Pharmacy Practice-III (Computer and its Applications in Pharmacy) PHARM 519: Course Outline (Theory & Practical)

Fundamentals of computers:

• History of data processing
• Types of computers
• Components of a computer
• Computer system and business computer system
• Backing storage devices
• Unit of memory
• Viruses and anti-viruses issues

Research methodologies:

System analysis and design:

• What is a system?
• Steps in system life cycle
• Data gathering and data analysis
• Designing a new system
• Development and implementation of new system
• Documentation

Data processing:

• Data processing
• The data processing cycle
• The collection and computing of data
• Manual collection of data
• The main methods of data input
• Devices used to collect data
• Data verification
• Data validation
• Output and recording of data
• Types of data processing systems
• Types of computer operation
• Batch processing and real-time processing

Application of computers in hospital pharmacy

• Patterns of computer use in hospital pharmacy
• Patient record database management
• Medication order entry
• Drug labels and list
• Intravenous solution and admixture
• Patient medication profiles
• Inventory control
• Management report & statistics

Application of computer in community pharmacy

• Computerizing the prescription dispensing process
• Use of computers for pharmaceutical care in community pharmacy
• Accounting and general ledger system

Application of drug information retrieval & storage

• Introduction
• Advantages of computerized literature
• Retrieval use of computerized retrieval

Data analysis:

• Introduction and implementations of statistical design and test students T-test
• Chi square,
• ANOVA using statistical packages like SPSS
• Med Calc
• Kinetica etc.

Internet and e-mail:

• Internet and Microsoft internet explorer 5
• Addresses
• Links and downloading
• Searching the internet
• E-mail and newsgroups
• Favorites
• Security and customizing explorer

Web page development

• Introduction to front-page
• Creating a first web site
• Basic formatting techniques
• Manipulating tables within front-page
• Front-page
• Picture and multimedia
• Hyper linking
• Bookmarks and image maps
• Introducing front-page―components
• Front-page and frames
• Managing your web
• Good site design
• Publishing and publicizing

Data presentation skills

• MS-Word
• MS-Excel
• MS-Power point

Understanding and application of statistical packages:

• SPSS
• Kinetica
• Med Cal