Course Title:-
Diploma in Pharmacy.
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Duration:-
2 Year (Full Time) (Yearly Pattern).
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Admission Eligibility:-
H.S.C. (Science) with Physics, Chemistry, Biology or Mathematics. |
| Class Size:- 30. |
Course Overview:-
- Have you ever taken a tablet, capsule or syrup? Yes! But who made and dispensed it? The Pharmacist, the most respectable professional globally. As a profession, Pharmacy is a part of health care. Pharmacy has been an ancient profession and it has undergone many changes as it evolved. The research for new medicines and manufacturing remains to be a specialization of highly qualified Pharmacy professionals holding graduate, postgraduate and Doctoral degrees. But to dispense these medicines, in drug stores or hospitals, requires a Pharmacist who has at least Diploma in Pharmacy (D.Pharm.) qualification and is a Registered Pharmacist.
- Thus, D. Pharm. becomes minimum qualification for registration as a Pharmacist in the country. The retail pharmacy (Drug Stores , Medical Shop or community Pharmacy) can only be run legally by person having Diploma or higher qualification in Pharmacy. Pharmacists have specialized knowledge of manufacturing, usage, monitoring adverse effect, incompatibilities of medicines. Pharmacist can be a link between DOCTOR & PATIENT.
- The knowledge and expertise required is gained from the course "Diploma in Pharmacy". It includes 2 years of education and pre-registration training of 500 hours to register with Pharmacy Council as a Registerd Pharmacist. D. Pharm course is oriented to understand good dispensing practice & patient care. Diploma course in Pharmacy help the person for making career in field of Pharmacy.
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Course Contents:-
- History of Pharmacy.
- Manufacture of dosage forms like tablets, capsules, syrups, injections etc.
- Packaging and storage of dosage forms.
- Synthesis and analysis of drugs.
- Drug Treatment: Drug actions, side effects, dosages of drug.
- Establishing Retail Pharmacy and its management.
- Laws and Ethics related to Pharmacy.
- Human body structure, functions & diseases.
- Pathological testing.
- Patient counseling & other patient care services.
- Health Education.
- Hospital/Clinical Pharmacy.
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Special Features Of The Course:-
After completion of D.Pharmacy one can be specialized as
- The Community Pharmacist who would be dispensing medicines & counseling the patient for Drugs and Disease conditions.
- The Hospital Pharmacist performs duty of dispensing, compounding of drugs to Hospitalized Patients & monitoring their treatment.
- The Production Pharmacist who works in manufacturing and Quality control of Dosage forms.
- Medical Representative who works with Parma Industry for marketing the drugs formulation and detailing to physician.
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Carrer Opportunities:-
D. Pharm. candidates have wide variety of career options ranging from Drug store to Pharma industry. Job opportunities for Pharmacists in India as well as globally are increasing rapidly due to more focus now on the patient oriented practice. Pharmacist can practice Pharmacy profession as
- Working as a Drug Store Pharmacist.
- Hospital Pharmacist.
- Assistant Pharmacist in Pharma Production, Quality Control departments.
- Medical Representative (M.R.) for a Pharma company.
- Self-employment opportunities (Entrepreneurship) by opening own Drug Store, Ayurvedic or Cosmetic manufacturing units.
- Lab. Technician in Pharmacy education institute.
Thus, the 'Pharmacist' has versatile role to play in Pharmacy Profession. Initial emolument as Medical Representative is attractive with vast potential to earn more, depending on the type & profile of the Company. In a Drug store/Hospital . employment, the salary could be ranging from Rs 4 to 6 thousand in the beginning & increases with experience & performance. |
Work Environment:-
The environment depends on the type of career chosen. In a Drug Store set ups, the Pharmacist is mainly involved in processing of prescriptions and sale of medicines and other related jobs such as billing, inventory etc . Now with the changing scenario world wide, Pharmacist is also expected to provide patient counselling about diseases/drugs and other patient care services.In a Hospital Pharmacy, the pharmacist dispenses the drugs to admitted patients (In-patients) as well as to the OPD (Out Patient Department) patient.MedicalRepresentative (M.R.) career involves extensive field work in which the M. R. visits Physicians and Drug Stores for giving details about the products of the company.In Pharma industry the job of D. Pharm. is assisting in production, Quality control of medicines. |
Career Progression:-
- The D.Pharm. Candidates have excellent opportunity for career advancement by securing admission for Degree Pharmacy, directly in Second Year B.Pharm.
- The Diploma holder can choose to open his own Retail Pharmacy right after completion of Diploma or after taking relevant experiences for few years. The Drug Store owners can expand their business & can also have wholesale business. Associations and becoming office bearers of such Involvement in various activities of the professional the pharmacists. In marketing career, based on the association can also be professionally rewarding to performance, Diploma Pharmacists can reach higher management posts in the hierarchy.
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