FACULTY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES

Faculty of Medical Sciences

Prof. Dr. Petrit Bara

Dean of Faculty of Medical Sciences
Email: petrit.bara@luarasi-univ.edu.al

The Faculty of Medical Sciences offers integrated studies of the second cycle in pharmacy and dentistry, as well as the bachelor study program in nursing. This faculty aims to prepare and graduate skilled professionals in accordance with the needs and priorities of the country’s health system. Graduates of the Faculty of Medical Sciences will have the appropriate competence to compete not only in the local market, but also in the regional and international market.

 

The professional, scientific and practical training of students is based on programs designed according to the best national and international standards. The curricula offered by these study programs are comparable to the curricula of other European countries. They rely on a series of modern syllabi, as well as all the elements related to the recognition and application of new medical technologies.

 

The mission of the Faculty of Medical Sciences is the best theoretical and practical preparation of nurses, dentists and pharmacists, who must be guided by important values, such as high professionalism, integrity, compassion, competence, honesty, high professional ethics, social responsibility, the spirit of cooperation, human communication with the sick and the community, etc.

Program of integrated studies of the second cycle in Dentistry

The main goal of this program is the best possible preparation of future dentists, based on the best national and international experiences of medicine and especially dentistry. This study program enables graduates to easily integrate into the European dental culture, to work as freelancers in private and public dental clinics, in the promotional and manufacturing sectors of dental equipment, in hospital centers of any level, in central public health institutions , in research centers of an academic profile, as well as in various academic spaces inside and outside the country.

Nr First Year 60 ETCS
1 Human anatomy I 5
2 General Chemistry 5
3 Physic 4
4 Genetic 3
5 Material Knowledge 4
6 Foreign Language – English 3
7 Latin Language 1
8 Psychology and Sociology 2
9 Dental morphology 3
10 Human Anatomy II 5
11 Organic Chemistry 5
12 Biophysics 4
13 General Biology 5
14 Environmental Health 2
15 Biostatistics 3
16 Informatics applied to medical sciences 3
17 Academic Writing* / Scientific Research in Nursing* 3
Nr Second Year 60 ECTS
1 Preventive Denistry 3.5
2 Physiology 3.5
3 Biochemistry 4
4 Histology 4
5 Preclinical Therapy 4
6 Microbiology 3
7 Preclinical Prosthetics 4
8 Immunology and Allergology 2
9 Ethics, Deontology / Legal Medicine 2
10 Preventive Dentistry 3
11 Preclinical Prosthetics 4
12 Physiology II 3
13 Biochemistry II 4
14 Histology II 3
15 Internal Diseases I 2
16 Microbiology II 3
17 Preclinical Therapy 3
18 Oral Maxillofacial Radiology 2
19 Community Dentistry 3
Nr Third year 60 ECTS
1 Pathological Anatomy I 4.5
2 Pathological Physiology 3
3 Pharmacology I 3.5
4 Conservative Dentistry 4.5
5 Health Economics*/Health Management* 2
6 Preclinical Surgery 3.5
7 Fixed Prosthetics 4.5
8 Oral Surgery 4.5
9 Medical Emergencies 2
10 Pathological Anatomy II 4.5
11 Pharmacology II 3.5
12 Oral Surgery 4.5
13 Fixed Prosthetics 4
14 Conservative Dentistry 4
15 Surgical disease 2.5
16 Internal Diseases II 2.5
17 ENT+Ocular 2.5
Nr Fourth Year 60 ECTS
1 Conservative Dentistry II 4
2 Oral Surgery II 5
3 Partial Movable Prosthetics 4
4 Periodontology 5
5 Orthodontics I 5
6 Neurology / Psychiatry* 2
7 Infectious Diseases 2
8 Endodontist I 5
9 Orthodontics I 4
10 Oral Surgery II 4
11 Partial Movable Prosthetic 4
12 Periodontology 4
13 Pediatric Dentistry 4
14 Laser in Dentistry/Introduction to Epidemiology 2
15 Implantology 2
16 Gnathology 4
17 Pediatrician  2
Nr Fifth Year 60 ECTS
1 Endodontist II 5
2 Oro-Maxillofacial Surgery 9
3 Dermatology 3
4 Total Movable Prosthetics 9
5 Oral Medicine 4
6 Orthodontics II 8
7 Professional Practice  7

Program of integrated studies of the second cycle in Pharmacy

Our objectives in this integrated study program are to prepare pharmacists with the appropriate training for the local, regional and international market, to improve the quality of the health care sector in Albania, to motivate graduates in the field of pharmaceutical scientific research as well as for increasing the ability to face European and international requirements, standards and best practices. This study program relies on contemporary curricula that carefully integrate theoretical training with practical skills to serve patients in both community and hospital services.

Nr First Year. 60 ETCS
1 Human Anatomy I 5
2 Histology 5
3 General and Inorganic Chemistry 5
4 Physics 5
5 Biology 7
6 Foreign language 3
7 Human Anatomy II 3
8 General Inorganic Chemistry 6
9 Biophysics 4
10 Foreign language 3
11 Latin language 3
12 Academic writing*/Scientific writing in pharmacy 2
13 Biostatistics 5
14 Informatics 4
Nr Second Year. 60 ECTS
1 Organic Chemistry 5
2 Microbiology 6
3 Botany 3
4 Analytical Chemistry 6
5 Physiology with Elements of   Physpathology                                                                               7
6 Introduction to pharmaceuticals / General knowledge on Legislation* 3
7 Organic Chemistry 7
8 Botany 4
9 Physiology with Elements of Physpathology 6
10 Analytical Chemistry 6
11 Physical and Colloidal Chemistry 7
Nr Third Year. 60 ECTS
1 Pharmaceutical Analysis I 7
2 Biochemistry 4 
3 Pharmaceutical Technology and Galenic Preparation I 4
4 Pharmaceutical Chemistry I 3
5 Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy  4
6 Analysis of Medicinal Drugs 4
7 Knowledge of Diseases 4 
8 Biochemistry 5
9 Pharmaceutical Technology and Galenic Preparation I 6 
10 Pharmaceutical Chemistry I 6
11 Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy 5 
12 Analysis of Medicinal Drugs 4
13 Knowledge of Diseases  4
Nr Fourth Year. 60 ECTS
1 Pharmaceutical Technology II 4
2 Galenic Preparation II 5
3 Pharmaceutical Chemistry II 5
4 Pharmaceutical Analysis II 4
5 Toxicological Chemistry 4
6 Pharmacology 5
7 Biopharmacy 3
8 Pharmaceutical Technology II 4
9 Galenic Preparation II 3
10 Pharmaceutical Chemistry II 3
11 Pharmaceutical Analysis II 3
12 Toxicological Chemistry 4
13 Chemistry and Food Science 5
14 Pharmacology 5
15 Biopharmacy 3
Nr Fifth Year. 60 ECTS
1 Technology of Cosmetic Preparations 5
2 Galenic Preparation III 5
3 Pharmaceutical Research Methodology 5
4 Pharmaceutical Legislation and Management 5
5 Ethics and Deontology 5
6 Epidemiology and Environmental Health 5
7 Clinical Pharmacology 7
8 Professional Practice 8
9 Diploma – Formation Exam 15

Bachelor studies program in Nursing

The First Cycle Study Program in Nursing guarantees the achievement of a series of objectives that target the appropriate theoretical and practical training of a nurse to compete decently in the local and foreign labor market as well as to successfully face the demands in increasing European standards and best practices. The study program aims to train nurses with the best knowledge for the practice of the profession, for the further deepening of studies in the scientific and professional nursing master’s programs and the proper training for providing a quality and safe service in hospitals, clinics and health centers public and private.

Nr First Year.   60 ETCS
1 Human Anatomy 6
2 Histology 3
3 Academic Writing* / Scientific Writing in Nursing* 1.5
4 Normal Physiology 3
5 Dietetics 0
6 General and Applied Biology 2
7 Genetics 1
8 Biochemistry and Clinical Biochemistry 3
9 Health Legislation 2
10 Applied Hygiene 1.5
11 General Nursing 5
12 Foreign Language English 2
13 Normal Physiology 1
14 Dietetics 1
15 Clinical Nursing 1.5
16 Biophysics 1
17 Biostatistics 2
18 Informatics 2
19 General and Medical Sociology 2
20 General and Medical Psychology 2
21 Puericulture and Nursing Puericulture 2
22 General and Clinical Microbiology 2.5
Nr Second Year. 60 ETCS
1 Pathological Anatomy – General Pathology 1.5
2 Immunology 0.5 
3 Immunohematology 0.5
4 Pharmacology 3 
5 Surgery 2
6 Nursing Surgery 1.5
7 Internal Diseases 3
8 Nursing Internal Diseases 1.5
9 Pediatrician 3
10 Pediatric Nursing 1.5
11 Practice 12
12 Obstetrics-Gynecology 2
13 Obstetrics-Gynecology Nursing 1
14 Practice 15.5
15 Infectious Diseases 1
16 Infectious Disease Nursing 1
17 Dermatology 0.5
18 Dermatology Nursing 0.5
19 Oncology 0.5
20 Oncology Nursing  0.5
21 Radiology-Physiotherapy 1
22 Radiology-Physiotherapy Nursing  0.5
23 Neurology 2
24 Neurology Nursing  1
25 Psychiatrist 2
26 Nursing Psychiatry 1 
Nr Third Year. 60 ECTS
1 Surgery 2
2 Nursing Surgery 1
3 Internal Diseases 3
4 Nursing Internal Diseases 1.5
5 Ophthalmology 0.5
6 Ophthalmic Nursing 0.5
7 Pediatrician 2
8 Pediatric Nursing 1
9 Obstetrics-Gynecology 1
10 Obstetrics-Gynecology Nursing 1
11 Reproductive Health 1
12 Reproductive Health Nursing 0.5
13 Geriatrics 2
14 Geriatric Nursing 0.5
15 Nursing in Home Conditions 0.5
16 Health Economics and Health Management 1
17 Professional Training 11
18 General and Special Pedagogy 0.5
19 Practice 12.5
20 Anesthesia Reanimation 2.5
21 Nursing Anesthesia Reanimation 1
22 Orthopedics – Traumatology 2.5
23 Orthopedics Traumatology Nursing 1
24 Public Health 3
25 Diploma Topics 7