Department of Social Pharmacy, Faculty of pharmacy, University of Ljubljana

Faculty of Pharmacy,University of Ljubljana is the only university organization in the Republic of Slovenia for the study of pharmacy and laboratory biomedicine. Established in 1997 the Department of social pharmacy focuses on the development of academic and experimental grounds for education and research in the broader area of social pharmacy. The area of interest are the influences of drugs as material,biomedical,ethical and proprietary category on the modern individual and society. Research includes pharmacoepidemiology,pharmacoeconomic and outcomes research. The Department is devoted to the study of properties and development of information technology in acquisition and transfer of knowledge about medicines. It studies the role of pharmaceutical profession in the modern societies,and the methods of communications between pharmacists and Other health professionals,and with lay public. Central concepts of interest are also patient counselling and pharmaceutical care.