Pharmacy

MISSION STATEMENT

The main goal of the Faculty of Pharmacy is to improve education and to promote the creation of new courses and educational structures in the interest of creating an ever more rational training program and to gain access to the various fields of the health sciences within the European Union, including pharmacy education.
The primary mission of the College of Pharmacy, the University of Debrecen, is to serve the pharmaceutical health care needs of Hungary and foreign countries by educating pharmacists to provide contemporary as well as innovative pharmacy services. The College of Pharmacy offers a dynamic curriculum, which includes a broad base of both didactic and experimental components, enabling the graduate to develop practical skills that will enable him or her to function effectively and efficiently in a changing and challenging health care environment all over the world. Consistent with this mission, contribution to the body of pharmaceutical knowledge through scholarly activity and service are also important goals.

THE FUTURE OF PHARMACY AND PHARMACISTS

Pharmacists are trained in the clinical use and application of drugs, the therapeutic goals of drug use, their formulations, contraindications, adverse effects, and potential for drug interactions. As drugs have become more potent and specific and information more plentiful, pharmacists have assumed a primary responsibility for monitoring drug therapy. Because the professional role of the pharmacist has become integral to modern health care, education in this field is constantly evolving.

Pharmacists are active in primary patient care activities such as hypertension screening, therapy with over-the-counter products, patient profiles, and drug regimens review. They understand the health care needs of specialized patient groups, such as children and the elderly. In addition to a thorough familiarity with the nature of the drugs they work with, pharmacists must also be people-oriented. Their professional training must consider both the medication and the patient, with emphasis on making certain that the patient has the right drug, in the right amount, for the right length of time, and with a minimum of adverse effects. Most pharmacists practice in patient-oriented settings, which include:

- The community (which includes self-employment),
- Hospitals,
- The extended health care facility or public health clinics,
Other opportunities for employment of pharmacists exist in the following areas:

1.Pharmaceutical industries in research and development,
2.Manufacturing industries,
3.As medical service representatives,
4.Educational institutions, government agencies, health maintenance organizations, and home-based health care programs.
As in the other health professions, pharmacy practices are subject to fairly rigorous legal regulatory codes. In Hungary, state laws limit practice to those who have been duly licensed by the state. Qualifications for licensure are:

- Graduation from an accredited college of pharmacy,
- Completion of a required internship program,
- A passing grade on an examination conducted by the University Board of Pharmacy.

The College of Pharmacy of Debrecen University has a dual admission program for undergraduate studies, and for a select number of highly motivated, qualified students interested in pursuing both undergraduate and professional studies in Pharmacy and health care related education. Candidates must maintain a specified grade point average and achieve acceptable scores for graduation. This allows the best students to receive their Doctorates (Ph.D.) of Pharmacy within a certain period of time after graduation. This is usually a 3-year period after receiving the undergraduate degree.

1st and 2nd Year

Subjects Credit hours Mathematics 60 Physics 45 General Chemistry Theory 45 General Chemistry Practice 75 Pharmaceutical Biology 116 Hungarian Language 120 Pharmaceutical Latin Language 60 Pharmaceutical Propedeutics 15 Inorganic and Qualitative Analytical
Chemistry Theory 45 Inorganic and Qualitative Analytical
Chemistry Practice 90 Biophysics 44 Physical Chemistry 90 Organic Chemistry Theory 120 Organic Chemistry Practice 116 Pharmaceutical Anatomy 75 Pharmaceutical Botany Theory 30 Pharmaceutical Botany Practice 30 Quantitative Analytical Chemistry Theory 75 Human Physiology 105 Basic Biochemistry 45 Colloid and Surface Chemistry Theory 28 Colloid and Surface Chemistry Practice 28 Quantitative Analytical Chemistry Practice 75 Pharmaceutical Biochemistry 50 Pharmaceutical Technology Theory 30 Pharmaceutical Technology Practice 60 Pharmacognosy Theory 30 Pharmacognosy Practice 60

3rd Year
Subjects Credit hours Pharmaceutical Technology Theory 60 Pharmaceutical Technology Practice 240 Pharmaceutical Neurobiology 65 Complex Pathology 135 Pharmacognosy Theory 30 Pharmacognosy Practice 60 Pharmaceutical Chemistry Theory 105 Pharmaceutical Chemistry Practice 60 Immunology 37 Hungarian Lanugage 60