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Clinical Pharmacy
Graduate of the study program Clinical Pharmacy - 3rd degree (PhD) shall master the scientific methods of research in study program Clinical Pharmacy focusing on the effective and safe use of medicines. The focus covers one or more of the following areas of clinical pharmacy: preclinical and clinical evaluation of new drugs, clinical pharmacokinetics, prevention and pharmacotherapy of acute and chronic diseases, pharmacotherapeutic problems and drug errors, pharmaceutical care, rational use of drugs in risk groups of patients, drug toxicology, pharmacogenetics and pharmacovigilance.
During their doctoral study, the students in the study program Clinical Pharmacy (3.degree of university education) shall obtain knowledge from the area of clinical pharmacy , with focus on use of medicines, with an emphasis on their rational and safe use, to provide information and advice on medicines as such, including their proper use, to report adverse reactions to pharmaceuticals to the competent authorities, to provide personal assistance to patients taking medicines, to contribute to local and national public health campaigns, drug regulation and the provision of clinical pharmaceutical care. The graduate of the doctoral study shall be able to identify and formulate scientific problems, carry out experiments, obtain experimental data, and to process the obtained data and to interpret them taking into account the current state of knowledge, to formulate conclusions and publish them in the scientific and expert literature. In addition, the graduate shall be capable of performing active teaching activities. During their study, the students shall learn to master scientific methods of research and development in the study program clinical pharmacy and related study programs, i.e. to self-sufficiently formulate the scientific problem, to formulate scientific hypothesis, to prepare and realize a scientific experiment. The main purpose of these activities is the theoretical as well as practical mastering of methods used in clinical pharmaceutical research of medicines.
Graduates of the study program Clinical Pharmacy shall master the principles and methodology of scientific work and shall be qualified to carry out expert and scientific activities in the areas of pharmacy and pharmaceutical research with emphasis on clnical pharmaceutical and clinical pharmacological aspects. The graduates of the study program Clinical Pharmacy shall demonstrably have broad theoretical knowledge that shall, together with practical skills, enable them to: perform scientific research and bring novel knowledge as well as their own solutions of problems in the area of clinical pharmacy that can be used at the theoretical level and pharmacotherapeutic practice, possibly for the development of other related programs.
Theoretical knowledge and practical skills obtained during the study shall enable the graduates also to perform the profession of a researcher in related medicinal, pharmaceutical and life-science scientific disciplines and study programs, such as clinical pharmacology, retail pharmacy-social pharmacy, pharmacology, toxicology, molecular biology, applied biochemistry, immunology. The graduates of the study program Clinical Pharmacy shall have the ability to work as self-sufficient scientists and to bring their own solutions in the listed scientific disciplines and study programs. The graduates of the program Clinical Pharmacy shall have demonstrably mastered the principles of scientific work, fundamentals of scientific formulation of clinical pharmaceutical and clinical pharmacological problems, mastered the legal aspects of clinical research, ethical and social aspects of scientific work, presentation of results to the expert public at conferences and scientific events and in the form of publishing articles in expert, particularly scientific journals.
Prospects of graduates
The doctoral study focuses on deeper specialisation and strengthening of theoretical and scientific knowledge in the professional preparation of an expert and scientific worker in clinical pharmacy. Graduates from the study programme find employment at all universities where clinical pharmacy, clinical pharmacology, pharmacology, toxicology, pharmaceutical care, applied biochemistry, etc. are taught, either as university teachers or scientific and research workers. Thanks to familiarising with a large spectrum of knowledge and practical skills, the graduates find employment at workplaces of the healthcare system, in particular, the graduate is competent to carry out advanced activities in the field of regulation of medicines and assessment of medicines and medical procedures (State institute for drug control, Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic, health insurance companies, pharmaceutical industry and so on.) and in research laboratories of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. A graduate may also find an employment as researchers, developmental, and professional workers in the private sector's pharmaceutical industry which are associated in Asociácia inovatívneho farmaceutického priemyslu or in Asociácia pre generické a biosimilárne lieky GENAS, especially in the implementation of a wide range of activities in preclinical and clinical drug development. At the same time, graduate perform professional consulting activities (private sector) and clinical pharmaceutical (hospital pharmacies and departments of clinical pharmacology and pharmacy) and clinical toxicological (National Toxicological Information Centre) activities.
During their doctoral study, the students in the study program Clinical Pharmacy (3.degree of university education) shall obtain knowledge from the area of clinical pharmacy , with focus on use of medicines, with an emphasis on their rational and safe use, to provide information and advice on medicines as such, including their proper use, to report adverse reactions to pharmaceuticals to the competent authorities, to provide personal assistance to patients taking medicines, to contribute to local and national public health campaigns, drug regulation and the provision of clinical pharmaceutical care. The graduate of the doctoral study shall be able to identify and formulate scientific problems, carry out experiments, obtain experimental data, and to process the obtained data and to interpret them taking into account the current state of knowledge, to formulate conclusions and publish them in the scientific and expert literature. In addition, the graduate shall be capable of performing active teaching activities. During their study, the students shall learn to master scientific methods of research and development in the study program clinical pharmacy and related study programs, i.e. to self-sufficiently formulate the scientific problem, to formulate scientific hypothesis, to prepare and realize a scientific experiment. The main purpose of these activities is the theoretical as well as practical mastering of methods used in clinical pharmaceutical research of medicines.
Graduates of the study program Clinical Pharmacy shall master the principles and methodology of scientific work and shall be qualified to carry out expert and scientific activities in the areas of pharmacy and pharmaceutical research with emphasis on clnical pharmaceutical and clinical pharmacological aspects. The graduates of the study program Clinical Pharmacy shall demonstrably have broad theoretical knowledge that shall, together with practical skills, enable them to: perform scientific research and bring novel knowledge as well as their own solutions of problems in the area of clinical pharmacy that can be used at the theoretical level and pharmacotherapeutic practice, possibly for the development of other related programs.
Theoretical knowledge and practical skills obtained during the study shall enable the graduates also to perform the profession of a researcher in related medicinal, pharmaceutical and life-science scientific disciplines and study programs, such as clinical pharmacology, retail pharmacy-social pharmacy, pharmacology, toxicology, molecular biology, applied biochemistry, immunology. The graduates of the study program Clinical Pharmacy shall have the ability to work as self-sufficient scientists and to bring their own solutions in the listed scientific disciplines and study programs. The graduates of the program Clinical Pharmacy shall have demonstrably mastered the principles of scientific work, fundamentals of scientific formulation of clinical pharmaceutical and clinical pharmacological problems, mastered the legal aspects of clinical research, ethical and social aspects of scientific work, presentation of results to the expert public at conferences and scientific events and in the form of publishing articles in expert, particularly scientific journals.
Prospects of graduates
The doctoral study focuses on deeper specialisation and strengthening of theoretical and scientific knowledge in the professional preparation of an expert and scientific worker in clinical pharmacy. Graduates from the study programme find employment at all universities where clinical pharmacy, clinical pharmacology, pharmacology, toxicology, pharmaceutical care, applied biochemistry, etc. are taught, either as university teachers or scientific and research workers. Thanks to familiarising with a large spectrum of knowledge and practical skills, the graduates find employment at workplaces of the healthcare system, in particular, the graduate is competent to carry out advanced activities in the field of regulation of medicines and assessment of medicines and medical procedures (State institute for drug control, Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic, health insurance companies, pharmaceutical industry and so on.) and in research laboratories of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. A graduate may also find an employment as researchers, developmental, and professional workers in the private sector's pharmaceutical industry which are associated in Asociácia inovatívneho farmaceutického priemyslu or in Asociácia pre generické a biosimilárne lieky GENAS, especially in the implementation of a wide range of activities in preclinical and clinical drug development. At the same time, graduate perform professional consulting activities (private sector) and clinical pharmaceutical (hospital pharmacies and departments of clinical pharmacology and pharmacy) and clinical toxicological (National Toxicological Information Centre) activities.
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Conditions for international students
- knowledge of the English language,
- academic letter of recommendation,
- applicants for studies from abroad must meet conditions that are equivalent to the conditions for domestic students interested in studying. Accepted applicants from abroad and Slovak citizens who have completed their second-level university studies at a foreign university must submit a Decision on educational equivalence or other recognition of education documents issued by a foreign University in accordance with the Act No. 422/2015 Coll. on recognition of documents on education and on recognition of professional qualifications and on changing and amending certain laws. by the date of enrolment at the latest. The decision is submitted to the Department of science, doctoral studies and project activities,
- knowledge of the English language,
- academic letter of recommendation,
- applicants for studies from abroad must meet conditions that are equivalent to the conditions for domestic students interested in studying. Accepted applicants from abroad and Slovak citizens who have completed their second-level university studies at a foreign university must submit a Decision on educational equivalence or other recognition of education documents issued by a foreign University in accordance with the Act No. 422/2015 Coll. on recognition of documents on education and on recognition of professional qualifications and on changing and amending certain laws. by the date of enrolment at the latest. The decision is submitted to the Department of science, doctoral studies and project activities,
Form of entrance exam
- oral examination
- oral examination
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Anticipated number of applicants to be accepted: 5
Additions
- Personal questionnaire (paper form)
- Certified copies of citizenship documents (paper form)
- Copy of receipt of admission proceedings fee payment (paper form)
- Confirmation from the employer about the duration of the employment relationship (paper form)
- Rozhodnutie o rovnocennosti alebo iné uznanie dokladov v zmysle legislatívy (uc (paper form)
- Marriage certificate (paper form)
- List of published articles or list of results in other professional activities (paper form)
- Curriculum vitae (signed) (paper form)
Annual tuition fees
Standard length of study: cost free
Standard length of study: cost free
The fee for admission procedure
application form: 60 €
E-application form: 60 €
application form: 60 €
E-application form: 60 €
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