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Authors
Fonseca, Custódia
Stallinga, Peter
Khmelinskii, Igor
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Abstract(s)
The first modern-era pharmacy schools began to be established in the nineteenth century, with some universities offering
degrees or similar-level courses. However, the traditional pharmaceutical education continued in parallel, in the form of
apprenticeships and “on the job” experience.
The decline of manufacturing in pharmacies, caused by the development of pharmaceutical industry, and the ensuing
advisory role of pharmacists led to additional educational reforms in the last 50 or so years. Subjects such as anatomyphysiology,
physiopathology and pharmacotherapy were incorporated into the pharmacy courses, which became longer.
This reflected the growing body of relevant knowledge and the perceived need to increase the capacity of pharmacists to act
as pharmacy-therapeutic advisors to both health professionals and general public.
The degrees offered now include Doctorates in Pharmaceutical Sciences as well as Masters and Integrated Masters (IM).
The typical duration of an undergraduate degree in Portugal (IM) is now five years. Pharmacists may now receive instruction
in social disciplines, such as health psychology, economics and public health.
Students should be prepared for lifelong learning, since their formal training cannot provide them with all that they will
need in future, thus each individual pharmacist is personally responsible for ‘the maintenance, development and broadening
of knowledge, skills and attitudes, to ensure competence as a professional, throughout their career’.
The present communication describes the structure of the Pharmaceutical Sciences degree in Portugal, satisfying the
needs of the labour market in such health professionals.
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Education Medicines Pharmacy Pharmacist Portugal
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Publisher
Universidade do Algarve, CIEO