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DIPLOMA IN PHARMACY (D.PHARM) |
45000/- per year |
Disha Group Of Institutions Offers D.Pharmacy Course is a career-oriented program in the medical field of Pharmacy, designed to familiarize candidates with the basic concepts of pharmaceutical science. The purpose of the program is to prepare students with the necessary skills and academic knowledge for entry-level positions in retail pharmacies as well as pharmaceutical companies. The course essentially provides an overview of the theory, and various principles and practices involved in the science of pharmacy.
Components of study within D. Pharmacy Syllabus include pharmacy software practice, accurate and safe processing of prescriptions, compounding techniques, third party billing, inventory control, adherence to relevant legislation, accurate and confidential record-keeping, and effectively verbal and written communication.
Such candidates are prepared to work as members of an interdependent health-care team. They are taught industry ethics including those involving patient-provider relationships, clinical research, and end-of-life care. This course examines other ethical topics such as distribution of scarce resources, use of stem cells, the role of genetic testing, and issues of human cloning. Students are taught to reviews drug approval processes, drug discovery, pharmaceutical applications. They learn about the vast regulatory requirements involved in testing, screening, pre-clinical, and clinical trials of drugs.
D.Pharmacy course aims to prepare eligible candidates to:
The program aims to build elementary basic concepts of pharmaceutical science involving Pharmaceutics, Biochemistry and Clinical Pathology, Pharmacognosy, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Health Education, Community Pharmacy, etc. in students.
A year - wise breakup of the course’s syllabus is given below:
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Year II |
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Pharmaceutics I |
Pharmaceutics II |
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Pharmaceutical chemistry I |
Pharmaceutical chemistry II |
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Pharmacognosy |
Pharmacology toxicology |
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Biochemistry clinical pathology |
Pharmaceutical jurisprudence |
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Human anatomy physiology |
Drug store business management |
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Health education community pharmacy |
Hospital clinical pharmacy |
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Year I |
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Topic |
Description |
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Pharmaceutics I |
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Pharmaceutical chemistry I |
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Pharmacognosy |
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Biochemistry clinical pathology |
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Human anatomy physiology |
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Health education community pharmacy |
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Year II |
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Topic |
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Pharmaceutics II |
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Pharmaceutical chemistry II |
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Pharmacology and Toxicology |
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Pharmaceutical jurisprudence |
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Drug store business management |
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Hospital clinical pharmacy |
Certificate Holders of D. Pharmacy may start practicing as pharmacists in India. They may also work at drug stores in government hospitals, clinics, private hospitals, community health centres, or private drug stores. Across various kinds of work setups, they usually check prescriptions (made by the doctor), provide patients advice and directions, dispense drugs to patients, keep stock of drugs in storage, maintain accounts and inventory.
Other than working for hospitals or private drug stores, such professionals may even start their own private drug stores, with access to decent financial resources and entrepreneurship skills.
In pharmaceutical companies, they work at divisions like process control, manufacturing, quality control, and marketing. While in the marketing sector, they may work for firms involved in pharmaceutical products marketing. They may also work as:
Some of the popular professional avenues open to such professionals are listed below along with their corresponding job description and salary offered for each post:
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Job Position |
Job Description |
Average Annual Salary in INR |
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Pharmacist |
Pharmacists prepare medications by reviewing and interpreting physicians’ orders, and detecting therapeutic incompatibilities. They dispense medications by packaging, compounding, and labelling pharmaceuticals. They control medications by monitoring drug therapies, and advising interventions. |
INR 1,99,000 |
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Scientific Officer |
Chief Scientific Officers oversee the scientific functions of a company including basic and applied research projects, and the development of new processes, technologies or products. |
INR 6,47,000 |
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Production Executive |
Production Executives are responsible for determining the best and most efficient uses of the available resources, including equipment and labour, to meet production goals. They set budgets, determine equipment and supplies required, assign job duties, and build production schedules. |
INR 3,42,000 |
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Medical Transcriptionist |
Medical Transcriptionists use transcribing machines with headsets and foot pedals to listen to recordings by physicians and other healthcare professionals dictating a variety of medical reports that are chart reviews, emergency room visits, operations, diagnostic imaging studies, and final summaries. |
INR 2,42,000 |