Pharmacist Training Program

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Apr 20,2023

PHARMACIST TRAINING PROGRAM

(Issued under Decision No. 49/QD-ĐHNCT, July 19, 2022, of

Rector of Nam Can Tho University)

Program Name : Pharmacist Training Program

Training level : University

Field of Training : Pharmacy

Code : 7720201

Type of training : Fulltime

1. Description of the training program

1.1. Introduction to the training program

The Pharmacy training program trains university pharmacists who have sufficient knowledge, skills, political qualities, ethics, professional manners, and good health to be able to work effectively in fields related to the pharmaceutical field.

1.2. General information about the training program

Program Name (Vietnamese)	DƯƠC HOC
Program Name (English)	Pharmacy
Training industry code	7720201
Degree schools	Nam Can Tho University
Name of diploma	University pharmacist
Training Level	University
Number of credits required	165
Forms of training	Regular
Duration of training	5 years
Subjects of enrollment	High school graduates
Rating scale	4
Graduation requirements	- Accumulating a sufficient number of modules and the volume of the training program reaches 165 credits; - An overall cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher; - Meet the outcome standards of English and computer proficiency according to the general regulations of the school; - Meet the outcome standards of soft skills and professional skills; - Have a certificate of Defense and Security Education and complete the conditional modules.
Job Placement	- Specialists and technicians working at companies, and enterprises producing and trading pharmaceuticals and products related to the pharmaceutical field. - Staff working at governmental/non-governmental agencies, organizations, and companies in management, testing, research, and technology transfer related to pharmaceuticals. - Employees and assistants working at scientific and technical education and training units related to the pharmaceutical field.
Advanced learning	It is possible to continue studying Specialty 1, Specialty 2, Master, and Doctorates at home and abroad.
Bibliography	Undergraduate training program in Pharmacy Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Thai Nguyen University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Update time	07/2022

1.3. Training objectives

1.3.1. General Objectives

- To train human resources qualified university pharmacists with full health, solid knowledge, and professional capacity to meet the social requirements and needs of learners, in accordance with the process of industrialization and modernization of the country.

- Have moral qualities, the ability to self-study, and self-research to achieve outcome standards of knowledge, skills, and capacity for autonomy and responsibility.

- Train qualified human resources to work at agencies, factories, and companies related to the pharmaceutical sector.

1.3.2. Specific objectives

M1. Understand and apply basic knowledge of Marxism-Leninism, the revolutionary line of the Communist Party of Vietnam, and Ho Chi Minh's thoughts on the cause of caring for and protecting people's health.

M2. Understand and apply basic knowledge of Pharmacy to professional activities (production, testing, drug supply management, and clinical pharmacy work.

M3. Have basic scientific knowledge, basic medicine, and methodology in scientific research.

M4. Have basic professional knowledge in drug preparation, production, quality assurance, testing, and drug supply management, especially in clinical pharmacy work on the consultancy and guidance on the use of drugs, cosmetics, and functional foods.

M5. Mastering and applying legal documents on pharmaceuticals related to the field of specialized activities.

M6. Carry out professional activities in the field of pharmacy.

M7. Ability to self-study, self-research, self-experience, and soft skills for self-development, and creativity in solving practical problems in the field of pharmacy.

M8. Have professional ethics and responsibility for the community.

2. Training period: 5 years

3. Full-course knowledge: 165 credits (excluding Physical Education and Defense - Security Education modules), distributed as follows:

Knowledge Base	Required knowledge	Elective knowledge	Sum
Knowledge Base	Required knowledge	Elective knowledge	Sum
General education	48	00	48
Professional Education	95	22	117
- Industry Base	28	4	32
- Specialized	61	12	73
- Graduate internship	6	0	6
- Graduation thesis/Alternative courses	00	6	6
Total mass	143	22	165

4. Subjects of enrollment

Admission is based on the results of the national high school graduation examination or the academic record of studying at the high school level according to a combination of subjects by discipline and admission throughout the country.

5. Training process, graduation conditions

5.1. Training process

Implement regulations on formal university and college training according to the current credit system and training regulations of Nam Can Tho University.

5.2. Graduation conditions

- Students who complete the training program shall be considered for graduation and recognized for graduation according to article 27 of the training regulations under the credit system.

- Achieve English and Informatics proficiency according to the general regulations of the University (on Informatics from modules 01 to 06 of the skills standard to use information technology according to Circular 03/2014/TT-BTTTT)

- Obtained the Certificate of Defense and Security Education; Physical education; Soft Skills and Professional Skills.

- Assessment of department and module grades shall comply with articles 22 and 23 of the training regulations under the credit system.

- Academic year ranking and graduation ranking shall comply with articles 14 and 28 of the training regulations under the credit system.

6. Program Content

6.1. General education knowledge section

No.	Module code	Name of module/subject	Credit number	Credit distribution		Genre
No.	Module code	Name of module/subject	Credit number	Theory	Practice	Genre
A	Political theory		11
1	0102000889	Philosophy	3	3	0
2	0102000641	Political economy	2	2	0
3	0102000890	Scientific socialism	2	2	0
4	0102000900	Ho Chi Minh Thought	2	2	0
5	0102000869	History of the Communist Party of Vietnam	2	2	0
B	Humanities and Social Sciences		4
6	0102000891	General legislation	2	2	0
7	0102000460	Pharmacy Practice Ethics	2	2	0
C	Foreign language		9
8	0102000861	Basic English 1	3	3	0
9	0102000862	Basic English 2	3	3	0
10	0102000422	English for Pharmacy	3	3	0
D	Mathematics, Informatics, Natural Sciences		24
11	0102001145	Probability - Medical Statistics	3	3	0
12	0102000896	Basic informatics	3	2	1
13	0102000543	Applied Informatics (Pharmacy)	3	2	1
14	0102000902	General Physics	2	2	0
15	0102000960	General Physics - Practice	1	0	1
16	0102000275	Inorganic outline chemistry	2	2	0
17	0102000277	Inorganic General Chemistry - Practice	1	0	1
18	0102000892	General Biology	2	2	0
19	0102000957	General Biology-Practice	1	0	1
20	0102000262	Organic Chemistry 1	2	2	0
21	0102000953	Organic Chemistry 1-Practice	1	0	1
22	0102000264	Organic Chemistry 2	2	2	0
23	0102000954	Organic Chemistry 2-Practice	1	0	1
E	Physical education		3
24	0102000872	Physical Education 1 (*)	1	0	1	Cond.Subjective
25	0102000873	Physical Education 2 (*)	1	0	1	Cond.
26	0102000874	Physical Education 3 (*)	1	0	1
F	Defense Education		8
27	0102000871	Defense and security education (*)	8	5	3

(*) Prerequisite modules, not counting cumulative overall GPA

6.2. Volume of professional education knowledge

No.	Module code	Name of module/subject	Total number of credits	Credit distribution		Genre
No.	Module code	Name of module/subject	Total number of credits	Theory	Practice	Genre
*Industry Base Knowledge Section*			30+2
1	0102000434	Pathology	3	3	0	Obligatory
2	0102000471	Physical chemistry	2	2	0	Obl.
3	0102000939	Physico-Practical Chemistry	1	0	1
4	0102000271	Analytical Chemistry 1	2	2	0
5	0102000950	Analytical Chemistry 1-Practice	1	0	1
6	0102000908	Analytical Chemistry 2	2	2	0
7	0102000951	Analytical Chemistry 2-Practice	1	0	1
8	0102000485	Biochemistry	2	2	0
9	0102000940	Biochemistry-Practice	1	0	1
10	0102000496	Parasites	1	1	0
11	0102000955	Parasitology-Practice	1	0	1
12	0102000524	Methods of Scientific and pharmaceutical research	2	2	0
13	0102000535	Physiology	2	2	0
14	0102000956	Physiology-Practice	1	0	1
15	0102000555	Pharmacological Practice	1	0
16	0102000556	Pharmacological Practice Apothecary	1	0	1
17	0102000564	Medicinal plants	2	2	0
18	0102000565	Medicinal Plants - Practice	1	0	1
19	0102000567	Microbiology	2	2	0
20	0102000942	Microbiology-Practice	1	0	1
21	0102000467	Anatomy	2	2	0	Elective
22	0102000536	Pathophysiology - Immunology	2	2	0
23	0102001702	Radiopharmacological chemistry	2	2	0
24	0102001703	Vaccines and medical bio-products	2	2	0
25	0102001704	Clinical Biochemistry	2	2	0
26	0102001694	Clinical tests	2	2	0
27	0102001695	Use of the drug in the treatment of	2	2	0
*Specialized knowledge section*			69+4
28	0102000429	Apothecary and Biopharmacology 1	2	2	0
29	0102000948	Apothecary and Biopharmacology 1-Practice	1	0	1
30	0102000430	Apothecary and Biopharmacology 2	3	2	1
31	0102000949	Apothecology and Biopharmacology 2-Practice	1	0	1
32	0102000464	Toxicology	2	1	1
33	0102000936	Toxicology-Practice	1	0	1
34	0102000445	Pharmacokinetics	2	2	0
35	0102000446	Traditional pharmacology	2	2	0
36	0102000530	Traditional Pharmacology-Practice	1	0	1
37	0102000448	Clinical Pharmacology 1	2	2	0
38	0102000449	Clinical Pharmacology 2	2	2	0
39	0102000932	Clinical Pharmacology 2-Practice	1	0	1
40	0102000447	Clinical Pharmacology 3	2	2	0
41	0102000931	Clinical Pharmacology 3-Practice	1	0	1
42	0102000452	Medicinal herbs 1	2	2	0
43	0102000933	Medicinal Herbs 1-Practice	1	0	1
44	0102000453	Medicinal herbs 2	3	3	0
45	0102000934	Medicinal Herbs 2-Practice	1	0	1
46	0102000454	Pharmacology 1	2	2	0
47	0102001163	Pharmacology 1- Practice	1	0	1
48	0102000457	Pharmacology 2	3	3	0
49	0102000935	Pharmacology 2-Practice	1	0	1
50	0102000478	Pharmaceutical Chemistry 1	2	2	0
51	0102000937	Medicinal Chemistry 1-Practice	1	0	1
52	0102000479	Medicinal Chemistry 2	4	3	1
53	0102000938	Medicinal Chemistry 2-Practice	1	0	1
54	0102000489	Pharmaceutical Testing 1	2	2	0
55	0102000943	Pharmaceutical Testing 1-Practice	1	0	1
56	0102000490	Pharmaceutical Testing 2	2	2	0
57	0102000944	Pharmaceutical Testing 2-Practice	1	0	1
58	0102000518	Pharmaceutical legislation	3	3	0
59	0102000529	Drug production 1	5	3	2
60	0102001528	Drug Manufacturing 1-Practice	2	0	2
61	0102000530	Production of medicinal drugs 2	2	2	0
62	0102000522	Medicinal research methods	2	2	0
63	0102000946	Medicinal Research Methods-Practice	2	0	2
64	0102001688	Cosmetics and supplements	2	2	0	Elective
65	0102001697	Nutrition in the treatment	2	2	0
66	0102001692	Pharmaceutical packaging	2	2	0
67	0102001696	Drug supply management	2	2	0
68	0102001689	Application of nanotechnology in drug production	2	2	0
69	0102001691	New drug research and development methods	2	2	0
70	0102001693	Nosocomial infections and prophylactic antibiotics	2	2	0
71	0102000441	New therapeutic systems	2	2	0
72	0102000458	Pharmacology sociology	2	2	0
73	0102000492	Pharmacy economics	2	2	0
74	0102000504	Marketing and pharmaceutical market	2	2	0
75	0102000516	Group of GPs (GMP, GLP, GSP, GDP, GPP)	2	2	0
*Graduate Internship*			6
76	0102000527	Practical Graduate 1: Drug Management and Supply	2	0	2	Obligatory
77	0102000532	Graduate Fact 2: Drug Manufacturing	2	0	2
78	0102001527	Fact 3: Testing Center	2	0	2
*Graduation Thesis Course / Alternative Subjects*			6
79	0102000497	Graduation thesis course	6	6	0
80	0102001460	Pharmacy care	2	2	0	Elective
81	0102000463	Drug stability	2	2	0
82	0102000533	Production of drugs from medicinal herbs	2	2	0
83	0102001690	Some instrumental analysis methods applied in drug testing	2	2	0
84	0102001698	Cancer drugs	2	2	0
85	0102001699	Some diseases caused by drugs	2	2	0
86	0102001700	Medicinal extraction techniques	2	2	0
87	0102001701	Personalized use of drugs	2	2	0
88	0102001705	Medicinal Tests	2	2	0

7. Instructional plan (tentative)

7.1 . Study1

TT	Module name	TC Number	Total number of episodes	Number of episodes		Type
TT	Module name	TC Number	Total number of episodes	Theory	Practice	Type
1	Inorganic outline chemistry	2	60	30	30	Obligatory
2	Basic English 1	3	45	45
3	Physical Education 1	1	30		30
4	Marxist-Leninist philosophy	3	45	45
5	Basic informatics	3	60	30	30
6	General Physics	2	30	30
7	General Physics - Practice	1			30
8	Organic Chemistry 1	2	30	30
9	Organic Chemistry 1 - Practice	1	30		30
	Cumulative totals	17

7.2. Semester 2

TT	Module name	TC Number	Total number of episodes	Number of episodes		Type
TT	Module name	TC Number	Total number of episodes	Theory	Practice	Type
1	Organic Chemistry 2	2	30	30		Obl.
2	Organic Chemistry 2 - Practice	1			30
3	Political economy	2	30	30
4	Basic English 2	3	45	45
5	Physical Education 2	1		30		Cond.
6	General Biology	2	30	30
7	General Biology - Practice	1	30		30
8	Probability of medical statistics	2	30	30
9	Defense and security education	8	165	75	90	Cond.
	Cumulative totals	14

7.3. Semester 3

TT	Module name		TC Number	Total number of episodes	Number of episodes		Type
TT	Module name		TC Number	Total number of episodes	Theory	Practice	Type
1	Anatomy	Choose 1 of 2 modules	2	30	30
2	Clinical biochemistry	Choose 1 of 2 modules	2	30	30		Elective
3	Biochemical		2	30	30		Obligatory
4	Biochemistry - Practice		1	30		30
5	Parasites		1	15	15
6	Parasitology - Practice		1	30		30
8	Medicinal plants		2	30	30
9	Medicinal Plants - Practice		1	30		30
10	Microbiology		2	30	30
11	Microbiology - Practice		1	30		30
12	General legislation		2	30	30
13	Scientific socialism		2	30	30
	Cumulative totals		17

7.4. Semester 4

TT	Module name		TC Number	Total number of episodes	Number of episodes		Type
TT	Module name		TC Number	Total number of episodes	Theory	Practice	Type
1	Ho Chi Minh Thought		2	30	30		Obligatory
2	English for Pharmacy		3	45	45
3	Physical chemistry		2	30	30
4	Physical Chemistry - Practice		1	30		30
5	Physiology		2	30	30
6	Physiology - Practice		1	30		30
7	Analytical chemistry 1		2	30	30
8	Analytical Chemistry 1 - Practice		1	30		30
9	Pharmacological practice (medicinal herbs)		1	30		30
10	Pathophysiology of immunology	Choose 1 of 2 modules	2	30	30
11	Vaccines and medical bio-products	Choose 1 of 2 modules	2	30	30
	Cumulative totals		17

7.5. Semester 5

TT	Module name		TC Number	Total number of episodes	Number of episodes		Type
TT	Module name		TC Number	Total number of episodes	Theory	Practice	Type
1	Apothecary and Biopharmacology 1		2	30	30		Obligatory
2	Apothecary and Biopharmacology 1 - Practice		1	30		30
3	Medicinal herbs 1		2	30	30
4	Medicinal Herbs 1 - Practice		1	30		30
5	Pharmaceutical Chemistry 1		2	30	30
6	Medicinal Chemistry 1 - Practice		1	30		30
7	Ethics of pharmacy practice		2	30	30
8	History of the Communist Party of Vietnam		2	30	30
9	Analytical chemistry 2		2	30	30
10	Analytical Chemistry 2 - Practice		1	30		30
11	Pharmacology sociology	Choose 1 of 2 modules	2	30	30		Elective
12	New drug research and development methods	Choose 1 of 2 modules	2	30	30
	Cumulative totals		18

7.6. Semester 6

TT	Module name	TC Number	Total number of episodes	Number of episodes		Type
TT	Module name	TC Number	Total number of episodes	Theory	Practice	Type
1	Apothecary and Biopharmacology 2	2	30	30		Obligatory
2	Apothecary and Biopharmacology 2 - Practice	1	30		30
3	Medicinal herbs 2	2	30	30
4	Medicinal Herbs 2 - Practice	1	30		30
5	Pharmaceutical Chemistry 2	2	30	30
6	Medicinal Chemistry 2 - Practice	1	30		30
7	Toxicology	2	30	30
8	Toxicology - Practice	1	30		30
9	Pharmaceutical legislation	2	30	30
10	Pharmacology 1	2	30	30
11	Pharmacology 1 - Practice	1	30		30
	Cumulative totals	17

7.7. Semester 7

TT	Module name		TC Number	Total number of episodes	Number of episodes		Type
TT	Module name		TC Number	Total number of episodes	Theory	Practice	Type
1	Clinical Pharmacology 1		2	30	30		Obligatory
2	Clinical Pharmacy 1 - Practice		1	30		30
3	Pharmacology 2		3	45	45
4	Pharmacology 2 - Practice		1	30		30
5	Drug production 1		3	45	45
6	Drug Manufacturing 1 - Practice		2	60		60
7	Pharmacy Applied Informatics		3	90	30	60
8	Group of GPs (GSP, GDP, GPP)-Drug storage	Choose 1 of 2 modules	2	30	30		Elective
9	Pharmaceutical packaging	Choose 1 of 2 modules	2	30	30
	Cumulative totals		17

7.8. Semester 8

TT	Module name		TC Number	Total number of episodes	Number of episodes		Type
TT	Module name		TC Number	Total number of episodes	Theory	Practice	Type
1	Pharmacokinetics		2	30	30		Obligatory
2	Traditional pharmacy		2	30	30
3	Clinical Pharmacology 2		2	30	30
4	Clinical Pharmacy 2 - Practice		1	30		30
5	Pharmaceutical Testing 1		2	30	30
6	Pharmaceutical Testing 1 - Practice		1	30		30
7	Drug production 2		2	30	30
8	Pathology		2	30	30
9	Pharmacy economics	Choose 1 of 2 modules	2	30	30		Elective
10	Nutrition in the treatment	Choose 1 of 2 modules	2	30	30
	Cumulative totals		16

7.9. Semester 9

TT	Module name		TC Number	Total number of episodes	Number of episodes		Type
TT	Module name		TC Number	Total number of episodes	Theory	Practice	Type
1	Clinical Pharmacology 3		2	30	30		Obligatory
2	Clinical Pharmacy 3 - Practice		1	30		30
3	Pharmaceutical Testing 2		2	30	30
4	Pharmaceutical Testing 2 - Practice		1	30		30
5	Medicinal research methods		2	30	30
6	Medicinal Research Methods - Practice		2	60		60
7	Marketing and pharmaceutical market	Choose 3 out of 6 subjects	2	30	30		Elective
8	New therapeutic systems		2	30	30
9	Pharmaceutical packaging		2	30	30
10	Drug supply management		2	30	30
11	Medicinal extraction techniques		2	30	30
12	Personalized use of drugs		2	30	30
13	Medicinal Tests		2	30	30
	Cumulative totals		16

7.10. Semester 10

TT	Module name		TC Number	Total number of episodes	Number of episodes		Type
TT	Module name		TC Number	Total number of episodes	Theory	Practice	Type
1	Graduate Internship 1		2	30		30	Obligatory
2	Graduate Internship 2		2	30		30
3	Graduate Internship 3		2	30		30
4	Methods of Scientific and pharmaceutical research		2	30	30
5	Cosmetics and supplements		2	30	30
6	Pharmacy care	Choose a graduation thesis course or 3 alternative modules	2	30	30		Elective
7	Stability		2	30	30
8	Production of drugs from medicinal herbs		2	30	30
9	Some instrumental analysis methods applied in drug testing		2	30	30
10	Cancer drugs		2	30	30
11	Some diseases caused by drugs		2	30	30
12	Graduation thesis course		6	180		180
	Cumulative totals		16

(*) If the student is not eligible to undertake the graduation thesis, alternative modules will be taken.

8. Program Implementation Guide

8.1. For Faculties and Departments

- The Faculty of Professional Management is responsible for reviewing and presiding over the compilation of detailed outlines of modules of basic knowledge of sectors, disciplines, and majors according to the credit volume of this program. Provide lists of textbooks, lectures, and reference materials of all modules to the University Library and store them at the Faculty Office. At the beginning of each semester, coordinate with units of the University to implement the training plan on schedule.

- Assign lecturers with master's degrees or higher (same discipline or related major) to teach theoretical modules, and provide detailed module outlines to lecturers to ensure that they follow the general teaching plan of the University.

- The academic advisor team must thoroughly understand the entire credit-based curriculum to guide students to register for modules.

8.2. For lecturers

- When a lecturer is assigned to teach one or more modules, it is necessary to carefully study the contents of the detailed module outline to prepare lectures and appropriate teaching facilities and supplies.

- Teachers must prepare all lectures, textbooks, and learning materials and provide them to students to prepare before class.

- Organizing seminars, focusing on organizing group study and guiding students to make essays, projects, and lecturers to determine transmission methods; Giving presentations in class, guiding discussions, solving problems in class, in the lab, and the lab, and guiding students in harvest writing.

- Pay attention to developing students' self-study and self-research abilities throughout the teaching process and guide internships and practices.

- Attention should be paid to the logic of imparting and acquiring blocks of knowledge, prescribing prerequisite modules of compulsory modules, and preparing teachers to meet the requirements of teaching elective modules.

8.3. For students

- Consult your academic advisor to select modules to suit your progress. You must study the lesson yourself before going to class to easily absorb the lecture. Adequate class time must be ensured to listen to the lecturer's instructions. Self-discipline in self-study and self-research, at the same time actively participating in group learning, and attending all seminars.

- Proactively and actively exploit resources online and in the school's library to serve self-study, self-research, and graduation projects. Strictly implement regulations on examination, examination, and evaluation.

- Regularly participate in mass and cultural activities to practice communication skills and understanding of society and people.

8.4. Material foundations and equipment for teaching and practice and internship

- Theoretical classroom system with traditional equipment, equipped with teaching support tools (projector).

- Computer labs are installed with software for basic computer training.

- Laboratory for basic modules on physics, general chemistry, organic chemistry, and analytical chemistry with equipment for visual training.

- The pharmacology practice room is equipped with appropriate machines, equipment, and tools.