Professional Training in Pharmacy (first part)
A.Y. 2024/2025
Learning objectives
The internship in a Pharmacy, with compliance to the DL 2005/36/CE art. 44, comma 2, lett. b corresponds to a full time period of six months, and will help the student to enhance his knowledge on the drugs, also from the point of view of the commercial nomenclature of the drugs and will make him responsible also on the distribution of the drugs, in the context of public relations.
Expected learning outcomes
After the internship the student will enhance the knowledges on the use of drugs in function of the prescriptions and he will be able in the preparation of galenic products.
Lesson period: Open sessions
Assessment methods: Giudizio di approvazione
Assessment result: superato/non superato
Single course
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Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Course syllabus
In order to achieve the educational objectives, internships in community pharmacy and hospital pharmacy must include activities on following topics:
- management of drugs for human and legislation on dispensing to the public;
- management of narcotic and psychotropic drugs;
- management of doping drugs;
- management of poisons;
- management of drugs for veterinary use;
- magistral or officinal galenic preparations;
- oxygen and oxygen therapy;
- vaccines;
- digital health and drug traceability;
- dietary supplements and foods for specific groups;
- products and preparations of plant origin;
- cosmetic products;
- medical devices and medical-surgical devices;
- pharmacy organization open to the public and self-inspection activities;
- financial and business management of pharmacy;
- emergency management and first aid in pharmacy;
- relationships with the citizen;
- other services.
- management of drugs for human and legislation on dispensing to the public;
- management of narcotic and psychotropic drugs;
- management of doping drugs;
- management of poisons;
- management of drugs for veterinary use;
- magistral or officinal galenic preparations;
- oxygen and oxygen therapy;
- vaccines;
- digital health and drug traceability;
- dietary supplements and foods for specific groups;
- products and preparations of plant origin;
- cosmetic products;
- medical devices and medical-surgical devices;
- pharmacy organization open to the public and self-inspection activities;
- financial and business management of pharmacy;
- emergency management and first aid in pharmacy;
- relationships with the citizen;
- other services.
Prerequisites for admission
To begin the practical-assessment internship (tirocinio pratico-valutativo, TPV), as of the second semester of the fourth year of the course, the student must have acquired at least 150 CFUs, have passed all the examinations of the first and second year and the examinations of Medicinal Chemistry I or Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, have attended the course of Pharmaceutical Technology and Legislation, have attended the general and specific courses prescribed by the safety regulations (provided by the University and by Ordine dei Farmacisti di Milano, Lodi, Monza Brianza), possess the related certificates, and have agreed on the training activity with the head of the host pharmacy and, if necessary, of the hospital pharmacy or territorial pharmaceutical services as well as with the professional and academic tutors.
Teaching methods
The practical-assessment internship is carried out for no more than 40 hours per week, for a total of 900 hours, of which at least 450 hours are to be carried out at a community pharmacy, and corresponds to 30 CFUs. Attendance at the pharmacy is within the pharmacy's opening hours, excluding night hours, and with the assistance of the professional tutor. The TPV can be carried out, even for non-continuous periods in any case not less than one month, in a number of host locations not exceeding three and must be completed within 24 months of its commencement.
Teaching Resources
- Guidelines on curricular evaluation internship (TPV)
- European Pharmacopoeia.
- European Pharmacopoeia.
Assessment methods and Criteria
If the student chose for the degree qualifying to practice the pharmacist profession, he or she must take the practical evaluation test (prova pratica valutativa, PPV) that precedes the discussion of the degree thesis. The exam consists of an oral interview with a committee of equal composition made up of university professors and pharmacists appointed by the Professional Order, with the aim of evaluating the professional skills acquired during the practical internship in pharmacy (tirocinio pratico-valutativo, TPV). The grade is expressed by a judgment of suitability/unsuitability, which is communicated to the student by the Student Secretary's Office by e-mail.
Conversely, if the student did not choose for the qualifying degree, it does not have to take the PPV and the license to practice the pharmacist profession can be obtained after graduation by passing the State exam and a language test.
Conversely, if the student did not choose for the qualifying degree, it does not have to take the PPV and the license to practice the pharmacist profession can be obtained after graduation by passing the State exam and a language test.
- University credits: 5
Pharmacy traineeship: 0 hours