aFAFP1_11 Pharmaceutical Care I

Faculty of Pharmacy
Autumn 2025

The course is not taught in Autumn 2025

Extent and Intensity
0/3/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PharmDr. Marek Lžičař (seminar tutor)
PharmDr. Bc. Dana Mazánková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
PharmDr. Martin Šimíček (seminar tutor)
PharmDr. Karel Vašut, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
PharmDr. MVDr. Vilma Vranová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PharmDr. Bc. Dana Mazánková, Ph.D.
Department of Applied Pharmacy – Departments – Faculty of Pharmacy
Prerequisites (in Czech)
aFAFK3_14 Pharmacology III
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Abstract
Pharmaceutical care represents the direct, responsible provision of care related to pharmacotherapy in order to achieve results that improve the patient's quality of life. The aim of the subject is to prepare students for the practical provision of care related to pharmacotherapy.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student will be able to:
- Understand the principle of pharmaceutical care and its provision to patients;
- Classify the patient's drug related problems and work with it;
- Communicate properly with patients in the pharmacy.
Key topics
- Introduction to pharmaceutical care, role in the healthcare, definitions of terms, legal regulations
- Communication with the patient, psychology of the patient
- Possibilities of identifying drug related problems in practice
- Drug abuse, addiction, smoking, smoking cessation support - pharmacist options
- Care of pregnant and lactating patients - possibilities of a pharmacist
- Care of pediatric patients, communication with parents
- Specifics of care for the elderly, communication, detection of drug related problems
- Pharmaceutical care for gastrointestinal problems
- Pharmaceutical care for respiratory diseases
- Pharmaceutical care for selected infectious diseases
- Pharmaceutical care for the most common dermatological disorders
- Pharmaceutical care for pain and injuries
- Pharmaceutical care for cardio-metabolic disorders I.
- Pharmaceutical care for cardio-metabolic disorders II.
- Pharmaceutical care for selected CNS diseases
- Pharmaceutical care for selected uro-gynecological problems
Study resources and literature
    recommended literature
  • Pharmacotherapy : principles & practice. Edited by Marie A. Chisholm-Burns - Terry L. Schwinghammer - Patrick M. Malone -. Sixth edition. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2022, xxxvii, 17. ISBN 9781260460278. info
  • LLOYD, Margaret A.; Robert BOR and Lorraine NOBLE. Clinical communication skills for medicine. Edited by Zack Eleftheriadou. 4th edition. Edinburgh: Elsevier, 2019, viii, 170. ISBN 9780702072130. info
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
Seminars - seminar works and their presentations, discussions and brainstorming about patient case studies.
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
Continuous evaluation of the outputs of seminars (patient case studies). Evaluation of presented seminar works. Final evaluation - colloqium.
Language of instruction
English
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