D.Pharm
Diploma of Pharmacy (D.Pharm) is a two-year diploma program in which
students study the methods and process of preparing drugs and how does the dispensing of medicine and drugs
take place. Anyone who aspires to be a pharmacist today, it is mandatory for them to undertake this course
so that they have thorough and in-depth knowledge of the science of the medicine.
It is a two -year course and Students during their coursework
have to perform various practical’s and experiment. The regulatory body for the program is Pharmacy Council
of India (PCI), which is responsible for laying down all norms and regulations for the D.Pharm course.
Course Structure
The duration of the course shall be for 2 academic years with
each academic year spread over a period of not less than one hundred and eighty working days in addition
to 500 hours practical training spread over a period of not less than 3 months.
The various subjects and curriculum activities which will be
covered over the course duration of 2 years is mentioned below:
1st Year
- Pharmaceutics (Theory and Practical)
- Pharmaceutical Chemistry (Theory and Practical)
- Pharmacognosy (Theory and Practical)
- Human Anatomy and Physiology (Theory and Practical)
- Social Pharmacy (Theory and Practical)
2nd Year
- Pharmacology (Theory and Practical)
- Community Pharmacy & Management (Theory and Practical)
- Biochemistry & Clinical Pathology (Theory and Practical)
- Pharmacotherapeutics (Theory and Practical)
- Hospital and Clinical Pharmacy (Theory and Practical)
- Pharmacy Law & Ethics (Theory)
- Environmental Studies & Disaster Management (Theory and Practical)