aFANF1_13 Hospital Pharmacy

Faculty of Pharmacy
Spring 2026

The course is not taught in Spring 2026

Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PharmDr. Lenka Smejkalová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PharmDr. Stanislav Synek, Ph. D (lecturer)
PharmDr. Martin Šimíček (lecturer)
PharmDr. Jakub Vysloužil, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PharmDr. Jakub Vysloužil, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PharmDr. Jakub Vysloužil, Ph.D.
Department of Pharmaceutical Technology – Departments – Faculty of Pharmacy
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
The course introduces students to the specifics of hospital pharmacy operations, the role of the pharmacist in the hospital's healthcare team, the specifics of the hospital's assortment of medicines and the issue of compounding technologically demanding dosage forms or preparations characteristic of various hospital departments.
Learning outcomes
The student will get:
- an overview of the operation of hospital pharmacies, the role of the pharmacist in the hospital team
- knowledge of the rules and procedures applied in managing the activities of hospital pharmacies
- the ability to apply knowledge of pharmaceutical technology to specific preparations from practice with an emphasis on current magistraliter preparation in hospital pharmacies
- an overview of specific topics that are dealt with within hospital pharmacies
- an overview of the various types of possible pharmacy calculations from practice
- an overview of  modern molecules in  magistraliter preparation
- an overview of modern trends in pharmaceutical forms used also in magistriliter preparation
Key topics
  • Lectures:
  • - Hospital pharmacy, specifics of institutional care
  • - Pharmacist in the hospital - tasks, cooperation, multidisciplinary teams
  • - Professional consultations provided by pharmacists in hospitals
  • - The role of the hospital pharmacist in clinical trials
  • - The issue of hospital preparation of medicinal products
  • - The composition of the hospital recipe and the share of prepared LPs
  • - The role of the pharmacist in the formulation of medicinal products intended for hospital departments
  • - Medicines for pediatric departments. Dosing of medicines for children with regard to different methods of application. Specific properties of dosage forms for children. Main principles of formulation of pediatric preparations
  • - Cytostatics. Basic methods of administration and dosage forms. Principles of preparation in the hospital pharmacy and administration in the hospital department, safety of working with cytostatics
  • - Total parenteral nutrition. Enteral nutrition. Formulation principles of "all-in-one" preparations, preparation, compatibility, stability
  • - LP for surgical departments. Preparations for the treatment of wounds. Disinfectants. Main principles of formulation and preparation
  • - Pharmaceutical incompatibilities, stability and shelf life of the drugs being prepared
  • - Medicines for dermatology departments. The choice of the dosage form, the basis of the topical preparation and other auxiliary substances according to the nature and stage of the disease. Main principles of formulation and preparation of dermatological preparations.
  • Exercises/seminars:
  • - The role of the hospital pharmacist in patient care
  • - Assortment of hospital pharmacies, drug commissions, positive lists
  • - Calculations in the formulation of medicinal products. Formulation of preparations for various application purposes
  • - Excursion to the hospital pharmacy
  • - Laboratory exercise: Preparation of drugs specific for use in a hospital ward
Study resources and literature
    recommended literature
  • Martin Stephens. Hospital Pharmacy. Pharmaceutical Press, 2003. ISBN 0853699003. doporučená literatura
  • KELLY, William N. Pharmacy : what it is and how it works. Fourth edition. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2018, xxi, 397. ISBN 9781138038332. info
  • TEIXEIRA, Maria Glaucia and Joel L. ZATZ. Pharmaceutical calculations. Fifth edition. Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley, 2017, 1 online. ISBN 9781118978535. URL info
  • Pharmaceutical practice. Edited by Judith A. Rees - Ian Smith - Jennie Watson. 5th ed. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2014, xvii, 552. ISBN 9780702051432. info
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
Lecture
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
Demonstration
Laboratory work
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
Written examination
Language of instruction
English
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