Diploma in Pharmacy (D.Pharm)
The D.Pharm is a foundation course in the pharmacy field for duration of 02 years with 06 months of internship training. This course covers the basic information related to the Pharmacy field. Students who wish to pursue a career in the field of pharmaceutical sciences; this is a suitable entry-level course.
Eligibility
The students who are interested in the pharmaceutical sciences can choose this foundation course after the completion of class 12th/PUC with Science (PCMB)
Professional Skills learnt by the students with range of related subjects taught during two years programme are:
- Safe and accurate processing of prescriptions
- Dispensing and compounding of medicines
- Accurate record keeping as per Drug Act
- Purchasing, Merchandising and Inventory control
- Third party Billing
- Narcotics control
- Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence (laws regulating the profession of pharmacy)
- Regulatory requirements involving testing, screening and clinical trials of drugs
- Computer processing
- Patient provider relationships
Course has its own set of advantages as well as opportunities that provides an edge over other job scopes and roles that a candidate
- Gets a job at drug stores of private or government hospitals.
- Can work in health clinics, NGOs, community health centers by checking the prescriptions, dispensing medicines and give them advice and directions.
- May get entry level jobs in pharmaceutical companies at various divisions like Process Control, Manufacturing and Quality Control.
- Can also work as Medical Representative.
- If have entrepreneurial spirit, you can open your own retail pharmacy outlet, wholesale business or surgical items shop.
- Generally, Initial salary in jobs after completing D.Pharm ranges from 15 to 20 k per month but a lot also depends upon individual merit, interpersonal skills, profile of the employer, job profile and job location.