Arbeitsplan zur Verankerung der Thematik Arzneimittelrückstände in der Umwelt in der Lehre medizinischer und pharmazeutischer Berufe

Publication: Report
Citation: Peifer, Christian et al. 2023: Arbeitsplan zur Verankerung der Thematik Arzneimittelrückstände in der Umwelt in der Lehre medizinischer und pharmazeutischer Berufe. Teilbericht. Dessau-Roßlau: German Environment Agency.

The knowledge surrounding the persistence and negative impacts of pharmaceuticals in the environment is currently poorly understood by many healthcare professionals, or is only present in a rudimentary form in teaching, training and continuing education. Due to their multi-faceted contact with patients, pharmacists and physicians are important multipliers who are able to transfer knowledge through direct contact with patients and customers. An improved knowledge of this topic can empower both pharmacists and physicians, as well as patients, to be more ecologically conscious in their behavior when prescribing, consuming, and disposing of medications.

This report presents a work plan for incorporating the issue of pharmaceuticals in the environment into the education of the medical and pharmaceutical professions in Germany. It first presents an overview of the relevant German structures in the education and training of medical and pharmaceutical professions. In a second step, it provides concrete recommendations for the integration of the topic into teaching (studies and vocational training), continuing education and training as well as for the dissemination of the contents and the educational materials to be developed in the project.

Verbreitung von Informations- und Lehrmaterialien für einen umweltbewussten Umgang mit Humanarzneimitteln

Kampagnenkonzept und -plan

Year 2025

Publication:Video

This animated video visualizes the different methods of disposal throughout Germany.

Entsorgung von Arzneimitteln

Year 2025

Publication:Video

Pharmaceutical substances from creams and gels can enter wastewater when washed off after application. However, this can be reduced by first wiping your hands with a paper towel, disposing of it in the household waste, and only then washing your hands.

Umweltfreundliche Anwendung von Arzneisalben

Year 2025

Publication:Document

Kemper, Melanie 2023: Informationsstrukturkonzept für das Internetportal Humanarzneimittel und Umwelt. Ecologic Institute, Berlin. Unpublished.

Informationsstrukturkonzept für das Internetportal Humanarzneimittel und Umwelt

Year 2023

News

In a project for the German Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt), the Ecologic Institute, in collaboration with the University and University Medical Center of Kiel, developed educational and informational materials on the environmental aspects of pharmaceuticals. All materials can be ordered or downloaded free of charge through the UBA portal "Pharmaceuticals and the Environment," which was also created as part of the project.

Pharmaceuticals and the Environment: New Teaching and Informational Materials Now Available!

22 January 2025

Publication:Document

Slides of a presentation set titled "Environmental Aspects of Human Pharmaceuticals in Medical Practice." Subtitle: "Basic slide set with free materials for medical education."

Pharmaceuticals in the environment are a growing problem. The UBA Internet portal "Human Medicinal Products and the Environment" offers freely available, scientifically proven teaching materials for medical and pharmaceutical lecturers. With the basic set of slides and the accompanying texts, the topic can be taught comprehensively and practically despite tight curricula.

Umweltaspekte von Humanarzneimitteln in der medizinischen und pharmazeutischen Praxis

Basisfoliensatz und Begleittexte mit freien Materialien

Year 2024

Publication:Fact Sheet

Cover page of the information package 'Pharmaceuticals and the Environment' for pharmacies, published by the German Environment Agency. The page includes a message of thanks to pharmacists for their contribution to reducing the entry of pharmaceuticals into the environment. Below, an introduction to the topic highlights the three main sections of the information package.

Pharmacies are an obvious place for conversation about pharmaceuticals and their effects on people and the environment, as well as the disposal of unused products. The information package for pharmacies provides pharmacy staff with in-depth background information for such discussions.

Infopaket für Apotheken – Arzneimittel und Umwelt

Year 2024

Publication:Document

Pharmacies can order this decorative wall calendar free of charge and give it as a promotional gift to their customers. The calendar is designed as a year-independent birthday calendar in DIN A4. Each month, attractive, large photo motifs and short texts focus on a different aspect of pharmaceuticals and the environment.

Geburtstagskalender: Arzneimittel und Umwelt

Year 2024

Publication:Postcard

Bei der Anwendung arzneimittelhaltiger Cremes und Gels kann die ins Abwasser gelangende Arzneistoffmenge dadurch reduziert werden, dass man sich nach dem Auftragen zunächst die Hände mit einem Papiertuch abwischt, das im Hausmüll entsorgt wird, und erst dann die Hände wäscht. Deshalb wurde zu diesem Thema eine deutschsprachige Postkarte in DIN A6 (10 x 15 cm) entwickelt, die der Kundschaft bei Abgabe von arzneimittelhaltigen Cremes und Gels in der Apotheke mitgegeben werden kann.

Der Umwelt zuliebe: Erst Wischen ... dann Waschen!

Year 2024

Language: German
Authorship: Rodrigo Vidaurre

Prof. Dr. Christian Peifer, Clemens Woitaske-Proske, Joelle Marschan (Pharmazeutisches Institut der Christian-Albrechts- Universität Kiel)

Dr. Jennifer Strehse, Prof. Dr. Edmund Maser (Institut für Toxikologie und Pharmakologie, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein)
Funding: German Environment Agency (UBA), Germany
Published by: German Environment Agency (UBA), Germany
Year: 2023
Dimension: 43 pp.
ISSN: 1862-4804
Project: Information and Teaching Materials for an Environmentally Conscious Use of Pharmaceuticals
Project ID: 50064
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Abbildungsverzeichnis

Tabellenverzeichnis

Abkürzungsverzeichnis

Zusammenfassung

Summary

1 Einleitung

2 Bestandsaufnahme Pharmazie

2.1 Pharmaziestudium

2.2 Fort- und Weiterbildungen für Apotheker*innen

2.3 Pharmazeutische Ausbildungsberufe

2.3.1 Pharmazeutisch-technische*r Assistent*in (PTA)

3 Strategie zur Verankerung der Thematik in der Pharmazie

3.1 Universitäre Lehre: Pharmazie

3.1.1 Novellierung der Approbationsordnung für Apotheker (AAppO)

3.1.2 Universitäre Lehre, praxisbegleitender Unterricht und Professur "Nachhaltige Pharmazie"

3.2 Fort- und Weiterbildung: Apothekerkammern

3.3 Ausbildung: Pharmazeutisch-technische*r Assistent*in (PTA)

3.4 Verbreitung von Inhalten und Lehrmaterialien

3.4.1 Bereitstellung der Lehrmaterialien

3.4.2 Deutsche Pharmazeutische Gesellschaft e.V. (DPhG) und Zeitschrift "Pharmakon"

3.4.3 Deutsche Apotheker Zeitung (DAZ)

3.4.4 PTA heute

3.4.5 ABDA-Datenbank

4 Bestandsaufnahme Medizin

4.1 Medizinstudium

4.2 Weiterbildung Facharzt*Fachärztin und Fortbildungen für Ärzte*Ärztinnen

4.3 Medizinische Ausbildungsberufe

5 Strategie zur Verankerung der Thematik in der Medizin

5.1 Universitäre Lehre

5.2 Weiterbildung zum Facharzt*Fachärztin und Fortbildungen für Ärzte*Ärztinnen

5.3 Medizinische Ausbildungsberufe

5.4 Verbreitung von Inhalten und Lehrmaterialien

6 Quellenverzeichnis
Keywords: Communication

Education

Health

Water

human pharmaceuticals, medicine, drugs, doctor, physician, pharmacist, pharmacy, patient, environmental impact, water, groundwater, soil, water, pharmaceutical market, entry, occurrence, storage, disposal, drug approval

Germany

educational material, internet, online, portal, information material, training, information product, information brochure, online platform

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