Pharmacy techniques

Course title ECTS Credits Semester Teacher Annotation
Compulsory courses
Ergonomics 3 Spring Giedrė Sasnauskienė The aim of the study subject – to introduce students with professional health‘s and ergonomic‘s concepts, main terms and  adaptation possibilities. At the end of the subject students will get knowledge and be able to evaluate body poses in work place, working environment and tools influence for human. Will be able to create prevention programs and will advise on the installation of safe workplace. 
English Language 3 Spring Violeta Kamantauskienė While studying the course, students learn to use professional terms in the foreign language and use the information sources necessary for the specialty, i.e. dictionaries, reference books, encyclopaedias, Internet websites, databases. They also develop professional language reading, listening, writing, speaking and translation skills.
Stress and coping strategies 3 Spring Dainė Krasuckienė During the course, students will get acquainted with the concept of stress and stress response mechanism, will analyze the impact of stressors on well-being and health, as well as opportunities to reduce stress through various stress prevention and coping strategies. Will develop stress coping and self regulation skills.
Courses of specialisation
Social pharmacy and pharmaceutical care 4 Spring Kristina Perminaitė Aim of the study subject: to link theoretical knowledge and practical skills in developing student‘s competences about organization of pharmacy work, establishment and arrangement of a pharmacy, supplying with medicines and pharmacy products, population provision with pharmaceutical services.  Concise description of the study subject: During the subject of Social Pharmacy course, students will form theoretical thinking abilities, practical skills and knowledge of pharmacy professionals, requirements for their training, duties, responsibilities, provision of pharmaceutical services under control of a pharmacist, will analyze and apply the requirements for prescription writing and drug dispensing in Lithuania, as well as good pharmacy practice.
Professional Practice of Medicinal Drug Production, Labeling and Pharmacological Classification 9 Spring Kristina Perminaitė, 

Asta Marija Inkėnienė

 Aim of the study subject: to link theoretical knowledge and practical skills developing the student’s competencies in manufacturing, labeling extemporaneous medicines, managing stocks of medicines and medicinal products according to their pharmacological groups in a pharmacy, providing non-prescription assistance to the customers after hearing their complaints. Concise description of the study subject: Student, having achieved the learning outcomes of professional practice of medicinal drug production, labeling and pharmaceutical classification, will acquire skills to prepare workplace in the drug manufacture room, to choose adequate method of drug production, will manufacture extemporaneous medicines of different forms and compositions, will correctly package and label the produced medicines, will manage medicines and pharmacy stock according to their pharmacological groups in a pharmacy; will evaluate composition of various compound medicines, their pharmacological properties, supply forms; will explain interaction between medicines and food, route of administration; will assess correctness of medicine prescription filing in; will communicate with inhabitants, analyze and assess their complaints, offer non-prescription medicines; follow ethics of the pharmacy professional. 
Pharmacology 4 Spring Kristina Perminaitė Aim of the study subject – to link theoretical knowledge and practical skills in developing student‘s competences of the pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, indications, drug action regularities, pharmacological effects, interactions with other drugs and side effects of the main groups of medicines. Concise description of the study subject: During the subject of Pharmacology course, students will learn backgrounds of prescription filling in, will analyze and assess the regularities of general pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics, ways of action, pharmacological effect, clinical administration, side effects and interactions of the main groups of medicines (medications affecting autonomic and central nervous system, cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, blood, bone, hormones, immune system, antibiotics, antiviral medicines), will be able to provide allies of the main groups of medicines and their classification, to identify drug-induced side effects, to dispense medicines and provide recommendations to the population on the safe and rational use of medicines.
Industrial Medicinal Drug Technology 3 Spring Asta Marija Inkėnienė Aim of the study subject: to integrate theoretical knowledge and practical skills in developing student’s competencies to understand the main technological processes of industrial production of medicines, to describe all forms of industrially produced medicinal drugs. Concise description of the study subject: During the subject of Industrial Medicinal Drug Technology course, students will examine all forms of medicines produced by the pharmaceutical industry, their production conditions, normative documentation; will outline the main stages of technological process, the machinery and ingredients use; will explain the packaging, storage and quality control of industrial medicines. 
Health data analysis 3 Spring Aurimas Galkontas During the course, students will become familiar with research strategies used in scientific studies (both theoretical and empirical), and the characteristics of quantitative and qualitative research methodologies. Through exercises and independent work, they will develop research skills, data analysis, and interpretation abilities, and apply the acquired knowledge and skills in the practical work of a pharmacy technician. Students will be able to prepare and conduct research: they will know how to use information sources (manuals, encyclopedias, online sources, databases, scientific literature), choose a research topic, justify its relevance, select the latest scientific literature in the field of pharmacy, identify a problem, formulate objectives, set tasks, prepare a research summary, process research data, analyze and interpret the results, and formulate research conclusions. Upon completing the course, students will be able to: present their research to an audience, provide well-reasoned conclusions and recommendations, and engage in proper discussions about both their own research and others’ presented studies. They will also develop professional skills as pharmacy technicians, learning to use documents and scientific sources regulating pharmaceutical activities.