Course Code PHAR-107

CourseTitle Calculus/Μαθηµατικά/Υπολογισµοί στη Φαρµακευτική

Credits (ECTS) 3

Department Semester Prerequisites Life & Health Sciences Fall None Type of Course Field Language of Instruction Required Pharmacy Greek/English Level of Course Year of Study Lecturer 1st Cycle 1st year Charis Kalyvas Mode of Delivery Work Placement Co-requisites face-to-face N/A None CourseObjectives:

• Understandingtheconceptsofpharmaceuticalmeasurements,thefunctionofpharmaceuticalbalances,andthetremendousresponsibilityofthepharmaceuticalscientisttoperformpharmaceuticalmeasurementswiththehighestaccuracypossible.

• Realizingtheimportance of precise measurements in pharmaceutical dosage to thequalityoflifeandsurvivalofapatient.

• Measurementandapplicationsofspecificgravityandconcentrationsofsolidsandliquidsincalculatingrelativequantitiesinsolid,semisolidorliquidcomponentsofpharmaceutical prescriptions

• Understandingandapplyingdilutionsasaconceptinformulationandpharmaceuticalanalysis.

• Applicationofalligationmethods. • Performingcalculationsrelatedtothepreparationofisotonicsolutions • Performingcalculationsrelatedtopreparationofcommonpharmaceuticaltypessuchaspo

wders,suspensions,capsulesetc. • Performingcalculationsrelatedtorateandfrequencyofintravenousadministrationofsterile

solutions. LearningOutcomes:

Withthecompletionofthecourse,studentswillbeabletoeasilyperceiveandperformcalculationsrelatedinseveralaspectsofpharmaceutics,suchaspharmaceuticaltechnology,clinicalandpreparationpharmacy,pharmacology,pharmaceuticalchemistryandpharmacokinetics.

Coursecontents: 1. Weightingandothermeasurements 2. Calculationoferrorsinpharmaceuticalmixtures

3. Densityandspecificgravity 4. Pharmaceuticalconcentrationunits 5. Dilutionandconcentrationofpharmaceuticalsolutionsandotherphysicalmixtures 6. Alligationmethodsinpharmaceuticalsciences 7. Isotonicsolutions 8. Biologicalfluidsandelectrolytes 9. Fundamentalconceptsofdosagecalculations 10. Dosagecalculationsbasedonbodysurfacearea(BSA)

TeachingMethods: Lecturesandexercises.

AssessmentMethods:

FinalExam 60% Twomidtermexams 40%

Requiredtextbooks: Authors Title Publisher Year ISBN 1.M.Savva RationalApproachto

Pharmaceutical Calculations VagmaLLC 2006 ISBN0-9786412-

1-3

RecommendedBooks:

Authors

Title

Publisher

Year

ISBN

1. H.C.Ansel PharmaceuticalCalculations

Lippincott Williams

&Wilkin

2013,

14thed

ISBN: 978-

1451120363 2. I.H.Segel BiochemicalCalculation

s JohnWiley andSons

1976,

2ndEd.

ISBN: 978-

3. S.Parsons PharmaceuticalCalculations

Parsons PrintingPre

2013 ISBN: 978-

0578063737

(Alsoavailableasopensourcee-book:http://pharmaceuticalcalculations.org)