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FACULTY OF PHARMACY
UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA (UiTM)
COURSE PLAN SEMESTER SEPT 2015 - JAN 2016
COURSE NAME

PHC401

COURSE CODE

PHARMACY PRACTICE 1

CREDIT UNIT

Student learning time

125 hr
Lecture ( DK 200/ 2 hr per week)
- 27 hours lecture,
- 35 hours self learning non F2F lecture,
Tutorial ( 6 rooms/ session)
- 6 hours tutorial,
- 6 hours self learning non F2F tutorial,
Lab (4 labs/ session)
- 12 hours lab ( 4 session ),
- 12 hours self learning non F2F lab,
Mid-term test
- 2.5 hours mid-term,
- 7.5 hours self learning non F2F mid-term
Final exam
- 3 hours final exam,
- 9 hours self learning non F2F final exam

RESOURCE PERSON (RP) :

Lecture

Mr. Ismail Mohd Shah

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2.
3.
4.

Mr. Ismail (IMS)

Pn. Ezlina Usir (EU)
Dr. Nor Amlizan Ramli (NAR)
Dr. Nor Hayati Abu Samah (HAS)

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Tutorial

Practical

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Mr. Ismail (IMS)

Pn. Ezlina Usir (EU)
Dr. Nor Amlizan Ramli (NAR)
Dr. Nor Hayati Abu Samah (HAS)
Prof. Madya Dr. Hamid Fauzi (HF)
Mr. Anwar Nawab Khan (ANK)

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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

Mr. Ismail (IMS)

Pn. Ezlina Usir (EU)
Dr. Nor Hayati Abu Samah (HAS)
Prof. Madya Dr. Hamid Fauzi (HF)
Mr. Anwar Nawab Khan (ANK)
Penolong Pegawai Farmasi (PPF)
Penolong Pegawai Farmasi (PPF)
PG students/ UPTA

Suggestion : to include in 2 PPF as tutor in the lab.

Course Description
This course introduce the students the historical aspects of the pharmacy profession and
its development. It also discussed the role of a pharmacist in hospitals,industries and
community as well as their responsibility as a member of the health team in giving services to
the public and primary health care. It also introduces the student to prescriptions reading
covered to the various pharmaceutical dosage forms (other than parenteral preparations) such
as internal and external liquid preparations,suspension,emulsions,cream,ointment,powder and
capsule preparations and suppository. Students are required to prepare and dispense the
medication through correct method of compounding,correct labeling and pack them properly.
Incompatibilities of ingredient during preparations and flavoring agents are also discussed.
Course Learning Outcomes (CLO)

At the end of the course, the students should be able to:

1. Identify the history,role,responsibility various field of the pharmacy profession.
2.

Discuss the legislation,ethics and acts binding the profession.

3. Translate the prescriptions written in Latin abbreviation.

4. Solve pharmaceutical calculation.
5. Describe various pharmaceutical dosage forms.
6. Prepare pharmaceutical preparations.

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Method of instruction
-

Lectures

Tutorials

Labs

Assessment

Students will be assessed as follows:

Continuous Assessment

Final

- 60%
------100%

Total

20 % ( lab report )
20 % ( mid term test)

Recommended Text
1. Cooper dan Gunn., S.J. Carter , Pendispensan untuk penuntut farmaseutik. Ter, , D.B.P,
1992, ISBN:
2. Deno, R.A., Rowe, T.D. & Brodie, D.C, The profession of Pharmacy, 2nd edition, ,
Lippincott Company, ISBN:
3. Poon, W. O. & Chen, P.C.Y. (editions). , Textbook of community medicine in South-East
, , John Willy & Sons., ISBN:
4. Wertheimer, A. I. & Smith, M.C, Pharmacy practice oe social and behavioral a, ,
University Park Press., ISBN:
5. Stonier, Peter D. , Discovering new medicines: careers in pharmac, , , ISBN:
6. A.J Winfield, R.M.E Richards; Pharmaceutical Practice. 3rd Edition 2004, Churchill
Livingstone, London
7. Diane M. Colett / Michael E.Aulton , Pharmaceutical Practice, , Churchill Livingstone,
ISBN:
8. Rees JA,Smith B,, Introduction to pharmaceutical calculations., n/a, 2005, ISBN: n/a
9. Aulton ME., Pharmaceutics: The Science of Dosage Form Design 2nd ed. Edinburgh:
Churchill Livingstone, 2002
10. Stocklosa MJ, Ansel HC, Pharmaceutical Calculations 12th ed.
11. Ansels Pharmaceutical dosage forms and drug delivery systems 8th edition. Allen,
Popovich, Ansel .Lippincort Williams & wilkins
References
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4.

Malaysians law on poisons and sale of drugs. , , , 2009,

British Pharmacopeia , , , 2010,
The Pharmaceutical Codex, 11th Ed., , The Pharmaceutical Press, London., 1979,
Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 & peraturan- peratu, , , 2009,

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SUGGESTED COURSE PLAN

SEMESTER SEPT 2015 - JAN 2016
week

Date

Lecture Title

Lecturer

History and development of pharmaceutical practice in

Malaysia.
(1 hour)

Roles
(1 hour)

7 11 Sept

and

responsibility

of

pharmacist

in
Mr. IMS

hospitals

communities
industries

14 18 Sept
(16 sept PH)

21 25 Sept
(24,25 raya
Aidil Adha)

28 Sept 2 Okt

Cont - Roles and responsibility of pharmacist. (1 hour) /

Requirement of Poison Act and Dangerous Drug Act in relation

to pharmacy practice. (1 hour)

Introduction to pharmacy practice

Pharmacy calculations (2 hours)

(2 hour)

Rational numbers and systems of units

Numbers and numerals, roman numerals
Mass and weight

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Mr. IMS

Mdm. EU

Dr. NAR

 Concentrations
Amount of strengths, Percentage concentration,
ratio strength, parts per million and other
expressions of concentration (Percentage
calculations: % w/w, % w/v, % v/v, % v/w)
Dilution, concentration and alligation
Simple dilutions, serial dilutions, stock
solutions,dilution of alcohol, acids, dilution and
concentration of solids and semi-solids,
triturations, allegation medial and alternate.
Formula
Reducing and enlarging formulas
Formulae involving parts
Formula containing percentages
Calculations involving small quantities/ liquid
calculations involving dilutions and
concentrations
Density, spesific gravity and spesific volume
Electrolyte solutions: Dose calculation involving
miliequivalents strength,milimol (Calculation of mEq
and mmol)
Calculation of isotonicity
Pharmaceutical measurement
Measurement of volume
Measurement of weight
Ref: 1. Pharmaceutical calculations 12th edition, Howard and Stoklosa.
2. Introduction to Pharmaceutical calculations 2nd ed. Rees, Smith and Smith.
3. Essential math and calculations for pharmacy technicians, Indra & Mansoor
CRC Press

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5 9 Oct
5

Cont - Pharmacy calculations (2 hours)

Dr. NAR

( A,B,C)

Tutorial 1 (2 hours)

List as above.

(D,E,F)

Tutorial 1 (2 hours)

List as above.

12 16 Oct
(14 Oct Awal
Muharam)
6

( A,B,C)
(D,E,F)

Calculation of doses (Childs dose calculations) 1 hr

(D,E,F)

List as above.

Tutorial 2 (2 hours)

Pharmaceutical dosage forms

Internal
solution
preparations.
(Mixture,
Elixir,Linctus Draught, Paediatric drops, Gargle
solution
and
oral
cleansing
agent)
( 2 hour)

Dr. NAR

List as above.

Tutorial 2 (2 hours)

19 23 Oct

( A,B,C)

Cont - Pharmacy calculations (1 hour)

Dr. HAS

Tutorial 3 (2 hours)

List as above.

Tutorial 3 (2 hours)

List as above.

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26 Oct 30 Oct

Pharmaceutical dosage forms

External
solution
preparations.

and
special
(2 hours)

solution

Dr. HAS

8
( A,B,C)

(D, E,F)

Lab session 1 (3 hours)

List as above.

Lab session 1 (3 hours)

List as above.

Pharmaceutical dosage forms

2 - 6 Nov
9

Emulsion preparations
(2 hours)

(A,B,C)

MID TERM TEST

(D,E,F)

MID TERM TEST

Mdm. EU

Planning to conduct mid-term test in 2

different days / the same lab session (
without having quarantine) but different
set of question with same level of
difficulty.??

MID-SEM BREAK 9 15 Nov 2015

Suspension preparations
(2 hours)

16 - 20 Nov
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Pharmaceutical dosage forms

Mdm. EU

(A,B,C)

Lab session 2 (3 hours)

List as above.

(D,E,F)

Lab session 2 (3 hours)

List as above.

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23 27 Nov
11

Semi-solid preparations
(2 hours)

13

Lab session 3 (3 hours)

List as above.

(D,E,F)

Lab session 3 (3 hours)

List as above.

Pharmaceutical dosage forms

Powder and capsule preparations
(2 hours)

Mr. IMS

(A,B,C)

Lab session 4 (3 hours)

List as above.

(D,E,F)

Lab session 4 (3 hours)

List as above.

7 - 11 Dis
(11 Dis
Keputeraan
Selangor)

Pharmaceutical dosage forms

Suppository preparations
(2 hours)

14

Mr. IMS

(A,B,C)

30 Nov - 4 Dis
12

Pharmaceutical dosage forms

14 18 Dis

Flavoring and coloring agents

(1 hour)

Mr.IMS

Mdm. EU

Incompatibility
(1 hour)

15
16-18
19-24

21 27 Dis
28 Dis 19 Jan
2015
20 Jan 28
Feb 2015

REVISION WEEK / CHRISTMAS

FINAL EXAMINATION

1 week
3 weeks

SEMESTER BREAK
(6 weeks)

Tuesday, August 18, 2015