Description

This course aims at offering students the basic skills for formulating and compounding sterile dosage forms including small- and large-volume parenteral preparations, ophthalmic preparations, and solid implants. The student will be provided with the knowledge and skills regarding the properties and utility of the different components of these dosage forms including various types of vehicles and additives used in their preparation and their effect on dosage form stability.

Program

Bachelor of Pharmacy - PharmD (Clinical Pharmacy)

Objectives

• Knowledge and Understanding By the end of the course, the students should be able to: a1. Define sterile dosage forms including small- and large-volume parenteral preparations, TPN, ophthalmic preparations and solid implants. a2. Illustrate the various techniques used in their preparation. a3. Identify the basic factors that control their stability. a4. Illustrate different routes of drug delivery to the eye a5. Enumerate the various vehicles, bases and additives used in their fabrication and stabilization including small- and large-volume parenteral preparations, TPN, ophthalmic preparations and implants. a6. Identify the quality control tests used for evaluation of different sterile dosage forms Intellectual Skills By the end of the course, the students should be able to: b1. Deduce the methods and techniques that could be applied to prepare sterile dosage forms including small- and large-volume parenteral preparations, TPN, ophthalmic preparations and solid implants. b2. Differentiate between the different types sterile dosage forms and the suitability of each type to various dosage forms. b3. Apply laws related to their stabilization and environmental control. Professional and Practical skills By the end of the course, the students should be able to: c1. Handle different sterile dosage forms’ prescriptions. c2. Gain the mathematical skills for necessary pharmaceutical calculations of flow rate, isotonicity and reconstitution for sterile forms preparations. General and Transferable skills By the end of the course, the students should be able to: d1. Gain problem solving skills during formulation. d2. Extend information gained to design pharmaceutical sterile dosage forms. d3. Work in a team to present the required tasks with effective time management skills. d4. Develop effective communication skills.