Training Period for the Pharmaceutical Sciences Master Degree

Code:

MI075243

Acronym:

ESTGIO

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Health Sciences

Instance: 2022/2023 - 2S

Active?	Yes
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	210	Official Curriculum	5	-	30	810	810

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students
Obs.: obs: the number of pharmacies able to receive English-speaking students is reduced.

Objectives

 

a) Development and preparation of pharmaceutical forms of medicines;
b) Registration, manufacture and control of medicines for human and veterinary use and medical devices
e) Preparation, control, selection, acquisition, storage and dispensing of medicines for human and veterinary use and medical devices in pharmacies open to the public, hospital pharmaceutical services and private pharmaceutical services of any other public and private entities, without prejudice to the regime of distribution of non-prescription drugs to the public outside pharmacies, under the terms of the respective legislation;
f) Preparation of antiseptic solutions, disinfectants and intravenous mixtures;
g) Interpretation and evaluation of medical prescriptions;
h) Information and consultation on medicines for human and veterinary use, medical devices, subject and not subject to medical prescription, with health professionals and patients, in order to promote their correct use;
i) Monitoring, surveillance and control of the distribution, dispensing and use of medicines for human and veterinary use, medical devices;
j) Monitoring of drugs, including the determination of pharmacokinetic parameters and the establishment of individualized dosing schedules;
k) Collection of biological products, execution and interpretation of clinical analyzes and determination of serum level

The internship is fully aligned with the competencies defined in the document “FIP Global Competency Framework” for the early pharmacist's professional career, namely:

1. Pharmaceutical Public Health (Emergency response, Health promotion, Medicines information and advice)
2. Pharmaceutical Care (assessment and compounding medicines, dispensing, monitor medicines, patient consultation and diagnosis,
3. Organization and management
4. Professional / personal competencies

Additionally, and in order to stimulate the constant search for improvement in the internship pharmacies, in the relations with the users, with the community and with the health professionals, as well as the recognition of the continuous need for training, students are asked to develop activities and projects that contribute to the better use of medicines and services, for the identification, implementation and monitoring of new services, according to local needs, propose and implement education strategies for the health of the population, among others, in close alignment with the orientation 3.3.1 of the FIP. These activities are mandatory, must be well supported from a scientific point of view, are an integral part of the internship report and are presented and defended in public exams to obtain the master's degree.

 

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of the training period, the students should be able to:

- Solve technical, scientific, and ethics professional problems.
- Develop capacities for pharmaceutical practice in community and hospital pharmacies.
- Understand the relationship between health institutions and health professionals, between them and with the patient. 
- Recognize the multidisciplinary role of the pharmacist in the society, the need to adapt to the changing demands of health services and population, and the need to constant updating knowledge.

 

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

To attend the training period, the students must have previously attended all the MICF curricular units.

Program

Community Pharmacy:
Incorporation in the field of labour relationships, financial management and other administrative aspects, dispensing non-mandatory and mandatory prescript medicines and psychotropic drugs and stupefacient, knowledge of pharmaceutical devices,
preparing manipulated products, dispensing of prescriptions and processing for health systems and sub-systems, prescriptions for veterinary application; knowledge of the national pharmacovigilance and principal notification rules.
Clinical Pharmacy: Application of the pharmacotherapy concepts in the areas of administration, dosage, drug and food-drug interactions.

Hospital Pharmacy:
selection, acquisition, reception and storage of medicines, pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical devices; pharmacotechnics; quality control; distribution; drug information; pharmacovigilance; pharmacokinetics; clinical pharmacy; clinical trials

Mandatory literature

none; none

Comments from the literature

Literature advised by the teachers and advisors, together with the one necessary ones to elaborate the work to be included in the final report.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Given the characteristics and specificities of each pharmaceutical facility, only the Technical Director, or another Pharmacist delegated for the task, should be responsible for the teaching methods and trainee learning. The role of the Monitor is of the utmost importance, and includes monitoring within the training unit and also in the training activities that the student has to develop, being therefore responsible for the vocational training of the student. The Monitor should base its activities in the Internship Manual made available by FFUP, thus ensuring equity in the training for all students.

The selection of locals for training is a responsibility of the FFUP, with the cooperation of the Pharmacist Order when necessary, and through the stablishment of individual protocols.

The Student Adisor at FFUP (professor) follows the students in the choice, design, development and writing of the work-connected pharmaceutical practice ativities and projects, adapted to the local where they are receiving training, which are part of the final report. In addition, the Teatcher Advisors are also the liaison between trainees and the trainning pharmacies, being responsible for maintaining the coordination and support to the trainee in the professional environment.

In October-november, the students will have several seminars dedicated to their preparation for the internship period.  Students may further complement their training during the internship in accordance with their specific interests through training sessions or information to be provided by the Teachers of the curricular unit, the Pharmacists Order and / or institutions endorsed.

 

keywords

Health sciences

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de relatório/dissertação/tese	104,00
Estudo autónomo	50,00
Realização de Estágio	810,00
Trabalho de campo	50,00
Total:	1014,00

Eligibility for exams

Students must attend an average of 35 per week, during 6 months. it includes the presential activities and the preparation of the intervention strategies that took place and that will be included in the report, as well as the trainning and meeting sessions.

Calculation formula of final grade

Presentation and public defense of the internship report - practical and technical-scientific components (scientific activities and projects linked to professional practice (100%).

Internship work/project

Presentation of an internship report with a strong scientific component, resulting from scientific activities and projects linked to professional practice.

Classification improvement

Taking a new 6 month training period.

Observations

In the event of difficulties in the face-to-face component of the internships due to COVID demands, an adjustment will be made on a case-by-case basis. There may be changes to a shift regime, with or without a distance work component, or even complete one-off interruption, with any interruption time being necessarily compensated at the end of the internship, or substituted by validated activities, to guarantee the recognition of the diploma.