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PHARM 7110
Professional Skills II: Pharmacy Calculations
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This course provides instruction in performing the necessary calculations involved in the practice of pharmacy and the dispensing, manufacturing and preparation of dosage forms. Topics covered include but are not limited to: fundamentals of pharmaceutical calculations (numbers,numerals,exponents,ratios,percentages,proportions and fractions); International System of Units; pharmaceutical measurements; interpretations of medication orders and prescriptions; density,specific gravity and specific volume;patient specific parameters involved in dosing(surface area,weight and age); isotonicity and buffer solutions; milliequivalents,millimoles and milliosmoles;dilution,concentration and alligation;and,reducing and enlarging formulas. The ability to apply principles and formulas to solve pharmaceutically relevant problems related to the above listed topics is an outcome for this course. Students must have an understanding of mathematical principles to include algebra and calculus. Prerequisite:MATH 210 Offered:Winter Semester. Restrictions: AU 51&52
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Faculty:
School of Pharmacy
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Department:
Pharmacy Practice
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