Objectives of general skills

• 1. Pharmaceutical expertise: Use a foundation of concepts and knowledge in health sciences and pharmaceutical sciences.
• Understand compounds for pharmaceutical application regarding their chemical structures, their structure-activity relationships, their physicochemical properties, their origins (synthetic, semi-synthetic, natural), their analytical control methods and their areas of use from a therapeutic point of view.
• 2. Scientific method: Solve pharmaceutical problems using their knowledge and critical mind.
• Understand and apply the basic principles of reasoning (obtaining data, analysis, synthesis, comparison, the rule of three, syllogism, analogy, Boolean logic, etc.)
• Understand and use statistical methods
• Develop a critical, practical and analytical mind
• Manage doubt and uncertainty
• 3. Communication: Communicate in an appropriate, efficient, rigorous and respectful way in a professional perspective.
• Use a rich vocabulary linking concepts and words accurately
• Adapt lexical and syntactic choices in communication register (everyday language, medical language or scientific terminology)
• Summarise, explain, and argue
• Work in a team
• Implement ICT in an appropriate manner
• Share knowledge and information
• 4. Sense of responsibility: Act ethically and professionally.
• Base their reasoning on the data from the scientific literature
• Understand and respect the limits of their field of activity
• Show loyalty and scientific honesty (in teamwork and in respecting the results and the work of others)
• 5. Quality: Assess themself, expand their knowledge and adapt their attitude.
• Manage time
• Prioritise
• Locate scientific information efficiently
• Research, read, interpret, and critique a scientific paper with sufficient knowledge of scientific English
• Compare different sources of information

UE's Learning outcomes

Building on block 2 courses (Bibliographie et outils informatiques; English for Pharmaceutical Sciences), this course aims to enable students to read pharmaceutical/scientific documents in English with confidence.

UE Content

During this course, the students will be asked to develop their vocabulary and to analyse the syntax of a sentence by reading scientific papers and giving presentations.

Prior experience

Be able to : - use basic English grammar in a pharmaceutical/scientific context - extract information from pharmaceutical/scientific texts in English - use pharmacy and science-related vocabulary - apply the basic rules of pronunciation in English

Term 1 for Integrated Assessment - type

• Presentation and works
• Practical test

Term 2 for Integrated Assessment - type

• Presentation and works
• Oral Examination