FAPE1_11 Pharmacy Law and Ethics

Faculty of Pharmacy
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught partially online.
Teacher(s)
PharmDr. Lenka Smejkalová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PharmDr. Lenka Smejkalová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PharmDr. Lenka Smejkalová, Ph.D.
Department of Applied Pharmacy – Departments – Faculty of Pharmacy
Timetable
each odd Wednesday 7:00–8:30 44-016, each odd Wednesday 10:00–11:30 44-016
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
FAPE1_11/01: each odd Wednesday 8:30–10:00 44-016, L. Smejkalová
Prerequisites
FAKULTA ( FaF ) || OBOR ( MUSFaF )
It is welcome when students had passed the Pharmacy Practice and have some experience with Czech pharmacy in real settings (spending some time in Czech pharmacy on practice). In the subject we will discuss the legal regulations concerning, e.g. medical prescription and its dispensing, storage of medicines in pharmacy, atc.
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
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to acquire students with the basics of the theory of law, legal systems.
In particular, students will familiarize themselves with the content of selected basic legal provisions in the field of healthcare, focusing on those whose knowledge is a prerequisite for the performance of their future profession from the point of view of the specialty of the pharmacist - healthcare worker.
An integral part is the question of ethics: pursuing the profession of a health care professional: in general and a pharmacist specially.
Learning outcomes
Completing the course, the student will be able to:
describe the basic legal aspects associated with the performance of the profession of health professional; analyze the ethical principles associated with the provision of pharmaceutical and clinical pharmaceutical care;
actively use the database of EU legal regulations;
Syllabus
  • The goal of the course is to acquire essential knowledge of basic legal principles and most important legal regulations for the pharmacists practice. With the main focus on EU system and comparison with the Czech republic.

    The topic of the course are basic legal regulations in the field of health law especially in the field of pharmacy practice.
    LECTURES and Seminars:
    1+2 Legal systems, Latin legal terminology and basic legal principles
    3+4 Ethics in health care, ethics and morality in pharmacy practice
    5+6 EU law system, EU and health care: most important statutory provisions
    7+8 EU and Pharmacy practice - most important statutory provisions
    9+10 Czech republic - law system, Most important statutory provision in the field of health care and pharmacy practice.
    11+12 Patients' rights in scope of legal provision
    13 Project

Literature
    required literature
  • European Union law. URL URL info
  • State Institute for the Drug Control. URL info
    recommended literature
  • European Parliament. URL info
  • Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic. URL info
  • Deigh J.,: An Introduction to Ethics. Cambridge University Press. 2010. 978-0521775977
  • Szyszczak, E.: Understanding EU Law. Sweet & Maxwell Ltd. 2008. ISBN: 9781847032799
Teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming)
Workshops
Assessment methods
Final Group project
Combined exam
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
https://amos.vfu.cz/moodle/course/view.php?id=707
Conditions:
- Active participation in seminars: 100 %
- Presentation of given assignments, tasks: 70 %

Combined exam -
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2020, recent)
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