SCOPE OF PHARMACY
Pharmacy is the health profession that links the health sciences with the chemical sciences, and it is charged with ensuring the safe and effective use of medication. The scope of pharmacy practice includes compounding and dispensing medications, and it also related to more modern services like patient care, including clinical services, reviewing medications for safety and efficacy, and providing drug information.
Well modern pharmacy profession has number of ways to mould the career. They can go for R&D, F&D, Toxicology, Clinical and Preclinical trials and clinical research, Quality control and assurance, IPR, DRA, Biopharmaceutics,kineticstudies,marketing, Teaching professional and also in Information technology (as medical writer etc.).. A person with pharmacy graduate can also go for Drug inspector, Government Analyst which is government jobs. So, lot of fields and vacancies are available for Pharmacy graduates.
Recently, Economic recession is not affected to any pharmaceutical industry. This is because demand of drugs will not suppress ever. Lot of new problems regarding health and sanitation are arising day by day. Lot of work is there for pharmacist to take care of public sector.
B PHARM
The institute offers 4 years of Professional Degree in Pharmacy with an intake of 60 students per year.
OBJECTIVE
The profession of Pharmacy has, in recent times, evolved as a dynamic, versatile rapidly growing, multifaceted, multidisciplinary and increasingly diversified scientific field that provides exciting opportunities of service for the bright and talented new generation.
AIM
The aim of the course is to mould student to suit the varied requirements of
- Pharmaceutical industry- Research & Development, Manufacturing, Quality control
- Quality assurance , Packaging & Marketing
- Academics
- Clinical Research
- Practice settings in Hospital, Community & Clinical Pharmacy
- Drug discovery and development
CORE COMPETENCY
Students must be capable of achieving the following competencies and outcomes by graduation:
- Communicate appropriately and effectively with patients and persons like physicians, paramedical healthcare scientists, researchers, patients etc.
- Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of medicines, human health, and health care, and apply the principles and practice of pharmacy to advance human health and health systems.
- Obtain relevant patient medical, social and family history.
- Critical thinking and problem solving: engage in the comprehensive exploration of issues, ideas, and events to identify, prevent, or solve problems.
- Initiative: be self-directed; seek out new opportunities, ideas, and strategies; take responsibility for implementing plans and ideas.
- Analyse prescriptions for validity and clarity.
- Provide, monitor and modify prescribed treatment to maximise health outcomes.
- Use pharmaceutical calculations to verify the safety of doses and administration rates.
- Apply pharmaceutical principles to the formulation, preparation and packaging of products.
- Procure, store, dispense, supply, distribute and dispose of medicines safely.
- Consult and follow advice of a suitably qualified professional from any risk posed to service users by your own health.
- Professionalism and ethical behaviour: uphold the highest standards of professional and ethical behaviour and act appropriately, thoughtfully, and with integrity always.
ELIGIBILITY FOR ADMISSION
Candidates who has passed 10+2 examinations with aggregate 50 % marks in Physics, Chemistry as compulsory subjects and Biology/ Mathematics.
GOVT. QUOTA
50% seats of the sanctioned intake of students in B Pharm course are set apart for centralized allotment by the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations.
The online application procedure for KEAM 2021 has been started. Apply online through the website https://cee.kerala.gov.in
Please visit the following official website of CEE regularly for information
MANAGEMENT QUOTA
50% of sanctioned intake of students in B Pharm course are filled by the Management on the basis of marks obtained by the candidates in qualifying examinations.
Candidates can submit applications ONLINE
Applications should be complete in all respects
The rank list will be published by the Association in its website www.ksspcma.com and the allotment memo will be issued by the Association based on the rank and options given by the student.
As per the rank list and allotment of Kerala State Self Financing Pharmacy College Management Association (KSSPCMA)
B. PHARM Lateral Entry
Direct admission of Diploma in Pharmacy holders to the second year B.Pharm course is subjected to the ceiling of approved strength of the first year course by the Pharmacy council of India and All India council foe Technical Education. For those admitted directly to the second year, the course of study for B.Pharm course shall be for a minimum period of three academic years.
ELIGIBILITY FOR ADMISSION
A candidate who has passed the Diploma in Pharmacy course from an institution approved by the Pharmacy council of India with a minimum of 50% marks in the final year examinations.
COURSE CONTENT
- Title of course:
Bachelor of Pharmacy – B. Pharm
- Objectives of course
The objective of the course is to mold the student to suit the varied requirements of
Pharmaceutical industry – Research & Development, Manufacturing, Formulation, Quality Control, Quality assurance, Packaging, Marketing.
Practice settings in –Hospital Pharmacy, Clinical Pharmacy and Community Pharmacy.
Academics.
Regulatory affairs.
Clinical Research.
Drug discovery and development
- Medium of instruction:
Medium of instruction and examinations shall be English
- Course Outline
Program/Course credit structure
As per the philosophy of Credit Based
Semester System, certain
quantum of academic work viz.
theory classes, tutorial hours, practical classes, etc. are measured in terms of credits. On satisfactory completion
of the courses, a candidate earns credits. The amount of credit associated with a course
is dependent upon the number
of hours of instruction per week in that course.
Similarly, the credit
associated with any of the other
academic, co/extra-curricular activities is dependent upon the quantum of work
expected to be put in for each of these activities per week.
- Theory and Laboratory courses
- Credit assignment
Courses are broadly classified as Theory and Practical. Theory courses consist of lecture (L) and/or tutorial (T) hours, and Practical (P) courses consist of hours spent in the laboratory. Credits (C) for a course is dependent on the number of hours of instruction per week in that course, and is obtained by using a multiplier of one (1) for lecture and tutorial hours, and a multiplier of half (1/2) for practical (laboratory)hours. Thus, for example, a theory course having three lectures and one tutorial per week throughout the semester carries a credit of 4. Similarly, a practical having four laboratory hours per week throughout semester carries a credit of 2.
- Minimum credit requirements
The minimum credit points required for award of a B. Pharm degree is 210. These credits are divided into Theory courses, Tutorials, Practical, Practice School and Project over the duration of eight semesters. The credits are distributed semester- wise as shown in Table IX. Courses generally progress in sequences, building competencies and their positioning indicates certain academic maturity on the part of the learners. Learners are expected to follow the semester-wise schedule of courses given in the syllabus.
The lateral entry students shall get 52credit points transferred from their D. Pharm program. Such students shall take up additional remedial courses of ‘Communication Skills’ (Theory and Practical) and ‘Computer Applications in Pharmacy’ (Theory and Practical) equivalent to 3 and 4 credit points respectively, a total of 7 credit points to attain 59 credit points, the maximum of I and II semesters.
- Academic work
A regular record of attendance both in Theory and Practical shall be maintained by the teaching staff of respective courses.
- Course of study
The course
of study for B. Pharm shall include
Semester Wise Theory
& Practical as given in Table–I to VIII. The
number of hours
to be devoted to each
theory, tutorial and practical course in any semester shall
not be less than that
shown in Table–I
to VIII.
Table-I: Course of study for semester I
| Course code | Name of the course | No. of hours | Tutorial | Credit points |
| BP101T | Human Anatomy and Physiology I–Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BP102T | Pharmaceutical Analysis I–Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BP103T | Pharmaceutics I–Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BP104T | Pharmaceutical Inorganic Chemistry– Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BP105T | Communication skills–Theory* | 2 | – | 2 |
| BP106RBT BP106RMT | Remedial Biology/ Remedial Mathematics–Theory* | 2 | – | 2 |
| BP107P | Human Anatomy and Physiology– Practical | 4 | – | 2 |
| BP108P | Pharmaceutical Analysis I–Practical | 4 | – | 2 |
| BP109P | Pharmaceutics I–Practical | 4 | – | 2 |
| BP110P | Pharmaceutical Inorganic Chemistry– Practical | 4 | – | 2 |
| BP111P | Communication skills–Practical* | 2 | – | 1 |
| BP112RBP | Remedial Biology–Practical* | 2 | – | 1 |
| Total | 32/34$/36# | 4 | 27/29$/30# |
#Applicable ONLY for the students who have studied Mathematics/ Physics/Chemistry at HSC and Appearing for Remedial Biology (RB) course.
$Applicable ONLY for the students who have studied Physics/ Chemistry/ Botany/ Zoology at HSC and appearing for Remedial Mathematics (RM) course.
*Non-University Examination (NUE)
| Course Code | Name of the course | No. of hours | Tutorial | Credit points |
| BP201T | Human Anatomy and Physiology II–Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BP202T | Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry I–Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BP203T | Biochemistry –Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BP204T | Pathophysiology–Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BP205T | Computer Applications in Pharmacy–Theory* | 3 | – | 3 |
| BP206T | Environmental sciences –Theory* | 3 | – | 3 |
| BP207P | Human Anatomy and Physiology II–Practical | 4 | – | 2 |
| BP208P | Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry I–Practical | 4 | – | 2 |
| BP209P | Biochemistry – Practical | 4 | – | 2 |
| BP210P | Computer Applications in Pharmacy–Practical* | 2 | – | 1 |
| Total | 32 | 4 | 29 |
Non University Examination (NUE)
Table-III: Course of study for semester III
| Course code | Name of the course | No.of hours | Tutorial | Credit points |
| BP301T | Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry II –Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BP302T | Physical Pharmaceutics I –Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BP303T | Pharmaceutical Microbiology–Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BP304T | Pharmaceutical Engineering–Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BP305P | Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry II –Practical | 4 | – | 2 |
| BP306P | Physical Pharmaceutics I –Practical | 4 | – | 2 |
| BP307P | Pharmaceutical Microbiology–Practical | 4 | – | 2 |
| BP308P | Pharmaceutical Engineering–Practical | 4 | – | 2 |
| Total | 28 | 4 | 24 |
| Course code | Name of the course | No. of hours | Tutorial | Credit points |
| BP401T | Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry III–Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BP402T | Medicinal Chemistry I –Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BP403T | Physical Pharmaceutics II–Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BP404T | Pharmacology I–Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BP405T | Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry I–Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BP406P | Medicinal Chemistry I –Practical | 4 | – | 2 |
| BP407P | Physical Pharmaceutics II–Practical | 4 | 2 | |
| BP408P | Pharmacology I–Practical | 4 | – | 2 |
| BP409P | Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry I–Practical | 4 | – | 2 |
| Total | 31 | 5 | 28 |
| Course code | Name of the course | No. of hours | Tutorial | Credit Points |
| BP501T | Medicinal Chemistry II–Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BP502T | Formulative Pharmacy–Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BP503T | Pharmacology II–Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BP504T | Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry II–Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BP505T | Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence –Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BP506P | Formulative Pharmacy–Practical | 4 | – | 2 |
| BP507P | Pharmacology II–Practical | 4 | – | 2 |
| BP508P | Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry II –Practical | 4 | – | 2 |
| Total | 27 | 5 | 26 |
| 6 |
Table-VI: Course of study for semester VI
| Course code | Name of the course | No. of hours | Tutorial | Credit Points |
| BP601T | Medicinal Chemistry III–Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BP602T | Pharmacology III–Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BP603T | Herbal Drug Technology –Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BP604T | Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics–Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BP605T | Pharmaceutical Biotechnology–Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BP606T | Quality Assurance –Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BP607P | Medicinal chemistry III–Practical | 4 | – | 2 |
| BP608P | Pharmacology III–Practical | 4 | – | 2 |
| BP609P | Herbal Drug Technology –Practical | 4 | – | 2 |
| Total | 30 | 6 | 30 |
| Course code | Name of the course | No. of hours | Tutorial | Credit Points |
| BP701T | Instrumental Methods of Analysis –Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BP702T | Industrial Pharmacy –Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BP703T | Pharmacy Practice–Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BP704T | Novel Drug Delivery System–Theory | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BP705P | Instrumental Methods of Analysis –Practical | 4 | – | 2 |
| BP706PS | Practice School* | 12 | – | 6 |
| Total | 28 | 5 | 24 |
| Course code | Name of the course | No.of hours | Tutorial | Credit Points |
| BP801T | Biostatistics and Research Methodology | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BP802T | Social and Preventive Pharmacy | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BP803ET | Pharmaceutical Marketing | 3+3=6 | 1+1=2 | 4+4=8 |
| BP804ET | Pharmaceutical Regulatory Science | |||
| BP805ET | Pharmacovigilance | |||
| BP806ET | Quality Control and Standardizations of Herbals | |||
| BP807ET | Computer Aided Drug Design | |||
| BP808ET | Cell and Molecular Biology | |||
| BP809ET | Cosmetic Science | |||
| BP810ET | Experimental Pharmacology | |||
| BP811ET | Advanced Instrumentation Techniques | |||
| BP812PW | Project Work | 12 | – | 6 |
| Total | 24 | 4 | 22 |
Table-IX: Semester wise credits distribution
| Semester | Credit Points |
| I | 27/29$/30# |
| II | 29 |
| III | 24 |
| IV | 28 |
| V | 26 |
| VI | 30 |
| VII | 24 |
| VIII | 22 |
| Extracurricular/Co-curricular activities | 01* |
| Total credit points for the program | 211/213$/214# |
* The credit points assigned for extracurricular and or co-curricular activities shall be given by the Principals of the colleges and the same shall be submitted to the University. The criteria to acquire this credit point shall be defined by the colleges from time to time.
$Applicable ONLY for the students studied Physics/ Chemistry/ Botany/ Zoology at HSC and appearing for Remedial Mathematics course.
#Applicable ONLY for the students studied Mathematics/ Physics/ Chemistry at HSC and appearing for Remedial Biology course.
2.4.4..Examinations/Assessments
The scheme for internal assessment and end semester examinations is given in Table–X.
- End semester examinations
The End Semester Examinations for each theory and practical course through semesters I To VIII shall be conducted by the university except for the subjects with asterix symbol (*)in table I and II for which examinations shall be conducted by the subject experts at college level and the marks/grades shall be submitted to the university.