Course description:
The course is an introduction to the actual terminology used in pharmaceutical sciences and practice including medicine and practical pharmacy. The linguistic components of the technical terms - mainly from Latin and Greek - are explained and also the different terminology of the Arabic and European pharmacopoeias, as well as details concerning medical prescriptions and all aspects of practical work in pharmacy.
Course Aims:
The course aims at providing the students with important medical terms that would help them understanding all medical, Pharmaceutical and biotechnology.
Course outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
- Recognize the difference between root, prefix and suffix of a pharmaceutical and medical terminology, in order to be able to understand different pharmaceutical terms.
- Identify the different sources of information (e.g. pharmacopeia, textbooks, internet, etc.).
- Identify different pharmacy careers.
- Recognize the different parts and types of prescriptions.
- Specify the different routes of administration.
- Numerate and define different types of dosage forms (oral, rectal, parental and systemic).
- Define different dosage forms used for different routes of administration.