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| Undergraduate |
(PHA)
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Leader: Ms Suzanne Caliph
Offered:
Parkville First semester 2005 (Day)
Synopsis: Properties of polymers and excipients. Properties of powders. Unit operations. Pharmaceutical calculations.Tablets. Capsules. Hard and soft gelatin capsules, microencapsulation. Physical instability of solid dose forms. Polymorphism. Microbial instability. Formulation strategies. Classification and properties of disperse systems. Electrical stability of dispersions. Steric stabilisation and formulation principles. Aerosol systems. Homogenous aerosols. Heterogenous aerosols, emulsion aerosols. Foams.
Objectives: Students will develop: - An understanding of the theoretical principles outlined in the syllabus in relation to design of solid, dispersion and aerosol doseforms, oral drug delivery, biopharmaceutics, and pharmacokinetics of intravenous and oral drug administrations. - An ability in applying their theoretical knowledge to the formulation of proprietary dosage forms discussed in this syllabus and an understanding of the manufacturing processes involved in the preparation of these dosage forms. - An appreciation of how to apply their theoretical knowledge to give advice on safe and effective usage and care of pharmaceutical products to patients and other health care professionals.
Assessment: At the end of the first semester, a written examination (2.5 hours) will be held to examine learning materials from lectures, practical sessions, tutorials and Web-CT based modules. This examination will be designed to assess whether the general teaching objectives and individual learning outcomes of each topic covered in the unit are met. The written examination will be worth 100% in total and students must score a minimum of 50% to pass the unit.
Contact Hours: 24 hours of lectures, 9 Practicals of 3 hour duration, 4 Web based On-line learning modules of 3 hour duration and 4 tutorials of 1 hour duration It is expected that this unit will require participants to allocate and average of 6 hours per week for 12 weeks (a total of 78 hours per study period) to successfully complete this unit.
Prerequisites: All units of 1st year Bachelor of Pharmacy
Corequisites: There are no special co-requisites for this unit