This document provides an overview of an online pharmacy class for first year pharmacy students globally. It introduces topics like the different fields of pharmacy practice such as hospital, retail, and industrial pharmacy. It defines key pharmacy terms like pharmaceutics, drug, and nomenclature of drugs. The document outlines the scope of pharmacy which includes compounding, dispensing, and patient care services. It also lists opportunities for pharmacists in various settings like the pharmaceutical industry, hospitals, retail pharmacies, academia, and more. The next lecture will cover the history and literature of pharmacy.

1. ONLINE PHARMACY CLASSES
FOR FIRST YEAR
PHARMACY
STUDENTS
ACROSS GLOBE
FACILITATOR: MUHAMMAD SAQUIB QURESHI
(PHARMACIST BY EDUCATION)

2. PHARMACEUTICS-IA
(PHYSICAL PHARMACY) PHARM 310
Chapter # 01 PHARMACY ORIENTATION:
Topics to be covered:
 Introduction and orientation to the Profession of Pharmacy
in relation to Hospital Pharmacy, Retail Pharmacy, Industrial
Pharmacy, Forensic Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical education
and research

3. PHARMACY
The art, practice, or profession of
preparing, preserving, compounding,
and dispensing medical drugs

4. WHAT IS PHARMACEUTICS
Pharmaceutics converts a drug into a
medicine.
Pharmaceutics is concerned with scientific
& technological aspects of the design and
manufacturing of dosage form

5. DRUG
The term drug has been somewhat
hijacked as the common term for a
substance misuse
Drug is Pharmacologically Active
Ingredient OR Medicinal Agent OR
Pharmacological Agent OR Active
Principle OR Active Ingredient OR
Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient

6. Definition of Drug
(As per US-FDA)
A substance intended for use in the diagnosis,
cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of
disease.

7. NOMENCLATURE OF DRUG
CHEMICAL NAME
GENERIC NAME
OFFICIAL NAME
BRAND NAME
The name indicating the chemical structure of
the drug. For Example N-acetyl-p-
aminophenol
A term referring to any drug marketed under
its chemical name without advertising.
The name given to the drug in the
pharmacopoeia
A term referring to any drug marketed under
its chemical name without advertising.

8. SCOPE OF PHARMACY
Compounding Labelling
Dispensing of Drugs & Devices
Patient monitoring and interventions
Interpretation of prescription orders
Provision of information of medications and
devices.

9. PHARMACEUTICS
PHYSICAL PHARMACEUTICS
BIO-PHARMACEUTICS
DOSAGE FORM DESIGN
PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGY
& MANUFACTURING
QUALITY TESTING OF DRUGS
(DISSOLUTION, DRUG RELEASE, STABILITY)
MICROBIOLOGY & STERILIZATION

10. OPPORTUNITY FOR PHARMACIST
PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY
HOSPITAL AND OTHER INSTITUTIONAL
SETTINGS
MANAGED CARE PHARMACY:
COMMUNITY/RETAIL PHARMACY
DRUG INSPECTORS DRUG CONTROLLERS
PHARMACIST AT DRUG TESTING
LABORATORIES
ACADEMIA

11. NEXT LECTURE
HISTORY AND LITERATURE
OF PHARMACY
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