Diploma in Pharmacy / Бакалавр (Diploma) в Области Фармацевтического Дела

Course Details

Course Information Package

Course Unit TitleINTRODUCTION TO PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES
Course Unit CodePHA105
Course Unit Details
Number of ECTS credits allocated6
Learning Outcomes of the course unitBy the end of the course, the students should be able to:
  1. Identify the science they chose to study.
  2. State the history and evolution of drugs and Pharmacy.
  3. Distinguish the evolution of methods of drug discovery.
  4. Distinguish the relations of food and drugs in health and disease.
  5. Analyse the prospects of the professional and scientific placement of pharmacists in organised societies.
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
PrerequisitesNONECo-requisitesNONE
Recommended optional program componentsNONE
Course Contents·  Acquaintance with Pharmaceutical Sciences.
·  Introduction to the pharmaceutical subjects and objectives.
·  Historical evolution of Pharmacy.
·  Drugs and Therapeutics.
·  Potentialities, achievements and prospects of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
·  Food-nutrition/health-disease/drugs-pharmacotherapy, similarities and differences.
·  Objectives and content of each Pharmaceutical Science.
·  Society and pharmaceutical scientists from community pharmacy, hospital pharmacy, state offices, pharmaceutical industry, consultancy, in problems of narcotics and non-therapeutic use of drugs, in facing poisoning.
·  The position of Pharmaceutical Sciences in the spectrum of Health Sciences.
·  Tutorial: Discussion on subjects and events that have greatly influenced Pharmacy; Alchemy - Evolution of Botany and Medicine; The discovery of pharmaceutical plants of the New World; Ethno pharmacy - Serendipity.
Recommended and/or required reading:
Textbooks
  • A. Escohotado, A brief history of drugs. From the stone age to the stoned age, Park Street Press, Rochester VE, USA, 1999.
References
Planned learning activities and teaching methodsThe taught part of course is delivered to the students by means of lectures, conducted with the help of computer presentations. Lecture notes and presentations are available through the web for students to use in combination with the textbooks. Lectures are accompanied with tutorials.
Assessment methods and criteria
Coursework40%
Final Exam60%
Language of instructionGreek
Work placement(s)NO

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