aFASF2_11 Social Pharmacy II

Faculty of Pharmacy
Autumn 2025

The course is not taught in Autumn 2025

Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PharmDr. Tünde Ambrus, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. RNDr. Jozef Kolář, CSc. (lecturer)
PharmDr. Tünde Ambrus, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
PharmDr. Dominik Grega, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. RNDr. Jozef Kolář, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Jozef Kolář, CSc.
Department of Applied Pharmacy – Departments – Faculty of Pharmacy
Prerequisites (in Czech)
aFASF1_11 Social Pharmacy I
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
Social Pharmacy deals with the role of medicines in the society. The aim of the course is to give to students relevant knowledge and scientific background for evaluation of the role of pharmacist and medicines in context of the society and healthcare system.
Learning outcomes
After attending the course, the student will be able:
- to characterize the role of pharmacy and pharmacist in society;
- to identify and summarize the importance of medicines for society;
- to characterize the role of pharmacy in the healthcare system;
- to describe the necessary regulatory mechanisms in pharmacy, enforced at national and international level;
- to look up and analyze the essential statistical data on the utilization of medicines in the society.
Key topics
  • Topics of lectures and seminars:
  • - Social Pharmacy - theoretical basics and methodological aspects
  • - The importance of medicines in healthcare and society
  • - Theoretical basics of healthcare
  • - Statistics in pharmacy and healthcare
  • - Pharmacist and the public health, basics of epidemiology for pharmacists
  • - Healthcare systems and healthcare financing
  • - Provision of health services
  • - Health policy
  • - Medicines policy
  • - MArketing authorisation of medicinal products
  • - Social risks associated with the use of medicines (counterfeiting and abuse of medicines) and their prevention
  • - Pharmacoeconomics and the basics of health technology assessment
  • - Pharmacoepidemiology
  • - Pharmacovigilance
  • - Utilization of medicines in the population
  • - International cooperation in the field of pharmacy and healthcare
Study resources and literature
    recommended literature
  • HOLČAPEK, Tomáš; Petr ŠUSTEK and Martin ŠOLC. Czech health law. 1st edition. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2023, ix, 240. ISBN 9788076765443. info
  • Pharmacoepidemiology. Edited by Brian L. Strom - Stephen E. Kimmel - Sean Hennessy. Sixth edition. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Blackwell, 2020, 1 online. ISBN 9781119413370. URL info
  • Introduction to public health in pharmacy. Edited by Bruce Lubotsky Levin - Ardis Hanson - Peter D. Hurd. Second edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018, 1 online. ISBN 9780190238339. URL info
  • KELLY, William N. Pharmacy : what it is and how it works. Fourth edition. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2018, xxi, 397. ISBN 9781138038332. info
  • WALLER, Patrick and Mira HARRISON-WOOLRYCH. An introduction to pharmacovigilance. Second edition. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell, 2017, 1 online. ISBN 9781119289784. URL info
  • Medical ethics, law, and communication at a glance. Edited by Patrick Davey - Anna Rathmell - Michael Dunn - Charles Foster - Helen. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell, 2017, 1 online. ISBN 9781119266174. URL info
  • COGGON, John; Keith SYRETT and A. M. VIENS. Public health law : ethics, governance and regulation. First published. London: Routledge, 2017, x, 196. ISBN 9781138790780. info
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
lectures, class discussion, individual work, presentations
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
1) Requirements before the exam: attendance at all seminars; continuous fulfillment of assignments.
2) Exam - oral exam.
Language of instruction
English
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