Specialized Master in Hospital Pharmacy

The goal of the Advanced Master Degree in Hospital Pharmacy is to provide the students with the knowledge, the skills and the know-how enabling him to cope with the various problems likely to occur in the pharmacy of a hospital. The program teaches the pharmacist how to purchase, how to store, how to deliver, how to prepare drugs within the specific context of a hospital, in order to reach the best quality of care with the most efficient use of available resources. The program also trains the students to achieve the more specific goals imposed by the law in order to optimize the use of drugs in a hospital (clinical pharmacy and clinical care, quality insurance, therapeutilcal forms, pharmacovigilance, information, recommendations, applied research).

The program has been modified according to the recommendations of the European Advisory Committee on post-graduate studies in pharmacy. According to the Ministerial Decree of June 11 2003 (published in the Belgian Official Journal of July 8 2003) modified by the Ministerial Decree of October 22, 2012 (Belgian Official Journal of December 3, 2012), the degree is required to get an accreditation as a hospital pharmacist.

Ex cathedra courses, tutorials of problem based learning

The Advanced Master Degree in Hospital Pharmacy is a 3 parts of program jointly managed by the Unievrsité libre de Bruxelles and the University of Liège. The program has been extensively modified and fully abides to the new regulations of the Ministerial Decree of October 22 2012 and the degree is required in order to get the accreditation as a hospital pharmacist. The program is rather wide and includes major aspects of clinical pharmacy as well as major concepts of pharmaceutical care.

Inside the country, the university has developed a network of general hospitals at various locations in the French-speaking part of Belgium.

Outside the country the university has developed international collaborations in hospital pharmacy (Switzerland, Canada).