Teaching - Clinical Pharmacology Service

Teaching is a fundamental pillar of the Clinical Pharmacology Department’s activities, at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. It focuses on three main areas:

1. Training doctors in knowledge, competencies and skills in Pharmacology, Clinical Pharmacology, and Therapeutics, focusing on research methodology and the evaluation of drug research results, enabling them to select independently the most appropriate medications for treating patients.
2. Training medical specialists in Clinical Pharmacology within the setting of a high-tech university hospital that conducts significant original research.
3. Training other professionals in the methodological, regulatory, and normative aspects of clinical drug research.

The Department’s professionals are involved in teaching in the following ways:

• Degree in Medicine: General Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology
• Degree in Nursing: General Pharmacology
• Biomedical Sciences: Pharmacology
• Basic Medical Sciences: Pharmacology
• Biomedical Engineering: Molecular Pathology and Therapeutics

The Department trains and hosts resident students in the following specialty:

Since 2001, the Department has been accredited to train medical specialists through the MIR Programme. One resident doctor is trained each year.

• Master’s Degree in Biomedicine - From the Laboratory to the Patient: Translating Advances in Biomedical Research into Clinical Practice
• University Master’s Degree in Clinical Research
• Master’s Degree in AIDS

• Good Clinical Practice course for Researchers (12 editions)