The paper explores the role of professional ethics in establishing moral, value-based foundations, and modern pharmacy guidelines. The topic is relevant because compliance with ethical and deontological principles is an essential component of the pharmacy profession that ensures provision of high-quality pharmaceutical care as the primary task. Taking into account the requirements of regulatory documents and professional standards, the objective necessity of including a specialized discipline in 33.02.01 Pharmacy education has been reviewed. This discipline introduces students to the specifics of pharmaceutical ethics and deontology. The experience of developing and implementing the discipline of Ethics and Deontology of a Pharmacist at Yaroslavl State Medical University is described, its purpose and objectives are formulated, the topics of training sessions and approaches to their implementation are shown. The necessity of applying a practice-based approach to teaching the discipline is emphasized in order to train highly moral and socially responsible specialists who are deeply aware of their professional role in society.