PECULIARITIES OF TEACHING THE ACADEMIC DISCIPLINE “PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY” AT THE FACULTY OF PHARMACY
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.11603/m.2414-5998.2025.3.15613Keywords:
biotechnology, pharmacy, teaching, pharmaceutical production, education.Abstract
Abstract. The article highlights the current issues of organizing and improving the experience of teaching process the normative discipline “Pharmaceutical Biotechnology” for students of specialty 226 “Pharmacy, Industrial Pharmacy”, who are studying at the second (master's) level in the field of study 22 “Health Care”. The main objective of the course is to develop professional skills of future pharmacists, including the ability to ensure the quality of technological processes, as well as participate in organising and implementing the production of medicines of biotechnological origin in accordance with the requirements of good manufacturing practice (GMP), and to make a reasonable choice of technologies and equipment. Particular attention is paid to the relevance of this discipline, its impact on the formation of professional competence of students, their critical thinking and ability for continuous learning, the introduction of practice-oriented methods in the training of future specialists. Considering the rapid development of biotechnology as a science and the growing need of the pharmaceutical industry for highly qualified specialists, special importance is attached to improving the content of the curriculum, the introduction of interactive teaching methods, digital technologies, interdisciplinary connections and a practice-oriented approach. The emphasis is on the role of this discipline in forming in students a modern understanding of biotechnological processes used in the production of medicinal products of biological origin. The importance of constant updating of educational content in accordance with modern achievements of biotechnological science and the needs of pharmaceutical practice is emphasized. It’s concluded that effective teaching of pharmaceutical biotechnology contributes to the training of competitive specialists capable of working in the conditions of innovative development of pharmacy.
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