Scientific Foundations for the Professional Practice: Mathematics, Chemistry, and Physics

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Fundamentals of Mathematics, Chemistry, and Physics applied to Pharmacy developed and integrated during the First Semester of the First Professional Year are discussed in this course. Topics discussed includes Drug Analysis, Drug Chemical-Physical Properties, Pharmaceutical Calculations, Mathematical Functions, Models and Graphs, among others. Active and participatory learning, as well as progressive integration with professional practice, are foster in order to develop concepts, attitudes and values. Teach ing strategies and methodologies such as: Problem Based Learning (PBL), Exploration, Conceptualization and Application (ECA) and problem posing and lectures are used.