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
Pharmacy products 6 Spring PhD Edita Kizevičienė Aim of the study subject – to link theoretical knowledge and practical skills in developing student’s competencies about food supplements, patient nursing care tools, medical aids, baby care products and other pharmacy products, their selection, systemization and generalization of information. Concise description of the study subject: Upon completion of the Pharmacy Products course, students will be able to provide information about the food products for special purposes: infant formulas, the processed grains-based food products, dietetic food for special medical purposes, food for weight reduction diets, food supplements; bee products; natural mineral waters; will have knowledge of diagnostic instruments, biochemical diagnostic kits; will be able to choose products for nursing patients, for medical care, baby care and nutrition, personal hygiene, and cosmetics. 
Medicinal Drug Technology: General, Extemporaneous and Work safety 5 Spring Andrius Dambrauskas Aim of the study subject: to interrelate theoretical knowledge and practical skills in developing student’s competence to perform technological operations with solid and liquid forms of medicines, to carry out the organoleptic, and physical control of medicinal preparations. Concise description of the study subject: During the subject Medicinal Drug Technology: General, Extemporaneous and Work Safety course, students will analyze forms of medicinal drugs, documents governing production and quality of medicines, will be able to describe and manufacture solid and liquid formulations, practically dosing by the mass and volume, will perform calculations for verification of doses of medicinal substances; will correctly use the terminology, know the rules of prescription writing and assess the correctness of prescription, will work safely. Students will learn to provide information to the inhabitants about the administration of extemporaneous medicinal products
Social pharmacy 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.
Practice of Pharmacy Consultant’s 6 Spring Aurimas Galkontas Aim of the study subject: to link theoretical knowledge and practical skills in developing student’s competencies during practice of pharmacy consultant’s activities in the self-service area of a community pharmacy. Concise description of the study subject: during practice of pharmacy consultant’s activities, students will collect, systematize, summarize and evaluate information about the groups of medicinal products contained in the self-service area of community pharmacies, will apply the knowledge of pharmacy science in selecting food supplements, cosmetics, personal hygiene products, items of care for newborns, infants, children, pregnant women and mothers with regard to complaints and expectations of customers, will cooperate with health care professionals and other persons, providing the correct information to the public on the appropriate use and storage of pharmacy products.
Professional Practice of Medicinal Drug Production, Labeling and Pharmacological Classification 9 Spring Andrius Dambrauskas 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. 
Pharmaceutical Chemistry 4 Spring Aušra Adomėnienė Aim of the study subject – to interrelate theoretical knowledge and practical abilities in developing student‘s competence about medically administered medicinal preparations of inorganic and organic structure.

Concise description of the study subject: During the subject of Pharmaceutical Chemistry course students will quantitatively and qualitatively analyse various medicinal drugs; applying modern techniques of analysis, will work with the standard equipment of chemistry. 
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 Monika Stančiauskaitė 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. 
Pharmaceutical calculation 3 Spring PhD Asta Marija Inkėnienė The aim of the study subject: to provide theoretical knowledge and develop students’ practical ability to provide information and perform pharmaceutical calculations related to extemporaneous drug production, suitability of prescribed doses of drugs, dosage, drug compositions and concentrations.

Concise description of the study subject: During the subject of pharmaceutical calculations students will learn to perform pharmaceutical calculations related to the analyzed properties and modifications of medicinal substances, will be able to perform calculations used in the extemporaneous production of various pharmaceutical forms. Will know the methods of expressing concentrations, dosing by volume, mass and drops and will apply calculations in a specific simulated situation, will be able to calculate the composition of drugs, material balance and errors. Will be able to perform calculations for dilution and correction of aqueous and ethanolic solutions. Students will analyze and verify the doses of drugs in various pharmaceutical forms of drugs. You will learn to evaluate dose allocation based on body weight, body surface area and dose percentage. Will be able to provide information on drug dosage and drug concentration, drug composition.