30 ECTS credits
900 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 4023701ENR for all students in the 1st and 2nd semester at a (E) Master - advanced level.
"Internship & Casuistry" forms the bridge between acquired competences in previous years and the practice of the community pharmacist. The course is divided as follows:
• Part 1: Internships (SELF)
Under the supervision of a registered community pharmacist, the student is familiarized with the day-to-day tasks of a community pharmacist within the pharmacy. This is done under the supervision of the Internship Committee. The internship regulations and internship manual describe what is expected of the student and the internship.
• Part 2: Casuistry - GIMMICS (WPO)
Groningen Institute Model for Management in Care Services (GIMMICS) takes place during the study week and the exam period of the first semester. GIMMICS is a pharmacy simulation environment in which the student is trained and evaluated in knowledge, communication, legislation, social security and deontology.
• Part 3: Casuistry - Internship (SELF)
The students make a written portfolio to report on Part 1. The assignments are described in the internship regulations and manual.
Students and interns have various options (in person, by phone, e-mail) to ask questions. This can be done before, during and after the internship with the lecturer of the course unit, the persons responsible for the various assignments or the internship coordinator.
Academic Learning Outcomes
1. The student is competent in the performance of the duties of a community pharmacist. The competence profile of the pharmacist is described in the internship manual and the knowledge competence document.
2. The student can offer a concrete approach to a difficult pharmacotherapeutic problem by himself or by means of a group discussion. This can be a pharmaceutical preparation, a polymerised patient, etc.
Societal learning outcomes
1. The student is aware of the social role that the pharmacist takes on patients
2. The student is aware of the social role that the pharmacist plays in multidisciplinary teams
Personal learning outcomes
1. The student can test his own insights against those of others and is able to evaluate and describe his / her own functioning within a group. The student is able to provide structural feedback to fellow students.
2. The student can reflect on his / her own performance within a professional team and communicate about this orally and in writing. The student can also process received feedback and use it constructively.
3. The student can take responsibility for his own learning process and shows an attitude towards lifelong learning.
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 50% of the final mark.
Written Exam determines 25% of the final mark.
SELF Internship determines 5% of the final mark.
SELF Report determines 20% of the final mark.
Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Within the SELF Internship category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Within the SELF Report category, the following assignments need to be completed:
• Part 1: Pharmacy internship
- Students who have not yet completed the 988 office internship hours before the first exam period but for whom it is feasible to complete the remaining hours during the summer recess can complete their internship during the summer recess.
- Students who have completed 988 hours of pharmacy internship but have not passed part 1, will not be given a second exam opportunity in the respective academic year, implying an immediate referral to the next academic year. The internship committee determines on an individual level how many extra hours of pharmacy internship must be completed before access to the final internship exam can be granted.
- An unlawful absence noted during an (unannounced) internship visit leads to failure to pass this part and an immediate referral to the next academic year. The internship committee determines on an individual level how many extra hours of pharmacy internship must be completed before access to the final internship exam can be granted.
- When shown attitude does not stroke with professional standards, the internship can be stopped in accordance to art. 119 from the OER.
• Part 2: Casuistry - GIMMICS
- An unlawful absence during GIMMICS leads to not passing this part.
- In the case of a legitimate absence during a maximum of half of GIMMICS, the student will have to make up all missed hours via internship hours in the community pharmacy.
- A legitimate absence for more than half of the casuistry session leads to failure to pass GIMMICS.
- Attitude during GIMMICS is evaluated through peer evaluation. The students evaluate each other's performance within the group via an online platform. A repeated negative evaluation despite given feedback leads to not passing GIMMICS. The evaluation procedure is explained at the start of GIMMICS. The Internship commission always has the last word and can decide to reinforce, attenuate, or even ignore the result of the peer assessment, if the obtained scores prove to be unreliable. In principle, this decision will only be taken in exceptional cases, but will always be based on clear arguments, analyzes and / or additional observations / conversations.
- Intolerable mistakes are explained at the start of GIMMICS.
- Failure to pass GIMMICS means referral to the next academic year. Because different skills are tested in the course, this cannot be evaluated in the second exam period: a large part of the design and objectives of this course would be lost.
• Part 3: Casuistry - Internship portfolio
The internship portfolio is submitted in parts. The interim deadlines are communicated at the beginning of the academic year.
- Late submission will result in a zero score for the part in question with no feedback.
- The quality of the assignments of the internship paper is assessed on the one hand on the basis of the taught requirements for a “qualitative evaluation and reflection report” and on the other hand on the completeness and scientific correctness of the assignments.
- Failure to pass part 3 means that the student must submit an additional individual task as well as (a revised version) of the previously submitted tasks.
• Part 4: Permanent evaluation
During the academic year there are multiple knowledge tests.
- An unlawful absence leads to not passing this part.
- In case of lawful absence, the student will take this test on a later moment, as scheduled by the teaching staff.
• Part 5: Final internship exam
The final internship exam is set by three professors, on the specified topics:
- Prof. Steurbaut Stephane: General knowledge of medicines with special attention to pharmaceutical care aspects.
- Prof. De Paepe Kristien: Pharmaceutical technology with special attention to the production of a pharmaceutical preparation and the legislation of the raw materials (maximum doses / labeling)
- Prof. Tommelein Eline: Conducting a medication review with special attention to integrated and applied pharmacology and pharmacotherapy, including cases on pharmacy practice.
A score <10/20 by one of these professors means that the three scores are not averaged. The final score is equal to the lowest score achieved. This leads to referral to the next exam period. No exemptions are granted for parts of the internship exam.
The term for submitting certificates for legitimate absence is a maximum of 5 calendar days after the start of the absence.
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Pharmaceutical Care: Standaard traject NIEUW (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Drug Development: Pharmacist (only offered in Dutch)