Stage en officine et séminaires de pratique professionnelle [ WFARM2255 ]

To achieve these objectives, the topics will be:

-          Checking the validity of a prescription (administrative control, doses and their suitability with the patient)

-          Pharmaceutical approach in case of complaint or request for advice by the patient

o    around common complaints in pharmacies (allergic rhinitis, constipation, diarrhea, pain, ...)

o    around contraception (continuous and emergency)

o    around the inhalation devices

-          Choosing a non-prescription drug in line with the patient (regarding complaints analyzed, including pregnant and lactating women)

-          Management of drug interactions and incompatibilities in the pharmaceutical compoundings

-          Other roles of the pharmacist (maintaining a quality manual, monitoring of pharmacovigilance data,...)

-          Understand the different roles and aspects of the profession of pharmacist

-          Develop a process to support the patient at the counter (facing a complaint or request for advice, a request for a non-prescription drug, or when the patient presents a prescription)

The evaluation takes into account the entire path taken by the student:

- Short questions at the beginning of each seminar to assess the preparation of the seminar theme.

- A written examination focuses on the knowledge acquired by the end of the theoretical description, internship and seminars

- An assessment of skills acquired at the end of the pharmacy internship is done by the certified trainer.

Students will get a various learning curve: theoretical courses in the beginning of the year then some practical knowledge management during the seminars and the 6-month pharmacy internship.

A preliminary course explicits the role of the pharmacist, and provides tools and methods necessary to perform a process of care of patients in the pharmacy, complete, structured and efficient.

A 6-month pharmacy internship is executed by the student by a certified trainer of UCL.

Seminars are organized during the course in small groups (20-30 students):

- During these seminars (6/student), the process of pharmaceutical care learned in the theoretical lectures is applied to various practical situations encountered frequently in the pharmacy: delivery of inhalation devices, choosing a non-prescription drug for a patient, management of drug interactions, process of choosing a non-prescription drug by pregnant and lactating women, ...

- Seminars debriefing training are also organized to exchange experiences in the course and to define the process of fixing difficulties or special circumstances encountered.