Practice of phytotherapy in pharmacy

wfarm2503  2024-2025  Bruxelles Woluwe

Practice of phytotherapy in pharmacy
3.00 credits
22.5 h
Q2
> Schedule

  This learning unit is not being organized during year 2024-2025.

Language
French
> English-friendly
Main themes
  • In-depth review of the plants most commonly used in pharmacies today
  • Specific properties of various herbal pharmaceutical forms, including aromatherapy
  • Clinical case studies involving the use of medicinal plants
Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

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  • Acquire an approach to give advice when dispensing herbal products, based on a sound knowledge of active plant ingredients and of  their potential risks (adverse effects, interactions with drugs and food).
 
  • Integrate skills and knowledge acquired in phytotherapy, general and special pharmacology and pharmacotherapy courses
 
  •  Be able to critically analyze literature and other sources of information on these products.
 
Content
The student will realise an exhaustive bibliographical study on a topic chosen in collaboration with the teacher. This study will be based on documents given by the teacher and data base researches (Sci finder, Medline, Current contents,…). A literature review will be written with the help of the teacher.
Teaching methods
personal work realised with the help of the teacher
Evaluation methods
Continuous evaluation on the basis of work to be carried out (oral presentation)
Other information
Prerequisite : pharmacognosy, analytical chemistry and/or pharmacology Evaluation: The evaluation will be based on the quality of the written review, of its oral presentation and answers to questions.
Online resources
data base, ESCOP and HMPC monographs
Teaching materials
  • accès à banques de données
Faculty or entity
> FARM


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Learning outcomes
Master [120] in Pharmacy
FARM2M
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