Objectives of Programme's Learning Outcomes

• 1. Pharmaceutical expertise: Use a foundation of concepts and knowledge in health sciences and pharmaceutical sciences.
• Understand and integrate the fundamental sciences (chemistry, physics, biology, botany) involved in the specific fields of pharmaceutical sciences
• Understand how the human body works by using knowledge of anatomy, biochemistry, physiology, immunology, microbiology and pathology under the dual approach of normal and pathological conditions in order to understand the action of medications on the body.
• Understand the basic concepts of pharmacology and pharmacokinetics
• 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.)
• Use a hypothesis in inductive, deductive or abductive reasoning
• Develop a critical, practical and analytical mind
• 3. Communication: Communicate in an appropriate, efficient, rigorous and respectful way in a professional perspective.
• Understand the basic rules of French and of English (grammar, punctuation, connectors, etc.).
• Adapt lexical and syntactic choices in communication register (everyday language, medical language or scientific terminology)
• Summarise, explain, and argue
• Share knowledge and information
• 4. Sense of responsibility: Act ethically and professionally.
• Be aware of the concept of "pharmaceutical care"
• 5. Quality: Assess themself, expand their knowledge and adapt their attitude.
• Manage time
• Prioritise
• Locate scientific information efficiently

Learning Outcomes of UE

* The student must be able to learn several aspects of the drugs used in Belgium, among which their pharmacological and physico-chemical properties, their pratical uses in medicine, how to analyse them
* To understand in a very general way the steps and tools found in the drug development process.

UE Content: description and pedagogical relevance

* Analysis of chemical groups; drug design at the molecular level (molecular pharmacochemistry)
* Systematic study of several pharmaceutical classes (anti-infectious drugs, antitumoral and immunomodulatory drugs). 

Prior Experience

* Prerequisites : Chimie organique. Pharmacologie générale.  
* Courses to be followed along with the present UE : Chimie analytique qualitative et quantitative Analyse instrumentale pharmaceutique Etude des médicaments inorganiques Pharmacognosie: Phytochimie et étude des médicaments d'origine végétale Pharmacologie générale