FARM5120 – Clinical and hospital pharmacy
Course content
The course will provide students with in-depth knowledge of and experience from different aspects of hospital pharmacy, as well as knowledge of the different roles of pharmacists in the health care system. The course includes problem solving in connection with the production, advanced therapy, quality assurance (drug administration errors and patient injuries), clinical pharmacy methods, and optimization of drug treatment for the individual patient, health literacy and adherence.?The course will provide students with in-depth knowledge of how to solve complex challenges in advanced drug therapy, focusing on vulnerable patients, comorbidity, frailty or severely ill patients in all age groups.
Learning outcome
After completing the course:
- you will have advanced knowledge of the importance of shared decision making, health literacy and adherence to drug treatment.
- you will have in-depth knowledge of how to solve complex challenges in advanced drug therapy, focusing on vulnerable patients such as comorbidity, frail or seriously ill patients in all age groups.
- you will have advanced knowledge of pharmaceutical compounding, drug administration and systems for safe medication practice.
- you can collaborate with other students and suggest initiatives for optimizing treatment for patients receiving complex drug therapy, including pharmaceutical ex tempore compounding.
- you can communicate about professional challenges and possible interventions with other health care professionals and patients.
- you will have broad knowledge of the use of relevant modern technology in hospital pharmacy (including electronic curves, pharmaceutical compounding and medicines management).
- you can analyze challenges within a chosen area of specialization (pharmaceutical compounding/ex tempore production, safe medication practice or clinical pharmacy), and autonomously suggest evidence based answers.
Admission to the course
The course is mainly open to students who have been admitted to the 5-year Master`s Programme in Pharmacy at the Department?of Pharmacy, University of Oslo. In the event that space is available, other master`s level students may apply. Knowledge in relevant subject area corresponding to the content of Semester 1 through 7 at the department’s Master`s Programme in Pharmacy is required. For more information, please contact the Study Administration at the Department of Pharmacy, studieinfo@farmasi.uio.no.
The course is open to a limited number of students, depending on available spesialization internships. On admission to the course, students are ranked by their average grade on semester 1-6 (until and including FARM3130 – Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE)).
The course has a common module as well as specialization in one of three parallel elective areas: production, safe medication practice and clinical pharmacy. Students, who already has clinical practice in FARM4100 – Personalised Drug Therapy, will not have priority for specialization in clinical pharmacy in FARM5120 – Clinical and hospital pharmacy.?The module in clinical pharmacy is held in Norwegian and can therefore only be chosen if you are fluent in Norwegian.
Formal prerequisite knowledge
Passed exam in:
- FARM1100 – Pharmaceutical Chemistry
- FARM1110 – Pharmacology, Physiology and Cell Biology 1
- FARM1120 – Social Pharmacy
- FARM1130 – Pharmaceutically Based Organic Chemistry
- FARM1140 – Pharmacology, Physiology and Cell Biology 2
- FARM1150 – Pharmaceutical Based Biochemistry
- FARM2100 – Medicinal Chemistry
- FARM2110 – Pharmacotherapy 1
- FARM2120 – Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics
- FARM2130 – Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry
- FARM2140 – Pharmaceutical Microbiology
- FARM2150 – Formulation of Drugs and Quality Assurance in Drug Production
- FARM3100 – Pharmacognosy
- FARM3110 – Pharmacotherapy 2
- FARM3120 – Medicine Use and Public Health
- FARM3130 – Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE)
- the compulsory HMS-courses HMS0501 – Safety and Physical Environment, HMS0502 – Positive Learning Environment, HMS0503 – Laboratory Safety, HMS0506 – Patient Clinic Safety and HMS0507 – Fire Safety required for students at the 5-year Master`s Programme in Pharmacy.
Passed the compulsory parts of:
- FARM4100 – Personalised Drug Therapy
- FARM4110 – Comprehensive Biopharmacy and Formulation Technology
- FARM4120 – Drug Development
Formal prerequisite knowledge for students admitted to Studiel?p for farmas?yter med mastergrad fra land utenfor EU/E?S:
- FARM4910K – Farmakoterapi og samfunnsfarmasi med fokus p? norske terapitradisjoner og norske forhold
- FARM4920K – Fra virkestoff til ferdig formulering med fokus p? avanserte legemiddelformer
- FARM4930K – Kvalitetssikring ved produksjon og klinisk utpr?vning av legemidler
- approved the compulsory HMS-courses HMS0501 – Safety and Physical Environment, HMS0502 – Positive Learning Environment, HMS0503 – Laboratory Safety, HMS0506 – Patient Clinic Safety and HMS0507 – Fire Safety required for students at the 5-year Master`s Programme in Pharmacy.
For students admitted to the 5-year Master`s Programme in Pharmacy until and including 2016 and who have been transferred from the old study plan, separate formal prerequisite knowledge apply. These are in professional compliance with the formal prerequisite knowledge that apply to the course, but may be replaced by courses from the old study plan, as well as transitional courses. Students on transitional arrangements may contact the study administration for a complete overview of the formal prerequisite knowledge required.
Teaching
Lectures and student active teaching such as seminars, group work and peer reviews. Internships in the health care service, in one of three areas of specialization: pharmaceutical compounding, safe medication practice and clinical pharmacy.
Participation in internships and group work is compulsory.
- Lectures: 8 hours
- Student active teaching: 8 hours
- Internships: 16 hours
Compulsory participation in the course must be completed and compulsory submissions must be approved to pass the exam.
Read more about what applies in the event of absence from compulsory activities.
As?the?teaching involves laboratory and/or field work, you should consider taking out a separate travel and personal risk insurance. Read about your insurance cover as a student.
A student who has completed compulsory instruction and coursework and has had these approved, is not entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework. A student who has been admitted to a course, but who has not completed compulsory instruction and coursework or had these approved, is entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework, depending on available capacity.
Compulsory participation and approved assignments are valid for 3 years.
The course may be cancelled if the number of enrolled students are low.
Examination
Final oral exam, which counts 100?% towards the finale grade.
Presentation of prepared group work and subsequent individual oral exam, 30 minutes.
This course has compulsory exercises that must be approved before you can sit the finale exam.
Examination support material
No examination support material is allowed.
Language of examination
The examination text is given in Norwegian. You may submit your response in Norwegian, Swedish or Danish.?English on request.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F?is a fail. Read more about the grading system.
Resit an examination
This course offers both postponed and resit of examination. Read more:
More about examinations at UiO
- Use of sources and citations
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.