FOUNDATION COURSE ON PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCE AND HEALTHCARE – Group 12

What Will You Learn?

• Course Overview
•  Duration: 6 months (24 weeks)
•  Lecture Hours: 2 hours per week
•  Mode: Online
•  Focus: Safe medication use, understanding common health conditions, prescription importance, and risks of self-medication.
• Course Syllabus Highlights
• Month 1: Basics of medicines, their working mechanisms, prescription reading, and OTC medications.
• Month 2: Managing digestive, respiratory, and cardiovascular health through medications.
• Month 3: Infections and preventive healthcare, including bacterial, viral, and parasitic infections.
• Month 4: Pain management, emergency care, and handling poisoning cases.
• Month 5: Special conditions, including women’s health, reproductive health, and aging-related medications.
• Month 6: Practical pharmacy skills, safe medicine storage, herbal medicines, and debunking medical myths.
• Who Should Take This Course?
• Students aiming for healthcare careers.
• • General public interested in safe medication use.
• • Practicing professionals seeking to enhance their knowledge.
• Upon completion of the course, students will:
• ✅ Gain fundamental knowledge of pharmaceutical sciences
• ✅ Understand the safe use of medicines
• ✅ Learn about common diseases and their treatments
• ✅ Develop awareness about the risks of self-medication
• ✅ Be able to interpret prescriptions and drug labels