Colleges of Pharmacy in Southern Brazil Providing Disciplines of Radiopharmaceuticals

Radiopharmacy is an essential and integral part of nuclear medicine. Preparation of reactive substances has to be carried out by competent professionals, who must be able to demonstrate knowledge of all areas of the specialty. Given the responsibilities of the pharmacist, this study aimed at analyzing the curriculum of the college of pharmacy at Universities of the Southern Brazil offering the discipline of radiopharmacy (or similar). The curriculum of pharmacy institutions in Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul states, certified by the Ministry of Education site (e-MEC) was obtained from the website of each institution and evaluated. From the 56 universities found, only five have a specific discipline of radioactivity in the pharmaceutical area in their curriculum. They are Methodist University, Federal University of Pelotas, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, PUC-Paraná and Federal University of Paraná. Only three institutions presented 40 hours of lessons, the minimum required to the registration of the professional by the National Commission of Nuclear Energy.