MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Pharmacy Handbook 1996

Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia

Caution Copyright © Monash University 1996
ISBN 1037-0919

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996


GENERAL INFORMATION

CONTENTS

  1. Victorian Pharmacy Students Association
  2. Student counselling
  3. C L Butchers Memorial Library
  4. Sponsorships
  5. Exhibitions and awards
  6. College rules
  7. Examinations

Victorian Pharmacy Students Association

Student activities at the college centre around the Student Representative Council. The SRC performs a leading part in student government and is the point of contact between the corporate body of students and the college administration.

It is responsible for the organisation and development of student activities on the campus which cover sporting, cultural and social activities.

Several student organisations are affiliated with the SRC. Students may obtain further information about these organisations at the SRC office. Students are encouraged to make full use of these facilities.

A student council is essential to a tertiary institution which is seeking the development of its students so that they can, in the future, take leading parts in community affairs as well as in their respective professions.


Student counselling

A counselling service is available to all students requiring advice or to discuss problems arising during the pharmacy course.

Appointments for interviews may be arranged by personal approach to Mr Michael Watson, registrar, or Dr Louis Roller (Department of Pharmacy Practice).

For general guidance and assistance of an administrative nature the college academic and administrative staff are available.


C L Butchers Memorial Library

The C L Butchers Memorial Library comprises about 20,000 volumes, including several historic runs of pharmacy journals and a number of valuable old books. The library has been planned as a special collection for the pharmaceutical sciences and drug technology, and not as a general library. Of its type it is the most important collection in Australia. It has been maintained since 1857 and was originally designed primarily for the use of members of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (Victorian Branch) Ltd.

The College Board has directed that the administration of the library be attached to the dean and director's office. A student representative sits on the library committee.

The library is available for study and reference purposes, from 8.30 am to 5.15 pm from Monday to Friday during semester.

Library rules

1. The library is available for study and reference purposes.

2. Silence is requested in the library at all times.

3. Bags, food and drinks are not permitted in the library.

4. Some overnight loans are permitted, but these must be returned by 9 am on the following morning.

5. Periodicals may not be borrowed by students.

6. 'Library use' slips are to be made out for counter reserve material, which must be returned to the counter after use.

7. Borrowers are responsible for the 'making good' or replacement of library material damaged or lost while in their charge.

8. Smoking is not permitted in the library.

9. Users failing to observe the current rules may be suspended from using the library.


Sponsorships

In addition to the sponsors of subject exhibitions and special awards acknowledged in this handbook, the college would like to record its gratitude in respect of the following major areas of support.

Takeru Higuchi - Nigel Manning Intersearch Program

Intersearch is a PhD program conducted jointly by the college and the University of Kansas. It is supported by corporate and private donations.

Sigma Department of Pharmacy Practice

The Sigma Department of Pharmacy Practice was established in 1982 through the generous support of Sigma Co. Ltd. Funds have been made available to supplement academic and administrative salaries within the department which is responsible for the presentation of the Graduate Diploma in Hospital Pharmacy course and the pharmacy practice content of the Bachelor of Pharmacy course. The department operates within the School of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacy Practice.

David Newnham Memorial Leukaemia Research Fellowship

Friends and relatives of the late Mr David Newnham have established a memorial fund to foster research which impinges on possible contributions to an understanding of the disease leukaemia.

Recipient: 1995 - Barrie C Finnin

Victorian College of Pharmacy Scholarship

The college conducts an ongoing drug research appeal which has been generously supported by many private and organisational donors, both within and outside the profession. The following fellowships are being provided from the Drug Research Appeal Fund and other sources and commemorate the centenary of the Victorian College of Pharmacy.

Recipients: 1995 - Maggie Bassily, Pakialeela Cherubim, Ross De Gori, Shui-Mei Khoo, Lu Liu, Louise McCrossin, Sumith Nawaratne, Matthew Webb

Cyril Tonkin Scholarship

The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (Victorian Branch) has awarded Cyril Tonkin Scholarships to graduate research students.

Recipients: 1995 - Sally Thompson

Australian Postgraduate Awards

Recipients: 1995 - Peter Borg, Joanne Caine, Debra Hancock, Andrew Humberstone, Peter McLean, Timothy Morgan, Adele Norton, Paul White

Australian Postgraduate Award (Industry)

Recipient: 1995 - Louise Bennett

Australian International Development Assistance Bureau

Recipient: 1995 - Nina Diyanti

Australian Research Council

Recipients: 1995 - Silvana Ciccotosto, Giuseppe Tiralongo

Glaxo Australia Scholarship

Recipient: 1995 - Darrin Groves

Victorian Education Foundation

Recipients: 1995 - Wendy Hayes, Lidia Najbar, Justin Ripper, Beata Smalec

Monash Graduate Scholarships

Recipients: 1995 - Donald Angus, Edna Choo, Brendan Duggan, Pascal Hickey, Kathryn Klose, David Kong, Diana Morsch, John Suendermann


Exhibitions and awards

First-year exhibitions

+ Pharmaceutics I (Sigma Company Limited) $500

+ Medicinal chemistry I (Glaxo Australia Pty Ltd) $500

+ Physiology (Salaried Pharmacists' Association) $500

+ Mathematics and computer science (A J Cobcroft Trust Fund) $200

+ Pharmacy practice I (Sigma Company Limited) $500

Second-year exhibitions

+ Pharmaceutics II (Sigma Company Limited) $500

+ Medicinal chemistry II (Victorian College of Pharmacy) $200

+ Pharmacology I - Francis Hardey Faulding Exhibition (F H Faulding and Co Limited) $200

+ Pharmaceutical Microbiology (CSL Limited) $500

Third-year exhibitions

+ Pharmaceutics III - Scott McGibbony Prize (The Pharmacy Guild of Australia) $500

+ Medicinal chemistry III (Victorian College of Pharmacy) $200

+ Pharmacology II (Sigma Company Limited) $500

+ Pharmacy practice III (Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (Victorian Branch)) $500

+ Forensic (The Guild Insurance Co Ltd) $500

+ Pharmacy project (to be advised)

Graduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy

+ Centenary Award (Wellcome Australia Ltd) $250

Master of Pharmacy

+ Computer science (A J Cobcroft Trust Fund) $200

+ Statistics (A J Cobcroft Trust Fund) $200

Special awards

+ Chapter Prize (Chapter of Pharmacy Practice Tutors) $400

+ Pharmacy Exhibition (Pharmaceutical Defence Ltd) $1000

+ Pharmacy Gold Medal (Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (Victorian Branch) Ltd)


College rules

Classes

1. Students are required to familiarise themselves with the timetables and to observe the hours of attendance at lectures, tutorials, practical work, and all examinations.

2. Every student is required to attend at least three-fourths of the lectures and three-fourths of the practical work, in each subject, in order to complete satisfactorily any year of the course.

3. During classes students must confine themselves to their allotted places. Talking and noise during the delivery of lectures are prohibited.

4. Only such experiments and operations as are sanctioned by the lecturer are to be undertaken.

5. Smoking is not permitted in any building.

6. No chemical, drugs, or biological materials may be taken into or out of the laboratory without the permission of the lecturer-in-charge.

Finance

7. All apparatus lent or hired to students must be returned clean and in good order, or paid for.

8. No student shall be allowed to enter on a new semester at the college while fees for the previous semester are unpaid, unless a satisfactory reason is given to the deputy director.

9. Any damage done to the furniture, fittings, books, specimens or apparatus in the college by any student shall be a charge against such student, who shall be held liable for the cost of any repairs or replacements necessary.

Conduct

10. Before leaving the laboratories students must clean and arrange their benches for the benefit of subsequent classes. Apparatus must be put away in its proper place.

11. Suitable footwear must be worn by students on the college premises.

12. When using the library the rules in force at the time must be strictly observed.

13. Food refuse must either be returned to the dining room or placed in a rubbish bin.

14. All used food utensils and food containers must be returned to the dining room immediately after use.

15. One of the functions of the dean and director and the other administrative officers is to protect life and property. Students interfering with such things as lighting, fire hoses, safety apparatus or door locks can create a hazard to life. Fireworks are banned on college premises.

16. As the college campus, like its budget for cleaning and repairs, is small, any forms of campus `rags' or games are not permitted.

17. The college is allowing an increasing amount of expensive research and other equipment to be used by students for teaching purposes. Any careless damage to such equipment will be regarded as a serious breach of college rules.

18. Where students have been guilty of any misconduct or breach of these rules, they may be reprimanded by the dean and director and/or subjected to the provisions of the discipline statute.

Warning

Students are requested to exercise the utmost care with drugs and chemicals, many of which are either inflammable or poisonous. A particularly strong warning is given to students concerning the handling of live microorganisms, and exposure to radiation of any kind. Take no liberties. Where the slightest doubt exists, refer to a member of staff. An outline of the safety procedures adopted by the college is given in the booklet `Safety precautions and emergency procedures' which is issued to students at the start of the course.


Examinations

The Pharmacy I, Pharmacy II and Pharmacy III examinations are conducted respectively at the end of successive years of the course.

Form of examinations

The examinations shall consist of theoretical, practical or oral examinations as may be required by the examiners concerned.

Pharmacy I

The Pharmacy I examination shall consist of examinations in the following:

+ Pharmaceutics I

+ Medicinal chemistry I

+ Mathematics

+ Physiology

+ Pharmacy practice I (including human behaviour)

Pharmacy II

The Pharmacy II examination shall consist of examinations in the following:

+ Pharmaceutics II

+ Medicinal chemistry II

+ Pharmacology I (including biochemistry)

+ Pharmaceutical microbiology

+ Pharmacy practice II

Pharmacy III

The Pharmacy III examination shall consist of examinations in the following:

+ Pharmaceutics III

+ Medicinal chemistry III

+ Pharmacology II

+ Pharmacy practice III (including forensic pharmacy)

+ Pharmacy project

Examination rules

The following examination rules should be read in conjunction with the college's rules for the BPharm degree.

1. Eligibility to undertake examinations will be determined by advice that students have attended at least three-fourths of the lectures and at least three-fourths of the practical work of each subject for which the student is required to sit.

2. Candidates will be permitted to enter the examination room fifteen minutes prior to the commencement of the examination.

3. Candidates may read the examination paper during fifteen minutes prior to the commencement of the examination but may not make use of calculators or begin writing until advised to do so by the supervisor.

4. Candidates may not leave the examination until it has been in progress for half an hour.

5. Candidates arriving more than half an hour after the examination has commenced will not be admitted.

6. In the case of written examinations, candidates will not be allowed to bring in any text books, lecture notes or other written material except where specific instructions have been given by the examiner in charge of the subject.

7. Unprogrammable electronic calculators may be used in examinations; however, no claim for special consideration on the grounds of calculator breakdowns will be accepted.

8. Candidates must not communicate with one another while in the examination room.

9. No examination books or other material which is the property of the Victorian College of Pharmacy is to be removed from the examination room.

10. At the end of an examination all candidates must remain seated until all examination books have been collected.

11. Candidates must not communicate with examiners prior to the publication of results.

12. Where sickness or other circumstances warranting compassion arise, candidates may apply for special consideration. The application which is required to be accompanied by a medical certificate and/or other documentary evidence must be lodged with the faculty registrar preferably prior to but not later than forty-eight hours after the relevant examination.

13. Supplementary examinations will be held when necessary at the discretion of the board of examiners. Individual examiners may prescribe additional examinations, either written, oral, or practical when and as required. Candidates are therefore advised to be available after the completion of the annual examinations and pending publication of the examination results.

14. The college will publish results of examinations, but the college may, in the case of a candidate's failing to observe these examination rules, omit the results of the said candidate and/or exclude the said candidate from further courses of study at the college.

15. Failure to comply with any rule or instruction by the supervisor will be regarded as a breach of discipline and may lead to action being taken under the discipline statute.

16. Any communication regarding examinations must be addressed in the initial instance to the registrar of the college.

17. In these rules `examination' includes supplementary examinations and any additional examinations, whether written, oral or practical, prescribed by an individual examiner or by the board of examiners.


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