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Desde 1958, la Facultad de Farmacia y Bioanálisis ha publicado, de manera ininterrumpida, la Revista de la Facultad de Farmacia adscrita a la Universidad de Los Andes (ULA), dirigida a través del Comité Editorial que ha sido conformado por distinguidos profesores a lo largo de más de seis décadas. Durante ese periodo de tiempo, la Revista ha logrado grandes avances, entre estos: se incorporó al Índice de Revistas Venezolanas de Ciencia y Tecnología; se registró en publicaciones de Ciencia y Tecnología del CONICIT. Además, siguiendo el Plan de Mejoramiento y Proyección de Publicaciones Periódicas del CDCHT, se acogieron aspectos técnicos, de calidad, nuevos instructivos y se creó un Comité de Arbitraje, el cual fue mejorado luego de la evaluación de méritos por parte de la Comisión de Publicaciones del CONICIT, donde se incluyeron indicadores para la evaluación por parte de los árbitros. Cabe destacar que en la Revista de la Facultad de Farmacia se publican artículos en áreas como Química Analítica, Química Inorgánica, Química Medicinal, Fitoquímica, Galénica, Farmacognosia, Inmunología, Hematología, Microbiología, Parasitología, Botánica, Biotecnología, Ciencia de los Alimentos, Toxicología, Mercadotecnia, entre otras; escritos por autores nacionales y extranjeros. Con relación a la imagen y la diagramación se han realizado diversas adaptaciones tomando en cuenta criterios de modernidad, mejoras de la calidad, potencialidad y visibilidad internacional. Actualmente se encuentra en los Directorios de Publicaciones internacionales como REVENCYT, LILACS, BIREME, MEDIOMED, LIVECS. En este artículo Edición Especial se detallan los aspectos más resaltantes de la trayectoria de la Revista de la Facultad de Farmacia desde su primera edición que, gracias al esfuerzo de los profesores que han dirigido dicha revista, a la contribución de los investigadores con sus artículos y a la asesoría y apoyo técnico de organismos como FONACIT, CDCHTA-ULA, Parque Tecnológico, SABER-ULA, RED-ULA, se ha logrado no solo perpetuar en el tiempo, sino que además, recibió, en el año 2017, la insignia de Revista Patrimonio de la ULA. Since 1958, Faculty of Pharmacy and Bioanalysis has published, uninterruptedly, the Faculty of Pharmacy Journal assigned to University of Los Andes (ULA), directed through the Editorial Committee that has been formed by distinguished professors over more than six decades. During that period of time, the Journal has achieved great advances including: Venezuelan Science and Technology Journals index incorporation; registration on Science and Technology of CONICIT publications. Furthermore, following the Improvement and Projection Plan of Periodical Publications of CDCHT, technical aspects related to quality and new instructions were accomplished and also a reviewer committee was created that was later on improved based on the merit evaluation carried out by the publications commission of CONICIT, where evaluation indicators for the referees were included. It should be noted that Faculty of Pharmacy Journal publish articles on different areas such as Analytic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Phytochemistry, Galenic, Pharmacognosy, Immunology, Hematology, Microbiology, Parasitology, Botanic, Biotechnology, Food Science, Toxicology, Marketing, among others, written by national and international authors. Regarding the image and layout several adaptations have been made taking into consideration modernity criteria, quality improvements, potential and international visibility. It is currently in the international publications directories such as REVENCYT, LILACS, BIREME, MEDIOMED, LIVECS. This Special Edition article details the most outstanding aspects of the trajectory of Faculty of Pharmacy Journal since its first edition which, thanks to the efforts of professors who have directed this journal, to the contribution of researchers with their articles and the advice and technical support of organizations like FONACIT, CDCHTA-ULA, PARQUE TECNOLÓGICO, SABER-ULA, RED-ULA, not only has it been perpetuated over time, but it also received, in 2017, the Patrimony Magazine insignia of ULA. 34-38 janner@ula.ve alexisb@ula.ve Semestral https://saber.ula.ve/farmacia/

University of Mostar Faculty of Pharmacy was founded in 2011. It enrolls 30 students per year. The main goal is the education of pharmaceutical students through 52 compulsory subjects.

The professional community feels the need to advance and expand the role of pharmaceutical personnel to meet healthcare needs. In the last decades in the pharmaceutical practice there has been a steady tendency of patient-oriented services and services. Within this concept, the principles of service delivery and training have shifted from patient to patient focus. The impact of personalized medicine on the profession is becoming increasingly important. These changes entail the need to transform the basic knowledge and approaches taught by pharmaceutical workers. The purpose of studying biotechnology by future provisors is the formation of system knowledge, skills and practical skills. Methods. The article has been studied and researched a study of literary sources, metadata, method of data analysis, statistical method. Check existing data sources as well as the conditions under which they can be obtained, including any restrictions on use. Evaluation of alternatives, research of possibilities of application of potential sources of administrative data for statistical purposes. Generalization of the assessment of the legal framework in which data will be collected and used. Statistical methods are four interrelated sections: preliminary analysis of the nature of statistical data – is to test the hypotheses of stationarity, independence, normality, homogeneity, as well as assess the type of distribution function, its parameters, etc.; identification of connections and regularities – correlation analysis, linear and nonlinear regression analysis, etc.; multidimensional statistical analysis – cluster analysis, component analysis, linear and nonlinear discriminant analysis, etc.; dynamic models and forecast based on time series. Survey, prognostic methods, student survey method and data representativeness. 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Background The 2019 Coronavirus infection (COVID-19) caused by a novel strain of coronavirus was detected in China in December 2019, and declared a public health emergency of international concern on January 30, 2020. Community pharmacists have an important role in supporting the local health emergency preparedness and response arrangements. Objectives To investigate pharmacists and pharmacy students’ awareness and source of their information regard the management of the coronavirus pandemic, and their perspective of their role during this emergent situation. Methods This descriptive cross-sectional online survey study was conducted in Jordan during the COVID-19 outbreak (from 15 to 30 March 2020). A validated online questionnaire addressing participants' current awareness about epidemics/pandemics and COVID-19, source of information and their perspectives of their role. Data were analyzed using statistical package for social science (SPSS). Results Participants (n = 726) had a mean age of 26.9 (8.0) years with 71.9% females. Pharmacy students made 35.3% of the sample while the rest were pharmacists. Only 54.3% of participants believed that they got enough education about epidemics/pandemics, and 94.6% of them follow on the latest coronavirus updates on treatments, and that is mainly from the media (59.5%) followed by the World Health Organization reports (58.7%) and then the published researches (57%). Awareness score (out of 20) of pharmacists (n = 470) was significantly higher (p

Namen raziskave je bil analizirati življenjski slog študentov Fakultete za farmacijo Univerze v Ljubljani. V raziskavo je bilo naključno izbranih 133 študentov. Vzorec sestavlja 38 moških in 95 žensk. 94 udeležencev obiskuje prvi letnik, 34 drugi, 2 udeleženca tretji, 2 četrti in en udeleženec peti letnik. Podatke smo zbrali z anonimnim anketnim vprašalnikom – obdelani so bili s statističnim programom IBM SPSS. Študenti se po njihovem mnenju v času študija s športom ukvarjajo manj kot v osnovnošolskem obdobju. Največ časa posvetijo teku v naravi, hitri hoji ter kolesarjenju. Največ študentov se s športom ukvarja dva dni v tednu, vsak dan pa se s športom ukvarja le nekaj anketiranih. Večina študentov za rekreacijo čez dan porabi med 30 minutami in eno uro. Študenti so v večini v stresnih situacijah. Največ udeležencev stres doživlja zaradi študija. Študenti se različno odzivajo na stres, in sicer zelo radi posegajo po raznih prigrizkih, pijejo večje količine kave kot po navadi, nekateri pa se s stresom soočajo tudi tako, da se ukvarjajo s športom. Spanec je v študentskem obdobju zelo pomemben in večina študentov spi med 7 in 8 ur na dan, kar je priporočljivo, medtem ko le peščica anketiranih spi manj kot 5 ur dnevno. Razlogi v spanju manj kot 7 do 8 ur na dan pa se skrivajo v obremenitvah zaradi študija, v obiskovanju zabav ter druženju pozno v noč. Študenti v večini uživajo tudi alkoholne pijače in obiskujejo študentske zabave. Večina študentov ne kadi, nekaj jih kadi občasno. Večina tistih, ki kadi, je s to nezdravo razvado začela v srednji šoli. Za hidracijo študentje najpogosteje posegajo po vodi ali nesladkanih čajih. Zajtrk kot najpomembnejši obrok dneva večina udeležencev je doma, nekaj vprašanih pa zajtrka ne je. Dopoldanska malica je obrok, ki ga izpusti največ študentov, drugače pa imajo dokaj zdrave prehranjevalne navade, saj jedo pogosto. Ugotovili smo, da bolj aktivni študenti bolje obvladujejo stres, saj redkeje posegajo po sokovih in gaziranih pijačah ter redkeje izpuščajo zajtrk. Ugotovili smo, da ukvarjanje s športom nima velikega vpliva na študente z vidika posluževanja nezdravih razvad. It was the intention of the research to analyse the lifestyle of students at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Ljubljana. 133 randomly chosen students took part in the study. Among 38 male and 95 female participants, there were 94 first-, 34 second-, 2 third-, 2 fourth-, and 1 fifth-year student(s). The data have been assembled with help of an anonymous questionnaire and statistically evaluated by using the IBM SPSS program. Compared to primary and secondary school years, university students do less sports. If otherwise, they spend most time with running outdoors, speed-walking, and cycling. Most students do sports twice a week, whereas only 3 % of participants do sports daily. Most students spend 30–60 minutes daily on recreation. Students face stressful situations. Most students feel the impact of stress from time to time, whereas some of participants claim to cope with stress often. Most students name their studies to be the main reason for stressful situations. There are various ways how students fight stress. Most students conquer stress with snacks and increase their usual coffee intake, whereas only a small amount of participant try to destress through sports. Most students sleep 7–8 hours a day only few of students get less than 5 hours of sleep every day. The reasons for sleeping deprivation are due to study burdens night partying and mingling .Students consume alcoholic drinks, only few students never drink alcohol. Most participants claim to visit student parties. Most students are non-smokers. Most smoking students started smoking at secondary school. The most popular students’ drinks are water or sugarless tea, and juices. Most students eat breakfast at home. Prenoon lunch is the meal that is avoided by most students, otherwise students have good eating habits and are eating regulary - most participants eat 5 meals a day. We found that students who are more active in sports don’t drink as much juice and eat breakfast more regular, are able to cope with stress better. We found out that students that are more active, are not getting more sleep, are not drinking less alcohol, are going to parties as much as the other students and are not smoking less than other students

Background: Early screening is crucial for early autism spectrum disorders (ASD) diagnosis and intervention. ASD screening tools have mostly been constructed based on the Western cultural context. We hypothesized that their use in Mali may require a prior validation. Objective: To validate the modified checklist for autism in toddlers-Revised (M-CHAT-R) and the social communication questionnaire (SCQ) in the Malian sociocultural context for ASD screening. Study design: We administered M-CHAT-R and SCQ in 947 toddlers aged 16–30 months old at the district and community health centers in Bamako and 120 patients (60 autistic and 60 age and sex matched controls) aged ≥4 years old at the psychiatry department in Bamako. Toddlers at moderate to high risk of ASD underwent M-CHAT-R/F and clinical evaluation by an ASD multidisciplinary team. M-CHAT-R and SCQ were evaluated for cultural appropriateness by Malian anthropologists. The sensitivity, specificity, PPV, NPV were determined for both M-CHAT-R and SCQ. Health professionals have been trained during ASD seminary on how to use M-CHAT-R and SCQ for ASD screening in Bamako. Results: We found for the M-CHAT-R a sensitivity of 50%, a specificity of 100%, a PPV of 100% and a NPV of 87%. The SCQ had a sensitivity of 71%, a specificity of 72%, a PPV of 73% and a NPV of 70%. We have found four out of 20 items on the M-CHAT-R that were culturally inappropriate in the Malian context. Discussion: M-CHAT-R and SCQ can be used for early autism screening in Mali. In the future, we plan to train a descent number of Malian physicians in chief and pediatricians at the district hospitals across the country to integrate the early ASD screening into the national health system. Conclusion: M-CHAT-R has a perfect specificity and SCQ a fair diagnostic accuracy for ASD in Mali. Keywords: M-CHAT-R, SCQ, NPV, PPV, Mali

Objetivos: Se realizó una búsqueda en la Web de los Departamentos de Práctica Farmacéutica, Farmacia Social o Farmacia Administrativa con página web que incluyera alguna de esas denominaciones en el link (DPF), en todas las Facultades de Farmacia del Mundo en 2006. Método: Se utilizó el listado de la Federación Internacional Farmacétuica (FIP) en el que figuran todas las Facultades de Farmacia del mundo. Palabras clave: Práctica Farmacéutica, Farmacia Social y F. Administrativa en español, inglés y portugués. Resultados: Se identificaron 718 Facultades de Farmacia de las que 192 cumplían los criterios de inclusión. En ellas había 83 DPF que incluían las palabras clave. En Oceanía se identificaron 9 DPF, en Europa 22 y en Asia 8. En América 43, todas ellas situadas en Norteamérica, mientras que en África tan solo se identificó un único DPF. Conclusiones: El mayor grado de implantación de DPF tiene lugar en países de gran desarrollo. Son departamentos autónomos, independientes de otros departamentos, y con una estructura multidisciplinar., Aims: A Web based research was desgined in 2006 to search for Pharmacy Practice, Social and Administrative Pharmacy departements in all Pharmacy Schools in the world. Material and Methods: The International Federation Pharmacy list of all Faculty of Pharmacy in the world was used. The key words used were: Pharmacy Practice, Social Pharmacy and Administrative Pharmacy in different languages: English, Spanish and Portuguese. Results: 718 Faculties of Pharmacy were identified, 192 reaching the inclusion criteria. 83 out of them had a PPD with a key word in their web site. In Oceania there were 9 PPD, in Asia 8 and in Europe 22. In America 43, all of them located in North America while in Africa there was only one university with a PPD. Conclusions: The biggest rate of implementation of PPD happens in well developed countries. They are autonomous, independent from other departments and with a multidisciplinary structure.

The Faculty of Pharmacy of Santiago de Compostela was founded in 1857, but research activities did not start until the beginning of the 20th century. The new Spanish regulations promoting the experimentation at universities and the stages of professors and recently graduated students outside Spain contributed to generate a remarkable research group in a provincial university. The excessive university centralism at that time in Spain and the characteristics of the headquarters of the faculty —a 16th century Renaissance palace— hindered, in general, the research development. However, the scientific spirit of professors and students, and their work were imposed and they achieved an estimable status in pharmacy research in Galicia. The facilities were the staff's highest priority and it raised more than a protest. A remarkable investment in apparatuses and laboratory materials was carried out and researchers started to publish original research papers in local journals, such as the «Revista de farmacia», published by their own University. In the previous years to the Spanish Civil War (1936) the research status in drug development and the background of the staff and students were important, allowing them to join the military laboratory that Franco’s army created at the faculty of pharmacy. The research work continued in a small scale and was specially focused on the production of «copy drugs» copying European specific drugs which were scarce at that time. The first third of the 20th century was the germ of the great research prestige that the Faculty of Pharmacy of Santiago de Compostela enjoys at present., La Facultad de Farmacia de Santiago de Compostela se fundó en 1857, pero no fue hasta comienzos del siglo XX cuando comenzó a desarrollar una labor de investigación en medicamentos. Las nuevas reglamentaciones que fomentaban la experimentación en los laboratorios universitarios y la formación de profesores y recién licenciados en el extranjero, contribuyeron a generar un grupo investigador notable dentro de una Facultad de provincias. La excesiva centralización en materia universitaria de la época y las características de la sede de la Facultad —un palacio renacentista del siglo XVI— dificultaron, en general, el desarrollo de la investigación. Sin embargo, el espíritu científico de profesores y alumnos, y su trabajo se impusieron y lograron un estatus digno en investigación de medicamentos en Galicia. En estos años comenzaron a publicarse trabajos originales principalmente en la «Revista de Farmacia», publicada por la propia Universidad compostelana. En los años precedentes a la guerra civil española (1936) el nivel alcanzado en investigación y desarrollo de medicamentos era importante, favoreciendo el hecho de que, una vez comenzada la contienda, el personal de la Facultad trabajó en el laboratorio de farmacia militar en el que fue transformada por el ejército franquista. Durante este período la labor investigadora continuó, aunque a menor escala, y orientada a la obtención de «medicamentos copia» de otros específicos que escaseaban en tiempos de guerra. Durante el primer tercio del siglo XX se desarrolló el germen del prestigio investigador del que goza en la actualidad la Facultad de Farmacia compostelana.

The Faculty of Pharmacy of Santiago de Compostela was founded in 1857, but research activities did not start until the beginning of the 20th century. The new Spanish regulations promoting the experimentation at universities and the stages of professors and recently graduated students outside Spain contributed to generate a remarkable research group in a provincial university. The excessive university centralism at that time in Spain and the characteristics of the headquarters of the faculty —a 16th century Renaissance palace— hindered, in general, the research development. However, the scientific spirit of professors and students, and their work were imposed and they achieved an estimable status in pharmacy research in Galicia. The facilities were the staff's highest priority and it raised more than a protest. A remarkable investment in apparatuses and laboratory materials was carried out and researchers started to publish original research papers in local journals, such as the «Revista de farmacia», published by their own University. In the previous years to the Spanish Civil War (1936) the research status in drug development and the background of the staff and students were important, allowing them to join the military laboratory that Franco’s army created at the faculty of pharmacy. The research work continued in a small scale and was specially focused on the production of «copy drugs» copying European specific drugs which were scarce at that time. The first third of the 20th century was the germ of the great research prestige that the Faculty of Pharmacy of Santiago de Compostela enjoys at present.La Facultad de Farmacia de Santiago de Compostela se fundó en 1857, pero no fue hasta comienzos del siglo XX cuando comenzó a desarrollar una labor de investigación en medicamentos. Las nuevas reglamentaciones que fomentaban la experimentación en los laboratorios universitarios y la formación de profesores y recién licenciados en el extranjero, contribuyeron a generar un grupo investigador notable dentro de una Facultad de provincias. La excesiva centralización en materia universitaria de la época y las características de la sede de la Facultad —un palacio renacentista del siglo XVI— dificultaron, en general, el desarrollo de la investigación. Sin embargo, el espíritu científico de profesores y alumnos, y su trabajo se impusieron y lograron un estatus digno en investigación de medicamentos en Galicia. En estos años comenzaron a publicarse trabajos originales principalmente en la «Revista de Farmacia», publicada por la propia Universidad compostelana. En los años precedentes a la guerra civil española (1936) el nivel alcanzado en investigación y desarrollo de medicamentos era importante, favoreciendo el hecho de que, una vez comenzada la contienda, el personal de la Facultad trabajó en el laboratorio de farmacia militar en el que fue transformada por el ejército franquista. Durante este período la labor investigadora continuó, aunque a menor escala, y orientada a la obtención de «medicamentos copia» de otros específicos que escaseaban en tiempos de guerra. Durante el primer tercio del siglo XX se desarrolló el germen del prestigio investigador del que goza en la actualidad la Facultad de Farmacia compostelana.

Resumen: Esta investigación permitió explorar campos no incursionados hasta la fecha sobre la opinión de los/las estudiantes de la Facultad de Farmacia de la Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR), con respecto al comportamiento interno de la unidad académica, identificando los factores presentes y evidenciando tendencias. Con esta aproximación se pueden visualizar nuevas estrategias para la formación integral de profesionales en Farmacia, dispuestos a adquirir una posición de liderazgo en el campo de la salud, que fortalezca la promoción de la misma y prevenga la enfermedad. Se utilizó un diseño metodológico cualitativo basado en la Teoría Fundamentada, luego de que los/las participantes habían expresado sus opiniones en torno cuatro preguntas generadoras accesibles en el campus virtual UCR Interactiva. Las principales categorías de análisis fueron la caracterización de la facultad, el estudiantado, el personal docente y el/la profesional en Farmacia; además de las percepciones positivas y negativas con respecto a los cuatro grupos anteriores. Los principales resultados fueron expuestos mediante esquemas y cuadros-resumen. De ellos, destacan el imaginario que se tiene actualmente del/la profesional en Farmacia, algunos elementos dentro del proceso de enseñanza aprendizaje que no han sido atendidos a pesar su persistencia, la auto percepción estudiantil crítica y las manifestaciones (depresión, estrés y ansiedad) producto de su vivencia.Abstract : This research allowed the exploration of new fields in the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Costa Rica (UCR), from within the student’s opinions about the internal behavior of their academic unit; identifying factors and demonstrating tendencies. With this approach, new strategies for the development of professionals in Pharmacy can be visualized, arranged to acquire leadership in the health field, promotion of wellbeing and the prevention of disease. This study used a qualitative design based on Grounded Theory. The participants expressed their opinions towards four questions in the virtual campus of the Interactive UCR. The main analysis categories were the characterization of the faculty, the students, the teachers and the pharmacists; in addition to the positive and negative perceptions of these four categories. The most important results are shown using schemes and summaries. Some important ideas regarding the current pharmacist’s image, the educational process faults that have been ignored so far and the students’ critical self-perception and its manifestations (depression, stress and anxiety), are described in the article.

Objetivos: Se realizó una búsqueda en la Web de los Departamentos de Práctica Farmacéutica, Farmacia Social o Farmacia Administrativa con página web que incluyera alguna de esas denominaciones en el link (DPF), en todas las Facultades de Farmacia del Mundo en 2006. Método: Se utilizó el listado de la Federación Internacional Farmacétuica (FIP) en el que figuran todas las Facultades de Farmacia del mundo. Palabras clave: Práctica Farmacéutica, Farmacia Social y F. Administrativa en español, inglés y portugués. Resultados: Se identificaron 718 Facultades de Farmacia de las que 192 cumplían los criterios de inclusión. En ellas había 83 DPF que incluían las palabras clave. En Oceanía se identificaron 9 DPF, en Europa 22 y en Asia 8. En América 43, todas ellas situadas en Norteamérica, mientras que en África tan solo se identificó un único DPF. Conclusiones: El mayor grado de implantación de DPF tiene lugar en países de gran desarrollo. Son departamentos autónomos, independientes de otros departamentos, y con una estructura multidisciplinar. Aims: A Web based research was desgined in 2006 to search for Pharmacy Practice, Social and Administrative Pharmacy departements in all Pharmacy Schools in the world. Material and Methods: The International Federation Pharmacy list of all Faculty of Pharmacy in the world was used. The key words used were: Pharmacy Practice, Social Pharmacy and Administrative Pharmacy in different languages: English, Spanish and Portuguese. Results: 718 Faculties of Pharmacy were identified, 192 reaching the inclusion criteria. 83 out of them had a PPD with a key word in their web site. In Oceania there were 9 PPD, in Asia 8 and in Europe 22. In America 43, all of them located in North America while in Africa there was only one university with a PPD. Conclusions: The biggest rate of implementation of PPD happens in well developed countries. They are autonomous, independent from other departments and with a multidisciplinary structure.

SYSTEM OF EDUCATION OF PHARMACISTS IN GREECE Author: Eirini-Georgia Mougiou Tutor: RNDr. Jana Kotlářová, Ph.D. Department of social and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Kralove, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic Aim of study: The aim of diploma thesis is to get current knowledge about system of education of pharmacists in Greece, their vocational employment and to shortly compare situation in this field in Greece with Czech Republic. A survey whose goal is the gathering of information from foreign students about their experience in universities abroad, especially at Charles University. Methods: Data collection through appreciation of information and studying of literature. Questionnaire answered by 61 following students of pharmacy on March 2013. Results: Studies in high school, entrance examination of students in University , undergraduate and postgraduate studies in discipline of pharmacy are the main characteristics of both educational systems. Comparison and report of differences between the studies in Greece and studies abroad. Importance of life-long learning for professional pharmacists. Students answered questionnaire are 47,54 % males and 52,46 % females, most of them 68,84 % are from Greece and 14,74% from Cyprus. 67,21 % are not satisfied with Charles...

El estudio que se presenta está centrado en aquellas circunstancias y acontecimientos que estuvieron a punto de hacer desaparecer los estudios de Farmacia en esta provincia. Frente a estas adversidades vamos a resaltar la actitud, defensa y movimientos que realizó el decano, Mariano del Amo y Mora en su momento. Cierto es que dependiendo del rector de turno, con cuyo apoyo contaba a veces, las mínimas, más bien se puede decir que tuvo que luchar con el poder institucional. Los resultados son hoy conocidos: estamos celebrando el XXIX Congreso del Mediterráneo Latino en esta Facultad de Farmacia de Granada. Las fuentes documentales utilizadas en el presente estudio proceden en su mayoría del Archivo Universitario de Granada., The study presented is focused on the circumstances and events that were about to disappear pharmacy studies in this province. Faced with these hardships we are going to highlight the attitude, defense, and actions that made, at the time, the dean, Mariano del Amo y Mora. It is true that depending on the rector of the day, with whose support was sometimes, the least, more can be said that he had to struggle with institutional power. The results are now known: we are celebrating the XXIX International Congress of Latin Mediterranean Pharmaceutical Society in the Faculty of Pharmacy of Granada. The documentary sources used in this study came mostly from Archive of the University of Granada.

The implementation process of the ECTS concepts in the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Seville is being studied. The main objectives of this Pilot Scheme can be summarized in two fundamental aspects: (i) training of the professors in the new education methodologies according to the EHEA concepts and (ii) obtaining of experimental results that make us possible to justify the adequate personal and infrastructures requirements. The obtained results are very promising; nevertheless, several actions have been detected in order to yield with the EHEA possibilities. These actions are related (i) to adequate the students / professors ratio, (ii) to establish coordination groups and (iii) to develop a tutorial action so as to improve the students implication. En este trabajo se aborda el estudio del proceso de implantación del Sistema de Transferencia de Créditos Europeos (ECTS), unidad fundamental del Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior (EEES), en la Titulación actual de Farmacia de la Universidad de Sevilla. Tras unas consideraciones previas, se establecen los objetivos fundamentales del Programa Piloto de implantación ECTS, que se resumen en dos aspectos básicos: (i) entrenamiento del profesorado de la Facultad en el nuevo modelo educativo propuesto por la Declaración de Bolonia y (ii) obtención de resultados experimentales que posibiliten justificar necesidades y exigencias, tanto personales como materiales, ante la próxima implantación de los nuevos planes de estudio según el crédito europeo. Los resultados son muy positivos, pero si se pretende aprovechar correctamente las posibilidades ofertadas por este nuevo sistema, señalan claramente (i) la necesidad de adaptar el número de estudiantes por grupo, tanto dotando del personal necesario para la docencia como adecuando las infraestructuras, (ii) la conveniencia de crear equipos de coordinación por curso y por titulación y (iii) crear acciones que promuevan el desarrollo de un sistema tutorial de orientación.

Se trata de los actos conmemorativos del 150 aniversario de la Facultad de Farmacia de Granada creada en 1850 siendo la tercera de España tras Madrid y Barcelona. En los distintos actos programados para celebrar el evento se pone de manifiesto una Institución con un valioso pasado docente e investigador comprometida con la sociedad en cada etapa histórica que le tocó vivir durante este siglo y medio de existencia. El papel desarrollado por este Centro en una ciudad eminentemente universitaria como Granada que acogió a alumnos procedentes de diversas regiones de España incidió favorablemente en el desarrollo y proyección económica, social y cultural no sólo de la ciudad, sino también del sur peninsular tan necesitado de estos impulsos., This deals the commemorative events of the 150th Anniversary of the Faculty of Pharmacy in Granada. Established in 1850, it was the third after Madrid and Barcelona. The different activities planned in order to celebrate the event show the Faculty as an institution with a highly-valued educational and investigatory past wich has been commited to society through each historial stage during its 150 years of existence. The role developed in this centre in a mainly university like Granada, that attacted studens from various regions of Spain, has favorably affected both the much needed economical, social and cultural development advance not only of the city but also of the South of the country.

Zagreb University has Croatia's only Faculty of Pharmacy. Croatian pharmacy is deeply rooted in the history of Zagreb University. The education of pharmacists started in 1982, and it was after theology, philosophy and law, the fourth course of study, During the period of 115 years the university education has changed following the advances in pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences. Today's Faculty of Pharmacy and Medical Biochemistry organizes and carries out scientific and highly professional work in two scientific and educational fields: pharmacy and medical biochemistry. The four-year undergraduate training in pharmacy leads to Master of Pharmacy degree. For the pharmacists the university diploma offers various opportunities of employment (community or hospital pharmacy, pharmaceutical industry, education and research, etc.). Students wishing to continue their studies can enroll either at Postgraduate Study of Pharmaceutical Sciences or Postgraduate Study of Medical Sciences. The postgraduate programme leads, depending on a course to the Master of Science in Pharmacy, Chemistry and Medical biochemistry, or corresponding Doctor of Science (Ph.D.) degrees. For those who want to improve their professional knowledge the Faculty offers two-semester professional study. Pharmaceutical research and graduate programmes are closely connected with the pharmaceutical industry in Croatia (Pliva and Belupo), the pharmacy care system, other parts of the health-care sector and a number of Sister Universities all over the world. pharmaceutical sciences. Today's Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry organizes and carries out scientific