Teaching method

Throughout the year, students take some courses taught by other health professionals (mainly doctors) and undertake placements in collaboration with specialist doctors in different fields, nurses etc.

The teaching methods are varied and include lectures as well as problem-based learning. The majority of the teachers are university staff with practical experience. There is special emphasis on creating a link between theory and practice.

The wide variety of placements which students undertake provide many different learning situations. By the end of the academic year, students will have had the opportunity to learn about all the aspects of a career as a hospital pharmacist.

Students are assessed in different ways : oral and/or written examinations, presentation of work, assessment of their knowledge, skill and attitudes through different placement modules.

Mobility and/or international links

As far as the teaching in clinical pharmacy is concerned, students have the opportunity to take advantage of the teaching by a Professor in clinical pharmacy from the University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Louise Mallet), as well as by Belgian clinical pharmacists with experience of clinical pharmacy abroad (England, United States and Canada). This is of special interest as, unlike Belgium, English-speaking countries have long experience of practising and teaching clinical pharmacy.

The programme is open to foreign pharmacists, both from Europe and beyond. Each year, several foreign pharmacists enrol for the Advanced Master: in the last few years, they have come from Greece, Spain, Cameroon, Romania, Lebanon, Benin and Mali.