D. Pharma
Diploma in Pharmacy is a 2-year full-time Diploma course divided into 4 semesters. D. Pharmacy has been designed to prepare candidates to work under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist in hospitals, community pharmacies, and other related pharmaceutical fields.
Typical duties of a Pharmacy Technician: Preparing medication for dispensing and compounding pharmaceuticals, Preparing aseptic products, performing inventory control, purchasing, merchandising, and record-keeping as required under such acts as the Food and Drug Act. D. Pharma Syllabus is designed in such a way that it includes both practical and theory subjects. the course prepares students to assist in narcotics control, third-party billing, drug distribution, pre-packing pharmaceuticals, computer processing, and clerical and other duties as necessary.
Pharma: What is it all About? D. Pharmacy Course is a career-oriented program in the medical field of Pharmacy, designed to familiarize candidates with the basic concepts of pharmaceutical science. The purpose of the program is to prepare students with the necessary skills and academic knowledge for entry-level positions in retail pharmacies as well as pharmaceutical companies. The course essentially provides an overview of the theory, and various principles and practices involved in the science of pharmacy. Components of study within D. Pharmacy Syllabus include pharmacy software practice, accurate and safe processing of prescriptions, compounding techniques, third party billing, inventory control, adherence to relevant legislation, accurate and confidential record-keeping, and effectively verbal and written communication. Such candidates are prepared to work as members of an interdependent health-care team. They are taught industry ethics including those involving patient-provider relationships, clinical research, and end-of-life care. This course examines other ethical topics such as distribution of scarce resources, use of stem cells, the role of genetic testing, and issues of human cloning. Students are taught to reviews drug approval processes, drug discovery, pharmaceutical applications. They learn about the vast regulatory requirements involved in testing, screening, pre-clinical, and clinical trials of drugs.
D. Pharmacy course aims to prepare eligible candidates to:
- Fill orders under a pharmacist’s supervision, enter client information. Identify prescriptions, and process paperwork for orders.
- Understand and apply drug and medical terminology, as well as basic pharmacology.
- Understand drug dosage calculations, commonly used pharmacy computer systems, compounding, and pharmacy practices and procedures.
- Apply the ethics, legislations, and workplace safety regulations applicable to pharmacies.
The program aims to build elementary basic concepts of pharmaceutical science involving:-
- Pharmaceutics,
- Biochemistry,
- Clinical Pathology,
- Pharmacognosy,
- Human Anatomy & Physiology,
- Health Education,
- Community Pharmacy etc. in students.
Library Library has rich collection of books of all the subjects of Pharmacy. All the required magazines are available in the library and facility to have online journals is also available. The collection of library includes reference books pertaining to various disciplines of Pharmaceutical Sciences, back files of Newspapers, previous year’s question-papers and copies of syllabus. The library subscribes to almost all leading newspapers.
Institutional Herbal Garden Institutional herbal garden comprises of more than 100 medicinal plants including herbs, shrubs and trees, cultivated and maintained by the Department.
Computer Lab Computers of latest configuration with facility of Internet are available in Department for imparting the latest technological know how to the students.