Curricular internships are learning activities that allow students to obtain credits contemplated in the course structure diagram of their degree programme, which also allow to acquire practical skills and make initial contact with the world of work.
The information contained on this page may undergo slight changes due to adaptation to the provision of the law of 8th November 2021, n.163 "Disposizioni in materia di titoli universitari abilitanti” and Decreto Interministeriale n. 651 del 5-7-2022 - Laurea Magistrale a ciclo unico abilitante alla professione di Farmacista – Classe LM-13”
N.B. The following information are valid for those students enrolled at the course cod. 5987
What is it?
The practical evaluation internship (TPV) in pharmacy is a compulsory training activity foreseen as part of the single-cycle degree of the LM-13 class, qualifying to practice the profession of pharmacist.
The practical evaluation internship (TPV) allows to access the practical evaluative test (PPV), to carry out and pass before the final graduation exam.
The activity is included in the fifth-year teaching plan and can be carried out by students who have opted to transfer to the qualifying degree as well as by students who directly enroll in the qualifying degree.
Types of internship included in your Degree Programme
The Course provides with:
B3070 TPV Evaluation Internship LM: must be carried out continuously and full-time for a period of not less than 6 months and not more than 12 months, totaling 900 hours, at a pharmacy open to the public
or
B3839 TPV Evaluation Internship LM I.C.30 CFU=15+15CFU: must be carried out continuously and full-time for a period of no less than 450 hours (min. 3 months) at a pharmacy open to the public and for 450 hours (min. 3 months) at a hospital pharmacy. The student may choose to start the internship in a pharmacy open to the public and continue it in a hospital pharmacy and vice versa.
N.B. the student who intends to carry out the internship in a hospital pharmacy must enter B3839 TPV Evaluation Internship LM I.C. in the study plan:
In both cases, the presence in the pharmacy has to be guaranteed during the days when the pharmacy is in service, excluding public holidays.
The internship cannot be carried out in structures in which you have kinship or affinity ties within the second degree with the legal manager, partner or responsible manager.
When to submit your TPV request
You can apply for a curricular internship from the fifth year of the course after having completed all the required prerequisites.
Starting in 2024/25 the following prerequisites will apply to access the internship for all students (including those who enrolled in previous academic years):
To access the evaluation internship (TPV) students must have acquired a minimum of 160 CFUs.
Before starting the internship, students must attend the seminars held every year in January.
Professional seminars in view of the curricular Internship
Opportunities to carry out the internship
The internship cannot be carried out in host organizations whose legal representative, director or business associate has family ties with the student applicant).
How to find the right opportunity for you
Companies and Institutions that concluded an agreement with the University publish their offers on SOL-Internships
You have the possibility to:
apply to an existing offer;
or
consult the database of partnered Companies/Institutions in order to send a self-application.
If you need any help to prepare an effective CV, you can contact the Servizio Orientamento Campus di Rimini
In both cases:
You got in touch with a Company/Institution which is available to welcome you as an intern
Please follow the passages below to activate an internship:
You want to carry out 450 hours of internship abroad
If you are willing to carry out part of the pharmacy internship abroad you can do so for a duration of no less than 3 months and for no less than 450 hours, by participating in the
Erasmus+ Mobility for internship call or, exceptionally and subject to authorization from the Course Council study, through SOL-Internships but without financial contribution (in the latter case you must include in the study plan the B3839 TPV Evaluation Internship LM IC before submitting a request through SOL-Internships).
The internship abroad must be carried out before carrying out the second part of the internship in a pharmacy open to the public in Italy, and can be carried out exclusively in a pharmacy of one of the member states of the European Union.
The student who has carried out part of the internship abroad, upon returning to the campus, will have to complete the missing 450 hours of internship, after submitting a new request for a curricular internship for a duration of no less than 3 months.
What to do during the internship
Before starting
You must always contact the Academic Tutor for an introductory meeting and to define the procedures for carrying out the internship and completing the attendance register.
During the internship
During the meetings, the pharmacy Tutor must interrupt the activities so that the student confers with the Academic Tutor. The internship will resume regularly only after the meeting has taken place with a positive outcome. The Academic Tutor will annotate the meetings and their content in the notes field of the attendance register.
You must fill in your attendance record book with the hours of attendance, according to the authorized period. It is allowed to work no more than 40 hours per week.
You must communicate any variations (ex. suspension, cancellation, etc.) from the approved programme by sending an e-mail to the Internship Office with the Academic Tutor and Tutor at the Host Institution in copy c/c. Should you need to travel to locations not included in the approved programme, you can ask for the extension of the insurance by contacting the Academic Tutor by mail (with the Internship Office and Tutor at the Host Organization in copy c/c) and wait for the authorization.
It is not allowed to modify the activities and objectives of the internship.
During the whole internship period, you are insured against on-work injuries and third-party liability. For further information please consult theInsurance.
What to do at the end of the internship
After completing the internship working hours, please upload in SOL-Internships:
- the attendance record book, duly signed and filled with necessary data;
- fill out the mandatory questionnaire.
After the student has uploaded the attendance register, the Internship Office will check the attendance register, the academic tutor will evaluate the internship and the Internship Commission will verbalize it, without having an interview with the student.
Only subsequently the student will be able to take and pass the PPV on the scheduled dates. The student is required to upload the documentation to the internship application. To find out more about the activities covered by the PPV, consult the TPV program with the verification topics (see ‘Further information’ box).
Safety training
The host pharmacy is responsible by law for health surveillance and safety training but students can still take the courses provided by the University in e-learning mode Module 1 - General Safety and Health training and Module 2 - Specific Safety and Health training (part I) by connecting to the Safety and Learning Service platform for carry out additional face-to-face training courses, if requested by the teaching structure to which they belong.
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