DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY AND CLINICAL PHARMACY

History of the Department

Since the establishment of the Faculty of Pharmacy in 1974, the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology has existed, located at the Institute of Pharmacology, Clinical Pharmacology, and Toxicology "Pavel Stern" at the Medical Faculty in Sarajevo. The first teacher was academician Prof. Dr. Seid Huković, and the first assistant was Dr. Nedžad Mulabegović. Over time, the subject of Pharmacology and Toxicology was joined to the Department of Medical Subjects in Pharmacy. After the retirement of Prof. Dr. Seid Huković, the department was headed by Prof. Dr. Irfan Zulić until 2003. Following that, the department was led by Prof. Dr. Nedžad Mulabegović. In December 1995, Fahir Bečić was elected to the position of assistant in the subject of Pharmacology and Toxicology. In the 1990s, at the initiative of Prof. Dr. Irfan Zulić, the curriculum introduced the subjects of Pharmacokinetics and Clinical Pharmacy. The first assistant elected for these subjects was Mr. Ph. Selma Hadžić in 1994, and the first elected teacher with the title of Assistant Professor was Doc. Dr. Aida Mehmedagić in 1998. Until the appointment of teachers in the subject of Pharmacokinetics, the Department of Clinical Pharmacy was located at the then-Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the Medical Faculty.

With the move of the Faculty of Pharmacy to the premises of the University of Sarajevo Campus in 2012, the subject of Pharmacology was incorporated into the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, and Prof. Dr. Aida Mehmedagić was elected as the head of the department. Since 2021, the department has been named the Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy.

Teaching and professional staff currently involved in the teaching process

Fahir Bečić Full Professor Google Scholar ORCID CV   |   CV-en	Selma Škrbo Associate Professor| Google Scholar ORCID CV   |   CV-en	Nermina Žiga Smajić Associate Professor Google Scholar ORCID CV   |   CV-en

Belma Pehlivanović Kelle Assistant Professor Google Scholar ORCID CV   |   CV-en	Dina Lagumdžija Senior Teaching and Research Assistant Google Scholar ORCID CV   |   CV-en	Naida Omerović Ćorović Senior Teaching and Research Assistant Google Scholar ORCID CV   |   CV-en

Teaching activities

Teaching activities at the Department are carried out as part of the integrated studies of the first and second cycle through compulsory and elective courses, as well as part of the third cycle -PhD studies in the field of pharmacology and clinical pharmacy. The teachers of the Department also take part in the implementation of the specialist professional education program for Masters of Pharmacy. Compulsory courses at the Department are Pharmacology I, Pharmacology II, Pharmacokinetics, Clinical Pharmacy, Pharmacotherapy and Pharmaceutical Care. At the Department, teaching activities are also conducted in six elective courses that students can choose in the 6^th and 9^th semester of their studies.

Academic and professional activities

Academic activities carried out at the Department  include preclinical studies of experimental pharmacology on animal models of induced diseases, population pharmacokinetic analysis, modelling and simulation of pharmacokinetic data, drug metabolism, pharmacokinetic assessment of certain therapeutic problems, as well as tests of compliance, interactions and adverse drug reactions.