Study Guide

Objective

Students become familiar with statutes and regulations that concern pharmaceutical care. They learn the pharmaceutical dosage forms and routes of administration, and assume responsibility for appropriate handling and storage of medicines. Students know how to use pharmaceutical databases and know how to perform pharmaceutical calculations.

Content

- pharmaceutical statutes and regulations
- risks in pharmaceutical care
- pharmaceutical dosage forms, storage, handling and administration routes of drugs
- documentation in pharmaceutical care
- use of pharmaceutical databases
- pharmaceutical industry and services

Materials

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Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students
- have some knowledge of statutes on pharmaceutical care
- have command of the various pharmaceutical dosage forms and know how to handle medicines appropriate and carefully
- use pharmaceutical databases randomly

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students
- are familiar with statutes on pharmaceutical care
- have command of the various pharmaceutical dosage forms and know how to handle and store medicines appropriate and carefully.
- mainly use pharmaceutical databases correctly

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students
- are familiar with statutes on pharmaceutical care
- have command of the various pharmaceutical dosage forms and of the appropriate and careful handling and storage of medicines.
- use pharmaceutical databases correctly

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Fail:
Students
- are not familiar with the statutes on pharmaceutical care
- do not know pharmaceutical dosage forms or how to handle and store medicines appropriately.
- do not know how to use pharmaceutical databases

Qualifications

previous studies are not required