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Course
D.Pharma
D.Pharma. or Diploma in Pharmacy is an undergraduate Diploma Course in the medical field of Pharmacy. Pharmacy is a medical field involved in the preparation, dispensing and appropriate use of medication meant for therapeutic purposes. The course provides the minimum qualification to become a Registered Pharmacist in India. It is also offered as D.Pharm. in various medical instituteswhich is one and the same thing. Pharma.D./Pharm.D is another course which might sound similar but it is not; Pharma.D. is Post Graduate Course. Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) is the regulatory body of Pharmacy education in India and as such only the institutes approved by the PCI under sub-section (1) of Section 12 of the Pharmacy Act, 1948 can offer it. There is no specialisation in D.Pharma. and the course only provides the basic concepts of pharmaceutical science.
Course Curriculum
1st Year
1. Pharmaceutics - I (Theory and Practical) 2. Pharmaceutical Chemistry (Theory and Practical) 3. Pharmacognosy (Theory and Practical) 4. Biochemistry and Clinical Pathology (Theory and Practical) 5. Human Anatomy and Physiology (Theory and Practical) 6. Heath Education and Community Pharmacy (Theory)
2nd Year
1. Pharmaceutics - II (Theory and Practical) 2. Pharmaceutical Chemistry - II (Theory and Practical) 3. Pharmacology and Toxicology (Theory and Practical) 4. Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence (Theory) 5. Drug Store and Business Management (Theory) 6. Hospital and Clinical Pharmacy (Theory and Practical)