| Pharmacy | · Dispense OTC medication based on patients’ complaints
· Educate Patients on possible drug interactions, potential side effects and optimal method of administration. · Provide advice on health issues, symptoms and medication. |
| Teaching | Teach students to:
l Apply safety measures associated with Pharmacology laboratory. l Read, interpret and obtain the results in the practical labs. l Handling the laboratory animals. l Delivering the drug doses through various routes. l Isolation of the specific tissues to examine the drug effect on it. l Assessment of the CNS active drugs on the experimental animals. l Determination of LD50 values of drugs. l Dose calculations depending on the body weight. l Pharmacotherapeutic cases. l Toxicology and various Toxicological profiles
Equip students with the practical skills involved in pharmacology which purpose to prepare them for :
l Drug discovery l Preclinical and clinical studies. Educate the student about practical determination of dose-response curve , PA2 values, and drug bioassay. |
