COURSE RATIONALE
This course encompasses physicochemical
principles of drugs and subject areas which are associated with the steps to
which a pharmaceutical product is subjected towards the end of its development.
The course helps students to understand the fundamental physicochemical
properties of materials useful in the designing of drug delivery systems.
AIM OF THE COURSE
To provide fundamental scientific
principles which are important in the manufacture of pharmaceutical dosage
forms.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
At the end of the
course the student should be able to:
1. Describe
the basic tools required to analyze and interpret data sets in pharmacy,
clinical and laboratory practice, and literature.
2. Undertake
pharmaceutical and clinical calculations
3. Describe
the physical states of matter and relate them to pharmaceutical preparations
4. Describe
the physicochemical properties of drugs in solution
5. Discuss
the theory and laws of thermodynamics and applications in pharmacy
6. Describe
the principles of drug solubility and factors that affect solubility
7. Explain the physicochemical drug interactions and incompatibilities
8. Describe
the key principles of surface chemistry and surface active agents
9. Discuss
the fundamental principles of rheology and applications of pharmaceutical
system
