Short-cycle professional higher education study programme PHARMACEUTICALS (41725), qualification Pharmacist assistant

  • Qualification: Pharmacist assistant
  • Language: Latvian
  • Previous education: secondary education
  • Duration of studies: 2.5 years
  • Credit points/ECTS: 100/150
  • State-funded places: 10
  • Type of studies: Full-time
  • Study programme accredited until 12.01.2029 
  • Degree and qualification obtained: short-cycle professional higher education diploma and qualification of Pharmacist assistant (qualification corresponds to the 4th professional qualification level)
  • Further studies:
  • Rīga Stradiņš University Faculty of Pharmacy
  • University of Latvia Pharmacy study programme

 

“Pharmaceuticals” study programme admission requirements

Study direction “Health Care” self-assessment report

 

Study courses

11st year
  • Introduction into Speciality (Ethics in Pharmacist assistant's Practice)
  • Pharmaceutical Terminology in Foreign Languages (English, Latin, Russian)
  • Entrepreneurship Module (Basics of Legal Professional Activity, Communication Psychology and Professional Communication, Basics of Economics and Business)
  • Environment and Health (Environmental Health and Hygiene, Microbiology)
  • Human Anatomy
  • Normal Physiology
  • Human Biophysics and Biochemistry
  • Cytology and Genetics
  • Biology of Plants and Animals
  • Pharmaceutical Information and Information Literacy
  • Medical Care Commodity Sciences
  • General and Inorganic Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Pharmacy Dosage Form Technology
  • Social Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Care
  • Placement
  • 22nd year
  • Introduction into Speciality (Basics of Research, Statistics)
  • Entrepreneurship Module (Communication Psychology and Professional Communication, Basics of Economics and Business, Accounting)
  • Human Biophysics and Biochemistry
  • Pharmaceutical Chemistry
  • Industrial Dosage Form Technologies
  • Social Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Care
  • Pathology
  • Toxicology
  • Pharmacognosy
  • Pharmacology
  • Practical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Legislation
  • Pharmacotherapy
  • Elective Courses (Hospital Pharmacy, Veterinary Pharmacy)
  • Placement
  • 33rd year
  • Civil Protection
  • First Aid
  • Practical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Legislation
  • Elective Courses (Food Supplements, Chemistry and Cosmetics)
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