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Title: Dissertation abstracts and project descriptions
Authors: University of Malta. Department of Pharmacy
Keywords: Pharmacology -- Periodicals
Pharmacy -- Study and teaching -- Malta
Pharmacists -- Malta
Pharmaceutical industry -- Malta
Issue Date: 2015
Publisher: University of Malta. Department of Pharmacy
Abstract: Pharmacists are important members of the healthcare team. In addition to traditional roles of medicines distribution and dispensing many consider a number of other professional activities to be the responsibility of the pharmaceutical profession whether one is working in the community, industry, hospital, marketing, regulatory or administration. Students following courses at the Department of Pharmacy are stimulated to contribute significantly to these areas through the knowledge acquired throughout the direction given in the versatile course structures which involve acquiring knowledge and practice in pharmaceutical care, clinical pharmacy, pharmoeconomics, administration, quality control, manufacturing and marketing. Students following the B.Sc course in Pharmaceutical Sciences and the entry grade to the pharmacy profession through the Masters in Pharmacy degree achieve excellence in their direct response to patient needs. The pharmacists’ advice on rational effective and safe use of medicines as a traditional role is now joined to the duty of the pharmacist to deal with the more recent concepts of advice in a range of services which include healthy lifestyles. Those following the new course of Doctorate in Pharmacy aim to contribute to advance practice in the clinical role of the pharmacist not least by their supporting public health through their pharmacy practice environments becoming areas where to promote, regulate and support healthy living and health literacy. These practitioners offer patients and the public the choice of healthy lifestyle, self-care, treatment of minor ailments and a pharmaceutical care plan of patients with long-term conditions. In addition, they contribute to the continuous access of safe and effective medicines through processes such as rigorous pharmacovigilance. Through the introduction of the course leading to the Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Technology, the Department is responding to the needs of the pharmaceutical industry. Through the evolvement of the course content of the Master of Science in Pharmacy post-graduate degree, through the introduction this year of the new study options, which include areas such as pharmacovigilance, regulatory affairs and upgrade courses to assist those aspiring to become qualified persons, the Department continued to satisfy the aspirations of students and stakeholders. The introduction of students to fundamentals of research and to induce their appetite to investigate areas of their own interest with the elements that are basic to scientific publications, students are encouraged to insert themselves in the process of carrying out a project or thesis. This process very often leads to the publication in peer-reviewed journals or a presentation in international scientific conferences. Students learn to conduct research in an ethical and responsible manner, to present their results clearly and honestly in an appropriate manner, to support their findings with data, to present a good and organised methodology, to ensure that the work is not plagiarised and that they are responsible researchers. These abstracts are presented in this symposium booklet while the original work is available for consultation at the Department of Pharmacy. [Foreword by Professor Anthony Serracino-Inglott]
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