General provisions

Substitutes the former course 3FN234 or 3FN004 Global Pharmacy.

Entry requirements

For students in the Pharmacy programme, it is required that the student should have at least 150 credits including passed grades on the courses Pharmacognosy, 7.5 credits, and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, 3 credits and have followed all earlier courses on semesters 1-7. For students on the Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy Programme, it is required that the student should have at least 120 credits including passed grades on the courses Pharmacognosy and the Origin of Drugs, 6 credits, and Structure and Analysis of Drugs, 7.5 credits, or the course The Origin, Structure and Analysis of Drugs, 13.5 credits, and have followed all earlier courses on semester 1-5.

Qualified to the freestanding course are those that have knowledge equivalent to: a) Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Science, 120 credits, supplemented by advanced courses within pharmacy of at least 22.5 credits or Pharmacognosy B, 15 credits. b) 150 credits including 120 credits in chemistry and biology and advanced courses within pharmacy about at least 22.5 credits or Pharmacognosy B 15 credits. c) the equivalent knowledge within the subject area. Knowledge in Swedish and English equivalent to that required for basic level entry into Swedish higher education.

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course the student should:

• be able to explain the concepts of traditional medicine and traditional drugs, and be able to put these in relation to western drugs and western use of drugs in a global perspective
• be able to account for the organisations in Sweden that work with aid work and research in the area of global health
• be able to evaluate form and function of a traditional medical system through own experiences from literature- or field studies
• be able to contribute with a long-term perspective to knowledge and competence construction around traditional medicine and global health

Content

The course treats global variations in traditional medicine that is related to western medicine and western use of drugs. Initially, the traditional medical systems that are practised globally today are studied, for example Ayurveda and Chinese medicine.

In this course the student obtains further and specific training to:

• compile and present information in the form of an essay in writing and orally
• prepare and actively participate in study visit
• for those who participate in the optional field section: prepare fieldwork in tropical country

Instruction

Teaching is conducted through lectures, seminars, study visits and writing of a literature based scientific essay. The latter part of the course is carried out in a country, where this cooperation with western school medicine can be studied, for example Sri Lanka, Taiwan or Oman. Alternatively the student stays in Sweden and under supervision writes a more extensive literature based scientific essay.

Compulsory parts of the course: The attendance of course participants is compulsory at certain scheduled lectures and at the final presentations of the literature based scientific essays.

Assessment

Examination takes place through passed written and oral presentations of the literature based scientific essay (examination code).

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the University's disability coordinator.