B2836 - Pharmacy Services

Academic Year 2025/2026

  • Docente: Paolo Blasi
  • Credits: 3
  • SSD: CHIM/09
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Pharmacy (cod. 5985)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student: - possesses the fundamental knowledge of national and community legislation, as well as the deontological aspects necessary for the exercise of the professional activity, with particular reference to the "Farmacia dei servizi"; - possess the knowledge and multidisciplinary skills useful for carrying out first-level analytical services, carrying out tests with in vitro diagnostics, administering vaccines and using instrumental devices for second-level services that can be provided in pharmacies; - possesses the skills relating to digital health, health and management information technology.

Course contents

The evolution of the pharmacist profession and of the activity of pharmacies in the primary care sector: the birth of the so-called Farmacia dei Servizi. The objectives, the new assistance functions provided and the integration with the activities on the territory of the National Health Service. The regulatory framework: Law no. 69/2009, Legislative Decree no. 153/2009 and the implementing decrees (Ministerial Decree of 16.12.2010 and 8.7.2011). The services that can be provided by pharmacies after the Covid-19 pandemic.

Pharmaceutical regulations, drug dispensing, and inspection activities with reference to the new services provided in the pharmacy.

Pharmacy law for veterinary medicinal products and their preparation in pharmacies.

Managing the pharmaceutical laboratory: regulatory references and case studies.

Analysis and swabs in pharmacies: regulatory aspects, pharmacy practice, and quality requirements.

Vaccinations in pharmacies: regulatory aspects, requirements for the pharmacists, and characteristics of the vaccination room.

Telemedicine in the pharmacy: rationale and regulatory aspects.

Digital therapies: definition, Italian, European, and international regulations, examples of digital therapies in clinical use.

Readings/Bibliography

Agnello et al., Evoluzione della Farmacia dei Servizi. Prevenzione attiva e gestione delle cronicità (Prezioso Consulting srls) 2022.

Course notes.

Teaching methods

Frontal instruction

Assessment methods

Written exam. Multiple choice questions.

Teaching tools

The material presented during the course will be available in the app "virtuale".

Office hours

See the website of Paolo Blasi

SDGs

Good health and well-being

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.