Availability and prices of medications used during COVID-19 pandemic / Disponibilidad y precios de medicamentos utilizados durante la pandemia de COVID-19

Objectives: The present COVID-19 pandemic has impacted all of us, but the pandemic’s impact and repercussions are perceived differently by individuals and governments. Locking down had an impact on pharmaceutical manufacturing, supply, and distribution, causing a medicine shortage. This study aimed to assess drugs used frequently during the pandemic in Iraq their availability and prices and determine how medications are affordable for patients. Study design: This was a pilot study. Methods: This study enrolled 30 pharmacies from rural and urban areas located in Babil governorate, Iraq; from 1 January until 1 March 2021. Results: According to the results, there was a difference between expensive and inexpensive medicines. Medication availability shows that many COVID-19 used medications had no local production like ipratropium, budesonide, Enoxaparin, remdesivir, and others. Levofloxacin vial 500 mg, cost more than 9000 Iraqi dinars, which is more than one day of Iraqi wage (1 day of salary = 8333 Iraqi Dinar; levofloxacin is normally given for seven days, so the total cost will be 583333 Iraqi Dinar for the entire course) that’s rather than other medications and for one family member. Local production prices are high in comparison to imported ones, as in (levofloxacin and Favipiravir). Many medications had increased their prices after the pandemic due to demand, availability and exchange rate. Conclusion: The Iraqi government has to provide medications for the Iraqi people in public hospitals and clinics so that patients do not need to go to private ones. Medications prices have to be controlled uninformed by the government.(AU)

University Pharmacy: from the foundation to the Pandemic times of Covid-19

Abstract The University Pharmacy Program (FU), from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), was created based on the need to offer a curricular internship to students of the Undergraduate Course at the Faculty of Pharmacy. Currently, it is responsible for the care of about 200 patients/day, offering vacancies for curricular internships for students in the Pharmacy course, it has become a reference in the manipulation of many drugs neglected by the pharmaceutical industry and provides access to medicines for low-income users playing an important social function. Research is one of the pillars of FU-UFRJ and several master and doctoral students use the FU research laboratory in the development of dissertations and theses. As of 2002, the Pharmaceutical Care extension projects started to guarantee a rational and safe pharmacotherapy for the medicine users. From its beginning in 1982 until the current quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic, FU-UFRJ has been adapting to the new reality and continued to provide patient care services, maintaining its teaching, research, and extension activities. The FU plays a relevant social role in guaranteeing the low-income population access to special and neglected medicines, and to pharmaceutical and education services in health promotion.

Existence of advanced glycation / lipoxidation end-products in parenteral nutrition solutions and effects of infusion conditions on their levels

Abstract Infusion solutions must be stable from the production stage until the infusion stage. Some infusion fluids contain degradation products, known as advanced glycation end products (AGEs); however, it is unknown whether AGEs exist in parenteral nutrition solutions. We aimed to investigate this question and test the effect of infusion conditions on AGE formation in parenteral nutrition solution. Nine parenteral nutrition solutions were supplied by the pharmacy with which we collaborated. To simulate the infusion conditions, the solutions were held in a patient room with standard lighting and temperature for 24 hours. Samples were taken at the beginning (group A) and the end (24th hour, group B) of the infusion period. The degradation products were 3-deoxyglucosone, pentosidine, N-carboxymethyl lysine, and 4-hydroxynonenal, which we investigated by high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) and Q-TOF LC/MS methods. Two of four degradation products, 4-hydroxynonenal and N-carboxymethyl lysine, were detected in all samples, and Group B had higher levels of both compounds compared to Group A, who showed that the quantities of these compounds increased in room conditions over time. The increase was significant for 4-hydroxynonenal (p=0.03), but not for N-carboxymethyl lysine (p=0.23). Moreover, we detected in the parenteral nutrition solutions a compound that could have been 4-hydroxy-2-butynal or furanone

Preparatory Year Students' Perception of Pharmacy Profession as a Career Choice: A Cross-Sectional Study

Abstract The study attempted to assess preparatory year students' perception towards pharmacists and the pharmacy profession. This cross-sectional survey was conducted between December 2019 and March 2020. The students were invited to complete an anonymous questionnaire via Google Forms®. In total, 244 students, of which 53.7% were female with the mean age of 19.2 ± 0.65, from 12 universities participated in this study. As per our findings, the majority of the respondents (91.8%) regard pharmacy as a well-respected profession, 82.4% thought pharmacists are important decision-makers, 68.4% disagreed that most pharmacists were unkind, and 60.7% did not agree that pharmacy was a low-status occupation. Meanwhile, 95.5% agreed that pharmacists must have a university degree, 88.6% agreed pharmacists must take responsibility for patients, and 82.8% believed pharmacists had to work too hard. Moreover, 62.3% did not think pharmacy was a low-skill occupation, 54.9% did not agree pharmacists must do unpleasant things, and 45.1% disagreed pharmacists only did what physicians requested of them. Lastly, 48.8% had low confidence in choosing pharmacy as a career. The students' overall perception toward pharmacists and the pharmacy profession was favorable. However, only one-fourth of the students displayed a tendency to choose pharmacy as a future career.

Identification and characterisation of potential drug interaction in a Hospital in Jundiai, Sao Paulo State

Abstract To identify and characterize the most frequent Drug Interaction (DI) in a Jundiaí Hospital. Exploratory, descriptive, and analytical cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach. The source of the study is 100 prescriptions made by the medical service of a hospital in Jundiaí, dispensed from August to October 2018, by the pharmacy of the mentioned hospital for palliative care, mental health, and emergency care. Data plotting in Excel. Of the 100 prescriptions analyzed 60 had at least one type of interaction, 164 DI were found, 14.6% severe, 67.7% moderate, 17.1% minor and 0.6% unspecified. The mechanism of interaction that most appeared in the study was pharmacodynamics, 54.3%, pharmacokinetics were present in 34.1% of DI and 11.6% were not specified. The group most affected by DI was male 33% of prescriptions, female 27%, and 40% showed no interactions. The age group with the most interactions was from 50 to 59 years old. Of the prescriptions that had MI, those with 4 or more interactions were the ones that prevailed. The class of drugs that presented the most interactions was psychotropic drugs. A relevant frequency of interactions was identified by the present study, being the class of psychotropic drugs the most evident and interactions of medium severity the most found, which may be responsible for lowering the clinical condition of patients and the need of possible additional interventions. The data presented may contribute as epidemiological indicators, guiding corrective actions, aiming at the welfare of patients

The clinical pharmacist's role in a high-cost medicine pharmacy: Patient-centered care

Abstract In Brazil, medicine dispensing is a pharmacy service provided within the national health system that allows the pharmacist to interact directly with the patient in order to prevent, detect and solve problems related to pharmacotherapy and health needs. However, it is known that most dispensing services provided in the country are still limited to supplying medications and, at their finest, offering advice on medication utilization. Attempts to change this scenario present new challenges the area of pharmacy, which involve the need for a patient-centered pharmaceutical service model. This paper describes the patient-centered pharmaceutical service of high-cost medicine dispensing performed at a pharmacy linked to the Brazilian Unified Health System. In the model described here, the medicine-dispensing activity is the pharmacist's main field of practice, which consists of identifying patient needs related to health care itself and medication utilization. It also aims to introduce the instrument developed (a Pharmaceutical Care Protocol) that contributed to implementing this clinical service provided by the pharmacist. The protocols guide and qualify the service by providing information that helps in evaluating the effectiveness and safety of treatments and in the preparation of the care plan and can be used as a basis for other services that intend to adopt clinical pharmacy practices.

Exploring Work Satisfaction and Characteristics of Iraqi Pharmacist Workforce

Abstract The objectives of this study were to describe work characteristics of Iraqi pharmacists, to compare pharmacist job satisfaction between private and public sectors and to assess factors influencing job satisfaction level. This cross-sectional study of pharmacists, their work sites and work satisfactions used an electronic questionnaire that was posted on Facebook pharmacy professional group from June to September 2018. The participants included pharmacists from all 18 Iraqi provinces. We used multiple linear regression to identify predictors of general job satisfaction among 13 pharmacist characteristics. We received 658 usable surveys. Approximately half (47.24%) of respondents indicated dissatisfaction with their primary workplace. Job performance, patient contact, satisfaction with manager, income and expectation satisfactions were significantly related with work satisfaction. Pharmacists working in the private sector had significantly more control over their workplace and higher satisfaction with manager, income and general satisfactions compared to those working in public sector. Pharmacists work in diverse settings across the public healthcare system, community pharmacies, private drug bureaus and academia. About half of them are dissatisfied with their primary workplace. The private sector has more satisfaction rate compared to the public sector. Thus, officials need to improve job environments in the public sector.

Serviços farmacêuticos na atenção primária à saúde: Estudo etnográfico em serviços de saúde no município de São Paulo / Pharmaceutical Services in Primary Health Care: Ethnographic Study in Health Services in the City of São Paulo

Os serviços farmacêuticos na Atenção Primária a Saúde (APS) é um tema emergente ao se tratar do contexto de desenvolvimento das políticas farmacêuticas no Brasil, em especial a de Assistência Farmacêutica. Na área, inúmeros estudos têm sido publicados e diversos grupos e instituições debatem o assunto, porém, sem um único consenso ou modelo propositivo. A APS ou Atenção Básica é o modelo de atenção prioritário adotado no Brasil, no SUS e tem como características a territorialização, o trabalho em equipe multiprofissional, o vínculo e o acolhimento. É um espaço rico de desenvolvimento de serviços farmacêuticos e de viabilidade das estratégias de garantia do direito à saúde, como o acesso a medicamentos essenciais e cuidado no seu uso. Por isso a farmácia na APS é um local de trabalho do farmacêutico, com boa empregabilidade e possibilidade de desenvolvimento de uma atuação não tão ligada a histórica formação do farmacêutico tecnicista. Além disso, é preciso desenvolver reflexões sobre serviços farmacêuticos utilizando dados da realidade, possibilitando que estudos como este possam contribuir no desenvolvimento de serviços na APS a partir das necessidades em saúde, considerando as determinações sociais do processo saúde-doença. Sendo assim, o objetivo desta tese foi o de caracterizar os serviços farmacêuticos na Atenção Primária à Saúde, no município de São Paulo, e como se expressam em diferentes modelos na materialidade da APS. Utilizou-se a pesquisa qualitativa, especificamente a Observação Participante, com abordagem etnográfica como fonte para o aprofundamento do conhecimento, pois permite a compreensão do homem em sua sociabilidade. O estudo foi desenvolvido no município de São Paulo. A primeira parte corresponde a um estudo exploratório, composto por um grupo focal com 20 farmacêuticos e um survey online aplicado a outros 120 farmacêuticos. Todos atuam na Secretaria Municipal de Saúde. Na segunda parte, o estudo foi desenvolvido em 3 Unidades Básicas de Saúde, com aproximadamente 170 horas de observação, registradas em cadernos de campo. Os registros possibilitaram a análise e a formação de categorias conceituais. Por fim, a APS permite uma construção e visão ampliadas do escopo dos serviços farmacêuticos, ao analisá-los a partir da percepção de quem os vive, uma vez que há o entendimento de que os serviços não são fragmentados e que o farmacêutico os executa em um campo complexo, ampliado e dinâmico como a APS. O uso da Observação Participante em estudos na área da saúde, especialmente na Farmácia, possibilita reflexões sobre o fenômeno, que não são isoladas, nem mesmo descontextualizadas da realidade em saúde. Identifica-se a necessidade de estudos qualitativos para a descrição interpretativa dos fenômenos na saúde apoiada nas ciências humanas, (re)fazendo movimentos de síntese críticos e reflexivos. Procedentes da análise, pode-se na observação participante compreender três modelos diferentes de atuação do farmacêutico, que geram concepções de serviços farmacêuticos distintas e que se relacionam aos modelos de APS, sendo alguns mais universais e integrais versus modelos de cobertura universal, focalizados e seletivos. Os serviços farmacêuticos na APS têm um potencial de compreender que as pessoas não são iguais por completo, e que é preciso reconhecer as necessidades e, por conseguinte, sociais. As evidências obtidas foram demonstradas em categorias conceituais relacionadas às diferentes perspectivas dos serviços farmacêuticos na APS, possibilitando entender que o farmacêutico é a referência em medicamentos nas UBS e tem-se feito essencial para a população, especialmente no campo da APS. Tendo nessa perspectiva uma nova prática, aquela que é real, construída pela prática da APS, e não em métodos teóricos de atendimento clínico. Os serviços farmacêuticos que se estabelecem na APS devem contribuir com as condições de vida, permeados pelo debate das determinações sociais de saúde, sendo necessário refletir sobre quais necessidades, àquelas vigentes e de acordo com o que o mercado deseja ou àquelas que correspondem as necessidades reais

Pharmaceutical services in Primary Health Care (PHC) is an emerging concept in the context of developing pharmaceutical policies in Brazil, especially Pharmaceutical Assistance. Numerous studies in this field have been published and several groups and institutions debate the subject; however, there is no consensus on the proposed model. PHC or Basic Care is the preferred model adopted in Brazil, in the Single Health System (SHS), and is characterized by territorialization, multiprofessional teamwork, relationships, and user embracement. It is a rich space for the development of pharmaceutical services and viable strategies for ensuring the right to health, including access to essential medicines and care in their use. That is why the pharmacy in PHC is a pharmacist's place of work, with good employability, and the possibility of developing an activity that goes beyond the traditional scope f a technical pharmacist. In addition, it is necessary to examine pharmaceutical services using actual data, enabling studies such as this to contribute to the development of PHC services based on health needs, considering the social determinants of the health-disease process. Thus, the objective of this thesis was to characterize the pharmaceutical services in PHC, in the city of São Paulo, and examine how they are expressed in different models in the materiality of PHC. We used qualitative research, specifically participant observation, with an ethnographic approach, to obtain in-depth knowledge, since it allows the understanding of man in his social context. The study was conducted in the city of São Paulo. The first part consists of an exploratory study, on a focus group with 20 pharmacists, and an online survey of another 120 pharmacists. They all work at the Municipal Health Office. The second part of the study was conducted in three Basic Health Units (BHU), with approximately 170 hours of observation recorded in field notebooks. The records made it possible to analyze and form conceptual categories. Finally, PHC allows a broader construct and vision of the scope of pharmaceutical services, by analyzing them from the perception of those who experience them, since there is an understanding that the services are not fragmented and that the pharmacist performs them in a complex, expanded, and dynamic field, like PHC. The use of participant observation in health field studies, especially in Pharmacy, allows reflections on the phenomenon, which are not isolated, nor decontextualized from the reality in health. The need for qualitative studies is felt for the interpretative description of health phenomena supported by the human sciences, (re)making critical and reflective synthesis movements., By using participant observation in the analysis, it is possible to understand three different models of the pharmacist's performance, which lead to distinct conceptions of pharmaceutical services and are related to PHC models, some of them more universal and integral compared to universal coverage models that are focused and selective. The pharmaceutical services in PHC have the potential to understand that people are not completely the same, and that it is necessary to recognize the needs, and therefore the social conditions. The evidence obtained has been demonstrated in conceptual categories related to the different perspectives of pharmaceutical services in PHC, making it possible to understand that the pharmacist is the authority in medicines at the Health Care Unit and has become essential for the population, especially in the field of PHC. This perspective comprises a new approach, one that is realistic and practical, built by the practice of PHC, and not based on theoretical methods of clinical care. The pharmaceutical services established in PHC must contribute to living conditions, accompanied by the debate on social health determinations, and it is necessary to reflect on which are the needs that are in force and according to what the market wants or those that correspond to real necessities

A transition from the BPharm to the PharmD degree in five selected countries

This review focuses on the studies and opinions around issues of transition from the BPharm to the PharmD degree in the U.S., Japan, South Korea, Pakistan and Thailand. The transition to the clinically orientated PharmD degree in many countries was seen to be a means of developing the profession. However, some countries have both clinically-oriented and pharmaceutical sciences-oriented PharmD programme that are designed to meet the needs of their countries. Each country created a different process to handle the transition to an all-PharmD programme, but mostly had the process of school accreditation mandated by the regulatory bodies. The main barrier to the transition in most of the countries was the issue of educational quality. A set of indicators is needed to measure and monitor the impact/outcome of the PharmD degree. Each country has different needs due to the different contexts of health care systems and the scope of pharmacy practice. In order to increase their chances of benefiting from the new programme, academic leaders should critically assess their countries' needs before deciding to adopt a PharmD programme

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Healthy User Bias in Comparative Safety Studies for Brand-Name vs. Generic Products: The Example of Warfarin.

Warfarin was selected as a case study to examine confounding when comparing a product across different manufacturers because it is a narrow therapeutic index drug with prevalent beliefs for brand-name superiority. Medicare beneficiaries aged ≥65 years with atrial fibrillation and an incident outpatient warfarin prescription from July 2006 through July 2015 were included in the study population (N = 746,098). Substantial imbalances were observed between brand-name warfarin and generics for (i) clinical comorbidity, (ii) socioeconomic status, (iii) prescriber specialty, (iv) recent ambulatory and emergent care, (v) drug adherence, (vi) pharmacy setting (e.g., retail, mail-order), and (vii) risk scores for bleeding and thrombosis. Patients receiving brand-name warfarin were healthier than patients receiving generic manufactured warfarin. Utilization of generic warfarin products also differed by geographic region and pharmacy setting. Manufacturer-level comparative-safety studies for causal inference should carefully consider the presence of these imbalances and their potential for introducing healthy user bias.

Knowledge and perceptions toward cardiology pharmacy education and training: Malaysian pharmacy students' perspectives.

INTRODUCTION: The role of pharmacists in the patient care process is developing in the Malaysian healthcare setting. Pharmacy students are required to be aware of cardiology pharmacy practice as this is one of the top national disease burdens in Malaysia. This study was conducted to assess the knowledge and perceptions of pharmacy students toward the cardiology pharmacy specialty practice. METHODS: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted. The study instrument was a 31-item self-developed questionnaire. The target participants were third and fourth-year pharmacy students in one of the public Malaysian pharmacy schools. RESULTS: The overall response rate was 174/209 students (83.3%); 42 (24.1%) were male and 132 (75.9%) were female. The majority of students possessed a sound knowledge regarding cardiology pharmacy services and roles of the cardiology pharmacist. Nevertheless, important differences were noted between the participants in a few particular areas. These included prior familiarity with the term "cardiology pharmacy" (p = 0.032), limitations to the active participation of pharmacists in the cardiology unit in Malaysia (p = 0.013), and perceptions toward the necessity of a cardiology pharmacist to the Malaysian healthcare system (p = 0.005). CONCLUSIONS: Overall, the pharmacy students in our sample have high knowledge of and positive perceptions toward cardiology pharmacy practice. The majority of students perceived the introduction of cardiology pharmacy as a stand-alone subject in the undergraduate pharmacy curriculum in a positive manner. This study may be considered as a starting point for Malaysian pharmacy schools to consider offering focused clinical learning aligned with both the nation's health priorities and the prospective specialty level of clinical pharmacy practice in the country.

Redefining the pharmacology and pharmacy subject category in the journal citation reports using medical subject headings (MeSH).

Background The Journal Citation Reports (JCR) Pharmacology and Pharmacy subject category is heterogeneous. The inclusion of journals with basic and clinical scopes, which have different citation patterns, compromises comparability of impact factors among journals within the category. Objective To subdivide the Pharmacology and Pharmacy category into basic pharmacology, clinical pharmacology, and pharmacy based on the analyses of Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) as a proxy of journals' scopes. Setting JCR. Method All articles, and respective MeSH, published in 2013, 2014, and 2015 in all journals included in the 2014 JCR Pharmacology and Pharmacy category were retrieved from PubMed. Several models using a combination of the 14 MeSH categories and specific MeSH tree branches were tested using hierarchical cluster analysis. Main outcome measure Distribution of journals across the subcategories of the JCR Pharmacology and Pharmacy subject category. Results A total of 107,847 articles from 214 journals were included. Nine different models combining the MeSH categories M (Persons) and N (Health Care) with specific MeSH tree branches (selected ad-hoc) and Pharmacy-specific MeSH (identified in previous research) consistently grouped 142 journals (66.4%) in homogeneous groups reflecting their basic and clinical pharmacology, and pharmacy scopes. Ultimately, journals were clustered into: 150 in basic pharmacology, 43 in clinical pharmacology, 16 in basic pharmacology and clinical pharmacology, and 5 in pharmacy. Conclusion The reformulation of the Pharmacology and Pharmacy category into three categories was demonstrated by the consistent results obtained from testing nine different clustering models using the MeSH terms assigned to their articles.

Corcho y taponamiento farmacéutico. La situación en 1930 / Cork and pharmacy stoppers. The situation in 1930

Este artículo tiene como objetivo contribuir al estudio histórico de los mercados clientelares en el sector corchero. Es una apuesta por el largo plazo y por la perspectiva de la historia sectorial como vía para esclarecer aspectos cruciales de la historia económica, relacionados con el negocio farmacéutico, poco conocidos a nivel agregado. Así, a partir de fuentes secundarias, se analiza el caso de los tapones para la industria farmacéutica, grupo que compró grandes cantidades de tapones de corcho durante décadas, hasta entrado el siglo XX. El artículo revela que, entre otras cuestiones, la conciencia de la heterogeneidad de la materia prima, o los problemas organolépticos, siempre preocuparon a los compradores de corcho, provocando en el caso de la farmacia, su abandono definitivo

The main aim of this article is to contribute to the historical study of the clients markets in the cork sector. The study emphasizes the value of a long-term sector history perspective to clarify key aspects of economic history, related to the pharmacy business, little known at added level. Thus, from secondary sources, the article analyzes the case of the cork stoppers bought by the pharmacy industry, a group buying big quantities of stoppers for decades. The paper reveals that, among other issues, the conscience of the heterogeneity of the cork as raw material, or the organoleptic problems, did always worry the cork buyers, provoking in the pharmacy sector, their final exit

Da sala de aula à práxis clínica no contexto do Sistema Único de Saúde: o currículo de Farmácia frente às necessidades da população brasileira / From the classroom to the clinical practice within the National Healtcare System: Pharmacy's curriculum facing Brazilian population's needs

As mudanças ocorridas no Sistema Único de Saúde nos últimos anos, associadas às mudanças nas políticas educacionais, forçaram uma modificação na atuação do profissional farmacêutico. Nesse sentido, o farmacêutico necessita adquirir capacitação para atuar em conjunto com a Equipe Multiprofissional de Saúde. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar se o ensino superior em Farmácia no Brasil capacita o farmacêutico a atuar em colaboração com a Equipe Multiprofissional de Saúde dentro dos preceitos do Sistema Único de Saúde. Com base em metodologia quanti-qualitativa, este trabalho analisou projetos político-pedagógicos e o cenário clínico de hospitais universitários de cinco instituições de ensino superior brasileiras, e estudou, a partir de questionários qualitativos, aplicados a diversos profissionais de saúde, as necessidades da equipe em relação à atividade do farmacêutico. Verificou-se inserção ainda modesta do farmacêutico, muitas vezes causada pela falta de conhecimento da equipe sobre sua função ou por uma sensação de falta de preparo do próprio profissional. Também, a análise dos documentos oriundos dos cursos permitiu a constatação da falta de um olhar direcionado para o Sistema Único de Saúde e para a formação clínica. Poucas iniciativas curriculares tem surgido nesse sentido. Por fim, são apresentadas propostas, por meio de mapeamento conceitual, para se pensar um currículo em que coexistam a formação técnica, já tradicional, e a formação clínica, permitindo abarcar essa última, deixada de lado a partir de meados do século XX, que retorna hoje como uma demanda social

Recent modification in the Brazilian's Public Health System, associated with changes in educational policies for higher education, forced a change in the pharmacist's professional performance area. Accordingly, the pharmacist needs to acquire capacity to act in conjunction with the Health Multidisciplinary Team. The objective of this thesis was to evaluate whether higher education in Brazil Pharmacy Schools enables the professional to work in collaboration with the Health Multidisciplinary Team within the precepts of National Public Health System. Based on quantitative and qualitative methodology, this study analyzed political-pedagogical projects and the clinical setting of university hospitals of five Brazilian higher education institutions, and studied from qualitative questionnaires applied to various health professionals the needs of the Multidisciplinary Health Team in having as a team member the pharmacist. There was verified a still modest insertion of the pharmacist in health teams, often caused by lack of staff knowledge about their function or by a sense of lack of readiness of the professional himself. Also, the analysis of documents from Pharmacy courses led to confirmation of the lack of educational policies directed to the National Public Health System and clinical training. Few curriculum initiatives have arisen in this regard. Finally, proposals are developed through conceptual mapping, to think of a Pharmacy course curriculum that can coexist in both the technical training as clinical training, allowing embrace this professional area of actuation that was set aside from the mid-twentieth century and returns today as a social demand

Contribución de la Facultad de Farmacia de Santiago de Compostela al desarrollo de la investigación científica española en el primer tercio del siglo XX (1900-1936) / Contribution of the Faculty of Pharmacy of Santiago de Compostela to the development of the Spanish scientific research in the first third of the 20th century (1900-1936)

La Facultad de Farmacia de Santiago de Compostela se fundó en 1857, pero no fue hasta comienzos del siglo XX cuando comenzó a desarrollar una labor de investigación en medicamentos.Las nuevas reglamentaciones que fomentaban la experimentación en los laboratorios universitarios y la formación de profesores y recién licenciados en el extranjero, contribuyeron a generar un grupo investigador notable dentro de una Facultad de provincias. La excesiva centralización en materia universitaria de la época y las características de la sede de la Facultad —un palacio renacentista del siglo XVI— dificultaron, en general, el desarrollo de la investigación. Sin embargo, el espíritu científico de profesores y alumnos, y su trabajo se impusieron y lograron un estatus digno en investigación de medicamentos en Galicia. En estos años comenzaron a publicarse trabajos originales principalmente en la «Revista de Farmacia», publicada por la propia Universidad compostelana. En los años precedentes a la guerra civil española (1936) el nivel alcanzado en investigación y desarrollo de medicamentos era importante, favoreciendo el hecho de que, una vez comenzada la contienda, el personal de la Facultad trabajó en el laboratorio de farmacia militar en el que fue transformada por el ejército franquista. Durante este período la labor investigadora continuó, aunquea menor escala, y orientada a la obtención de «medicamentos copia» de otros específicos que escaseaban en tiempos de guerra. Durante el primer tercio del siglo XX se desarrolló el germen del prestigio investigador del que goza en la actualidad la Facultad de Farmacia compostelana (AU)

The Faculty of Pharmacy of Santiago de Compostela was founded in 1857, but research activities did not start until the beginning of the 20th century. The new Spanish regulations promoting the experimentation at universities and the stages of professors and recently graduated students outside Spain contributed to generate a remarkable research group in a provincial university. The excessive university centralism at that time in Spain and the characteristics of the headquarters of the faculty —a 16th century Renaissance palace— hindered, in general, the research development. However, the scientific spirit of professors and students, and their work were imposed and they achieved an estimable status in pharmacy research in Galicia. The facilities were the staff's highest priority and it raised more than a protest. A remarkable investment in apparat uses and laboratory materials was carried out and researchers started to publish original research papers in local journals, such as the «Revista de farmacia», published by their own University.In the previous years to the Spanish Civil War (1936) the research status in drug development and the background of the staff and students were important, allowing them to join the military laboratory that Franco’s army created at the faculty of pharmacy. The research work continued in a small scale and was specially focused on the production of «copy drugs» copying European specific drugs which were scarce at that time. The first third of the 20th century was the germ of the great research prestige that the Faculty of Pharmacy of Santiago de Compostela enjoys at present (AU)

The taxonomy of professionalism: reframing the academic pursuit of professional development.

Student professionalism continues to be an elusive goal within colleges and schools of pharmacy. Several reports have described the nature of professionalism and enumerated the characteristic traits of a professional, but educational strategies for inculcating pharmacy students with attitudes of professionalism have not been reliably effective. Some authors have suggested the need for a standard definition. If the goal can be more clearly conceptualized by both faculty members and students, and the moral construct of the fiduciary relationship between pharmacist and patient better understood, the development of professional values and behaviors should be easier to achieve. This paper describes a new approach to defining professionalism that is patterned after Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives. It includes the general concept of patient care advocacy as an underlying paradigm for a new pharmacy practice model, and defines 5 behavioral elements within each of the 3 domains of professionalism: competence, connection, and character.