Traineeship

Internship, or internship, is a period of orientation and training, carried out in a public or private work setting to facilitate your entry into the world of work.

The curricular internship consists of a period of training - of a maximum duration of 12 months, for each course of study cycle - carried out in a company, entity or institution, which allows you to complete and supplement your university course:

• has an educational purpose, in that it allows you to deepen, verify and extend the learning received during your course of study
• has an orientation purpose, in that it allows you to enter the world of work, to know internally the business reality and organizational/work dynamics and to assume greater awareness in professional choices
• does not take the form of an employment relationship
• must be included in the curriculum

The Practical-Assessment Internship is a period of orientation and training, carried out in a public or private work setting, to facilitate your entry into the world of work.

In compliance with EU and national regulations, master's degree programs in the class LM-13 have a duration of 5 years and include, also in accordance with Law No. 163 of November 8, 2021, a 6-month practical-assessment traineeship (TPV) at a pharmacy open to the public or in a hospital pharmacy.

The TPV activity must be performed for no more than 36 hours per week, for a total of 900 hours, of which at least 450 hours must be at a pharmacy open to the public and corresponds to 30 CFUs.

The TPV constitutes an integral part of undergraduate training, is conducted through the student's assisted and verified participation in the activities of the host facility, and must include minimum inescapable content of technical-scientific and practical-operational value of the pharmacist's activity, including the following areas: professional ethics; conduct and performance of the pharmaceutical service; administration/dispensing, storage and preparation of medicines; services provided within the SSN; information and health education of the population; entrepreneurial management of the pharmacy and all the services required by current regulations.

• Read how the agreement for the activation of curricular traineeships between companies and the University of Genoa. 
• Use the job guidance services offered by the University.