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You see, the field of pharmacy constitutes a significant part of the medical healthcare sector. The Diploma in Pharmacy—commonly referred to as D.Pharm—is a two-year course; however, completing it allows you to gain quick entry into the job market. The syllabus for the first year of this program is structured around five subjects.
The pharmacy field is a very important medical field. Here, pharmacists not only dispense medication to patients but also educate them about the medicines. In the pharmaceutical industry, these same pharmacists manufacture the medicines and conduct research on them.
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The Subjects in the 1st year of D.Pharm are:
- Pharmaceutics
- Pharmaceutical Chemistry
- Pharmacognosy
- Human Anatomy and Physiology
- Social Pharmacy
In pharmaceutical Social Pharmacy, you will be taught how the dose of a drug is made and how the drug is made, which chemical is mixed in it, when and how much, all this will be taught to you.
D.Pharm 1st Year Social Pharmacy Syllabus
Before downloading the notes, please take a look at the Social Pharmacy syllabus to understand what topics are covered.
Chapter 1: Introduction to Social Pharmacy
- Introduction to Social Pharmacy
- Definition and scope
- Social Pharmacy as a discipline
- Scope in improving public health
- Role of pharmacists in public health
- Concept of Health
- WHO definition
- Various dimensions of health
- Determinants of health
- Health indicators
- National Health Policy
- Indian perspective
- Health System in India
- Public health system
- Private health system
- National Health Mission
- Development Goals
- Introduction to Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- FIP Development Goals
Chapter 2: Preventive Healthcare and Role of Pharmacists
- Demography and Family Planning
- Mother and Child Health
- Importance of breastfeeding
- Ill effects of infant milk substitutes
- Ill effects of bottle feeding
- Vaccines and Immunization
- Overview of vaccines
- Types of immunity
- Immunization
- Effect of Environment on Health
- Water pollution
- Importance of safe drinking water
- Waterborne diseases
- Air pollution
- Noise pollution
- Sewage disposal
- Solid waste disposal
- Occupational illnesses
- Environmental pollution due to pharmaceuticals
- Psychosocial Pharmacy
- Drugs of misuse and abuse
- Psychotropics
- Narcotics
- Alcohol
- Tobacco products
- Social impact of these habits on health and productivity
- Suicidal behaviours
Chapter 3: Nutrition and Health
- Basics of Nutrition
- Macronutrients
- Micronutrients
- Importance of:
- Water in diet
- Fibres in diet
- Balanced Diet and Related Concepts
- Balanced diet
- Malnutrition
- Nutrition deficiency diseases
- Ill effects of junk foods
- Calorific values of foods
- Nutritive values of foods
- Food fortification
- Food Safety
- Introduction to food safety
- Adulteration of foods
- Effects of artificial ripening
- Use of pesticides
- Genetically modified foods
- Dietary Supplements and Nutraceuticals
- Dietary supplements
- Nutraceuticals
- Food supplements
- Indications
- Benefits
- Drug-food interactions
Chapter 4: Microbiology, Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases
- Introduction to Microbiology
- Common microorganisms
- Epidemiology
- Introduction to epidemiology
- Applications of epidemiology
- Important terms:
- Epidemic
- Pandemic
- Endemic
- Mode of transmission
- Outbreak
- Quarantine
- Isolation
- Incubation period
- Contact tracing
- Morbidity
- Mortality
- Causative agents, epidemiology, clinical presentations, and role of pharmacists in public education and prevention of the following communicable diseases: Respiratory Infections
- Chickenpox
- Measles
- Rubella
- Mumps
- Influenza
- Avian flu
- H1N1
- SARS
- MERS
- COVID-19
- Diphtheria
- Whooping cough
- Meningococcal meningitis
- Acute respiratory infections
- Tuberculosis
- Ebola
- Poliomyelitis
- Viral hepatitis
- Cholera
- Acute diarrheal diseases
- Typhoid
- Amebiasis
- Worm infestations
- Food poisoning
- Dengue
- Malaria
- Filariasis
- Chikungunya
- Trachoma
- Tetanus
- Leprosy
- STDs
- HIV/AIDS
Chapter 5: National Health Programs in India
- Introduction to health systems
- Ongoing National Health Programs in India
- Objectives of national health programs
- Functioning of national health programs
- Outcomes of national health programs
- Role of pharmacists in these programs
Chapter 6: Pharmacoeconomics
- Introduction to Pharmacoeconomics
- Basic terminologies
- Importance of Pharmacoeconomics
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D.Pharm 1st Year Social Pharmacy Notes PDF
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Books are very important; you should definitely check out the books according to your syllabus. During your pharmacy studies, books from Nirali Prakashan and PV Sindhu are very helpful. You can download the PDFs from the link below.
- Pharmaceutical Social Pharmacy Nirali Prakashan Full Book PDF:- PDF
- Pharmaceutical Social Pharmacy PV Sindhu Full Book PDF:- PDF
- Pharmaceutical Social Pharmacy Thakur Publication Full Book PDF:- PDF
- Pharmaceutical Social Pharmacy The Point Publication Full Book PDF: PDF
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D.Pharm 1st Year Notes
| Subject Name | Notes Link |
|---|---|
| 💊 Pharmaceutics | View Notes |
| 🧪 Pharmaceutical Chemistry | View Notes |
| 🌿 Pharmacognosy | View Notes |
| 🫀 Human Anatomy and Physiology | View Notes |
| 🌍 Social Pharmacy | View Notes |