DIPLOMA IN PHARMACY
Course introduction
This course is based on the job required to perform by a pharmacy assistant at different levels of public and private health institutions in Nepal. The Diploma in pharmacy program extends over three years. This curricular program extends over three years. The first year focuses on core and academic courses. The pharmacy related disciplinary courses are offered in second year. Similarly, the third comprises of some disciplinary courses along with application of learned skills and knowledge. Additionally, within the comprehensive clinical and community field practices-based workplace learning program is offered in third year. Additionally, within the comprehensive clinical and community field practices-based workplace learning program is offered in third year.
Objectives
The course has the following objectives:
- Advise patients about medicines, including how to take them, what reactions may occur and answering patients’ questions;
- Apply standards, guidelines, best practices, and established processes related to safe and effective medication use;
- Provide effective medication services in hospitals as well as in the community settings;
- Read/interpret prescription and ensuring that the medicines prescribed to patients are suitable;
- Demonstrate leadership in managing quality supply of pharmaceuticals and to promote rational use of medicine within the healthcare facilities and in the community pharmacies;
- Engage in production and preparation of medicines and assessments of quality of medicines before they are supplied to patients from pharmaceutical manufacturer; and
- Develop the positive attitudes towards the professional career with greater initiative and self-confidence.
1st Year
English
Nepali
Social studies
Anatomy & Physiology
Physics
Chemistry
Zoology
Botany
Mathematics & Statistics
2nd Year
Pharmaceutics- I
Pharmacology I
Pharmaceutical Chemistry I
Pharmacognosy
Biochemistry & Microbiology
Pharmacotherapeutics I
Pharmaceutical Management
Public Health Pharmacy
3rd Year
Pharmaceutics II
Pharmacology II
Pharmaceutical Chemistry II
Hospital & Clinical Pharmacy
Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence and Community Pharmacy Practice
Pharmacotherapeutics II
Comprehensive Field Practice