The importance of familiarity with commonly prescribed medicines is a recurrent theme. Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaceutical Care concerns the professional aspects of pharmacy in both community and hospital pharmacy. Students develop an understanding of the pharmacist s role as part of the health care team. Formulation, Manufacture and Testing concerns formulation science and the formulation and manufacture of medicines. The principles of good manufacturing practice adopted in the pharmaceutical industry are discussed and the significance of quality assurance procedures outlined.
Physiology concerns the function of the body in health.
Experimental design and the use of statistics is introduced. Pharmacology is the study of the actions of drugs on the cells and organs of the body. In Year 2 they are introduced to the fundamental principles of pharmacology. This is followed towards the end of Year 2 and in Year 3 by a study of the use of drugs in disease. Particular emphasis is given to the mechanisms of drug action at the cellular level.