Faculty of Science

Objectives

This introductory course is designed to lay the foundation for a career in the pharmaceutical sciences.

Contents

History of pharmacy, Ethics and the practice of pharmacy, Drug information; Pharmaceutics; Metrology and calculations, Statistics, Phase equilibria, thermodynamics, solutions and phase equilibria, ionic solutions and electrolytic equilibria, Colloidal dispersions, rheology; Pharmaceutical Testing; Analysis of medicinals, biological testing, clinical analysis, separation methods; instrumental methods; dissolution; bioavailability and bioequivalence testing; tonicity, osmolality, osmoticity and osmolarity; stability, quality control and quality assurance;; Industrial Pharmacy: Dosage forms; preformulation; sterilization, plastic packaging materials; solutions, emulsions, suspensions and extracts; parenteral preparations; intravenous preparations; ophthalmic preparations, powders; medicated applications; coating of pharmaceutical dosage forms; sustained-release drug delivery systems; aerosols; Pharmacy Practice; Ambulatory patient care; institutional patient care; long-term care facilities; the pharmacist and public health; the patient-behavioral determinants; communicating with the patient; drug education; patient compliance; the prescription; drug interactions; drug literature; poison control; pharmacoeconomics; compounding and tablet manufacture.

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