FaF:CORE049 Medicines in Everyday Life - Course Information

CORE049 Medicines in Everyday Life in the 21st Century

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching

Teacher(s)

PharmDr. Tünde Ambrus, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. RNDr. Jozef Kolář, CSc. (seminar tutor)
PharmDr. Lenka Smejkalová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
PharmDr. Martina Šutorová (seminar tutor)
PharmDr. Dominik Grega, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)

Guaranteed by

PharmDr. Tünde Ambrus, Ph.D.
Department of Applied Pharmacy – Departments – Faculty of Pharmacy
Contact Person: Bc. Lucie Coufalová
Supplier department: Department of Applied Pharmacy – Departments – Faculty of Pharmacy

Prerequisites (in Czech)

(TYP_STUDIA(B) && FORMA(P) || PROGRAM(PR_ )) && !FAKULTA(FaF)

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30

Course objectives

The aim of the course is to increase the health literacy of students in the field of medicines. Medicines as specific tools for providing healthcare influence our everyday life regardless of social status or age category. There are many interactions between the medicinal product, patient, healthcare system, and society. The discovery and introduction of new medicines into clinical practice and the influence of the ever-stronger medicalization of society increase the demands for the education of individuals and population groups in topics that integrate health, digital and civic competencies, and skills, and thus contribute to the support of responsibility for individual, societal and global health.

Learning outcomes

After completing the course, the student will be able to:
- characterize medicines and their importance in the life of an individual and society from the point of view of the patient, citizen, insured person;
- differentiate individual categories of pharmacy assortment and health-related products (medicines vs. dietary supplements, medical devices, cosmetic products, etc.);
- characterize and apply the principles of correct handling of medicinal products in everyday life;
- know his rights and obligations in relation to medicines and the provision of pharmacy care;
- use the basic relevant sources of information about medicines for the public.

Syllabus

• Medicines as a specific category of goods
• Availability and provision of medicines to the public
• Medicines vs. other health-related products
• A patient in the pharmacy
• Medicines in households
• Sources of information about medicines for the public
• Abuse and falsification of medicines
• Digital health and medicines
• Economic aspects of providing and using medicines

Literature

recommended literature
• Cikrt, T.: Příběhy léků: Příručka pro zvídavé čtenáře o vzniku, vlastnostech a používání léků. Praha: SÚKL, 2012. https://www.olecich.cz/uploads/Pribehy_leku/Pribeh_leku_final.pdf
• Relevantní právní předpisy v platném znění
• olécích.cz: Informační portál SÚKL pro veřejnost. https://www.olecich.cz/
• KELLY, William N. Pharmacy : what it is and how it works. Fourth edition. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2018, xxi, 397. ISBN 9781138038332. info
• Farmaceutický encyklopedický slovník. Edited by Miroslav Kuchař. Vydání první. Praha: Vysoká škola chemicko-technologická v Praze, 2014, 830 stran. ISBN 9788070808764. info

Teaching methods

Seminars (on-site form) - monologic, discussion, demonstration, individual and group tasks
Project work, work with information sources

Assessment methods

Continuous involvement of students in teaching - quizzes, discussions
Final assessment: colloquium - project presentation and group discussion

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.

• Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
  
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