and by pictures).
2-The great periods of the history of pharmacy. The physician and the pharmacist., the knowledge ogf the human body,  raw-materials (minerals, plants and animals). Scientific knowledge and the evolution of thechnology.
3-The first civilizations. Writing: Sumer, Mesopotamia, Egypt. China and India. Grecia (Hypocrates and the 4 humours theory). Rome (Galene). S. Cosme and St. Damien.
The pre-colombian civilizations. The people from North America, South America, Africa, Japan, Australia, Pacific islands, polar regions.
4-Middle Age. Upper Middle Age: the religious orders and the transmeission of knowledge concerning pharmacy. Lower Middle Age: progress in the art of healing.
Arabic Pharmacy: the new ingredients and the criation of the first public pharmacy.
The great plagues of the Middle Age.
5- From Renaissance to the French Revolution: discoveries. the birth of the scientific knowledge, the mix  between magic and the experimental support. Slavery, Social changes: independance of the United States of America and the French Revolution.
6-XIX th and XX th centuries: science, the development of Chemistry and the development of Biology. The Industrial Revolution. The great migrations. The technological evolution in the areas of manufacturing and in the analytical capacity.
7-Manipulated medicines and industrial manufacture. Causes and consequences. The community pharmacist and the industrial pharmacist. Evolution of the professional activity.
8-XXI st century. What future? What limits?

Pharmaceutical deontology: definition, concepts and objectives Deontology and pharmaceutical activity. Pharmaceutical activity as a profession.  Professional secrecy and the code of ethics of the order of pharmacists.  Legal norm on the pharmacist and pharmaceutical activities.  Health policy in Portugal and the National Health System.  Pharmaceutical activity in Europe.

 

The pharmacy workshop, the hospital pharmacy, pharmaceutical laboratories and warehouses of distribution: legislative aspects and its activity.  Legislative aspects of market authorization procedure, the production and marketing of medicinal products for human use (generic, narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances), medicinal products for veterinary use, cosmetic and personal hygiene products and homeopathic medicines.  The Portuguese Pharmacopeia and other publications and professional organizations.

 

Mandatory literature

Guerra F. Carvalho; Breve notícia histórica sobre as farmacopeias portuguesas até ao século XIX
Comissão da Farmacopeia Portuguesa; Farmacopeia portuguesa VII. ISBN: 972-8425-37-6

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures (2h/week; 12 weeks): Power Point presentations.  The teacher in charge is available for attendance of students in hours announced at the beginning of the semester and by appointment at any other time.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Exame	60,00
Trabalho escrito	40,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	45,00
Frequência das aulas	40,00
Trabalho escrito	15,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

The student’s assistance to lectures is not obligatory.

Calculation formula of final grade

The final grade is weighted as follows: 60% of written exam + 40% of the theoretical-practical work.  Students with final scores equal to or greater than 9.5 values are considered approved.  Students with final scores less than 9.5 values are considered disapproved.