Target level of study
BAC +2
ECTS
120 credits
Duration
2 years
Training structure
Faculty of Pharmacy
Language(s) of instruction
French
Presentation
The aim of the DEUST training program is to enable qualified pharmacy assistants entering the job market to provide more effective support for the pharmacist in charge, and to become genuine collaborators who can help him or her in the development of their missions.
To achieve this level of qualification, a level 5 diploma such as a DEUST is widely acclaimed by all pharmacy partners, as it provides a real Bac+2 level, while also enabling students to enroll in a professional degree with a hospital, pharmacy or technical focus.
Objectives
The pharmacy technician carries out his or her duties in a dispensary, mutual pharmacy or mine rescue center.
He works under the responsibility and effective control of a Pharmacist.
The aim of the training course is to enable the pharmacy technician to carry out the following tasks:
- Analysis of prescriptions or requests for health, dietary, cosmetic and personal care products.
- Dispensing requested health products and advising patients/clients.
- Inventory management.
- Participation in prevention, information and patient/customer vigilance.
- Public welcome and sales.
- Administrative functions required for drug and equipment reimbursement.
- Participation in the quality assurance process.
- Preparation, packaging, labeling and pricing.
Know-how and skills
- Manage requests for pharmaceutical products and support people in their care.
- Work in a multi-professional team and process information related to pharmaceutical activities.
- Taking preventive action.
- Manage pharmaceutical product flows.
- Positioning yourself as a healthcare professional.
- Act responsibly within a professional organization.
Organization
Knowledge control
Open on a sandwich basis
Contract type | Apprenticeship contract, Professionalization contract |
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2 days on the training site and 3 days on the training ground.
Work-study arrangements
Students alternate between attending their training site and their apprenticeship field over the course of the week (2 days/3 days).
Internships, tutored projects
Internship | Mandatory |
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Program
The DEUST training program will be organized on a work-study basis (apprenticeship or professionalization contract). Most of the teaching will be provided by instructors from the partner CFAs (Greta-CFA Montpellier Littoral, Purple Campus CCI Occitanie, Lycée Maillol Pyrénées-Orientales), on site at the partner establishments. However, some of the teaching may be carried out remotely, synchronously or asynchronously, when teachers from the Faculty of Pharmacy are mobilized.
Pedagogical principles :
- Training of CFA trainers by subject referents identified by name within the Montpellier Faculty of Pharmacy.
- Common teaching based on a co-constructed reference framework based on the skill blocks of the DEUST Preparateur / Technicien en pharmacie RNCP sheet.
- Development of inter-professional teaching (dispensing chemists, doctors of pharmacy, holders of scientific masters degrees, etc.).
- Simulation teaching (bank of "clinical cases" and "counter situations" in a simulation room).
- Professional simulation teaching: co-acquisition of knowledge and skills at the training center and on the apprenticeship site, according to defined themes. Progress is monitored in close collaboration with the apprenticeship supervisor, by assessing the objectives to be achieved, defined jointly by the training organizations and the professionals (methodology and assessment).
- Semester-long evaluation of students through exams at the end of each semester.
Student support can take several forms:
- A minimum of 4 company visits over the two years of the DEUST. The first visit will take place at the beginning of the first year, followed by a follow-up visit in the first and second years.
- Students with disabilities can take advantage of all the resources available at the University and in the training centers (Service Handiversité, disability advisors, etc.).
- Guidance and social support for any student with social problems or questions.
Select a program
DEUST PREPARATEUR-TECHNICIEN EN PHARMACIE - 1st year
UE 1.1 - Chemistry
4 creditsUE 1.2 - Biochemistry & Cell Biology
3.5 creditsUE 1.3 - Physiology of major systems and apparatus
5 creditsUE 1.4 - General pharmacology
3 creditsUE 1.5 - Botany
1.5 creditsUE 1.6 - Management
3 creditsUE 1.7 - Learning semester 1
10 credits
UE 1.8 - Bacteriology and virology: associated pathologies and treatments
4 creditsUE 1.9 - Metabolic biochemistry and nutrition
1.5 creditsUE 1.10 - Pharmacotechnics 1
4 creditsEU 1.11 - Ethics, regulation and legislation governing medicines and other health products
3 creditsUE 1.12 - Natural substances
1.5 creditsUE 1.13 - Treatment of cardiovascular diseases and haemostasis disorders
3 creditsUE 1.14 - Communication, English, office automation
3 creditsEU 1.15 - Learning
10 credits
DEUST PREPARATEUR-TECHNICIEN EN PHARMACIE - 2nd year
EU 2.1 - Other regulated healthcare products
2 creditsUE 2.2 - Pharmacotechnie 2
6 creditsUE 2.3 - Treatment of inflammatory, rheumatological and respiratory diseases
3 creditsUE 2.4 - Treatment of infectious diseases: antibiotic therapy, antivirals and antiparasitics
4 creditsUE 2.5 - Communication, English, office automation
3 creditsUE 2.6 - Apprenticeship
12 credits
UE 2.7 - Treatment of endocrine and digestive system disorders
3 creditsUE 2.8 - Treatment of urological and gynaecological disorders, pregnancy and contraception
2 creditsUE 2.9 - Cancer management
2 creditsUE 2.10 - Treatment of nervous system disorders
3.5 creditsUE 2.11 - Treatment of dermato/allergo/ophthalmic disorders
2.5 creditsUE 2.12 - Public health
1 creditsUE 2.13 - Compendial medical dipsositives
2 creditsUE 2.14 - Toxicology & Addiction
2 creditsUE 2.15 - Labour legislation
2 creditsUE 2.16 - Apprenticeship
10 credits
Admission
Access conditions
Access DEUST 1
- Selection via ParcourSup
The program is open to all new graduates of the ST2S (Health and Social Sciences and Technologies) and STL (Laboratory Sciences and Technologies) general and technological baccalaureates. Graduates from other technological and vocational baccalaureates may also apply, subject to validation of their applications.
Students who have completed a year of L1 and have not validated 60 ECTS credits, and who wish to re-orient themselves, can also apply.
- Selection outside ParcourSup
- reorienting students,
- students from other post-baccalaureate courses,
- candidates undergoing professional retraining.
Applications will be examined by a pedagogical committee chaired by an academic from Montpellier's Pharmaceutical and Biological Sciences UFR. Particular attention will be paid to the academic quality of the application, and in particular to the acquisition of prerequisites that seem essential for the student to be able to follow the DEUST courses as comfortably as possible, and to succeed in their studies. These aspects, as well as the candidate's motivation, will be assessed by means of a placement test and an interview if the candidate's application is selected.
To enter the program, students must have signed an apprenticeship or professionalization contract.
DEUST 2 access
- Students holding the DFGSP2 diploma, on the recommendation of the pedagogical committee chaired by an academic.
- DFGSP3 graduates: direct entry.
To be eligible for training, students must have signed an apprenticeship contract.
Access by VAE
Holders of the Brevet Professionnel de préparateur en pharmacie can obtain the DEUST Préparateur/Technicien en pharmacie diploma by validating their experience (VAE) from September 2024.
Necessary prerequisites
Students must have a sound scientific and/or technological knowledge base. They must be able to work independently, have good interpersonal and adaptability skills, and be able to get involved and commit to the work required. These qualities are the key to success in this training program.
Recommended prerequisites
- Attraction to the healthcare professions
- Empathy
- Sense of teamwork
- Rigor
- Sense of contact
- Curiosity
And then
Further studies
- Licence professionnelle (L3)
- Training for hospital pharmacy assistants