Pharmacy projects abstracts

Abstract

One of the main aims of the Pharmacy Symposium is to develop student interest in research and its dissemination. The project stimulates motivation in pharmacy students as the project selection process takes into consideration their interests and opinions. The Department of Pharmacy has adopted the carrying out of a student project as an integral part of its curriculum for over thirty-five years. This does not mean that the curriculum has remained static. It is good to note that since then many other schools of pharmacy have integrated this project concept in their curriculum. Malta remains a leader in this area as witnessed by the number of students coming from different European schools of pharmacy to carry out their project at the Department of Pharmacy of the University of Malta. The importance of the project is amplified within the context of the European education system on which the implementation of the Bologna Process and the Lisbon Stategy principles aim to create a European Higher Education Area by this year. [Foreword by Professor Anthony Serracino-Inglott]