Module Details

Module Code: MANU C2101
Module Title: Formulation and Compounding 2
Title: Formulation and Compounding 2
Module Level:: 6
Credits:: 5
Module Coordinator: Paula Rankin
Module Author:: Brian ORourke (Science Staff)
Domains:  
Module Description: To give the student an insight into the requirements of formulation and compounding in the modern pharmacy.
 
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
# Learning Outcome Description
LO1 Discuss the procedures in drug production from synthesis to finished product manufacture.
LO2 Develop and test a range of products containing pharmaceutical actives.
LO3 Evaluate and discuss processes involved in drug manufacture and basic quality assurance
Dependencies
Module Recommendations

This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is recommended before enrolment in this module.
No recommendations listed
Co-requisite Modules
No Co-requisite modules listed
Additional Requisite Information
No Co Requisites listed
 
Indicative Content
Oral dosage route
Comminution, mixing, compression, granulation
Insulins
Formulation, storage and labelling
Sterile dosage forms
Formulation, manufacture and quality control. Clean rooms.
Clinical trials
Clinical trials. Blind and double-blind trials, placebo effect
Pulmonary medications
Formulation and manufacture
Oral liquids
Composition, manufacture, stability evaluation
Stability & shelf-life
Aims, product specification, assay
Modified drug release
Coatings and films, matrices and ion-exchangers
Quality control
Evaluation of tablets, capsules, suppositories
Other dosage forms
Ophthalmic preparations. Enemas
Practical
Practicals will allow students to develop the required technical competencies, attitudes and behaviours as well as problem-solving abilities and group skills promote deep learning via investigation of a problem, application of prior knowledge and analysis of results thus generating new knowledge.
Module Content & Assessment
Assessment Breakdown%
Continuous Assessment10.00%
Practical40.00%
End of Module Formal Examination50.00%

Assessments

Full Time

Continuous Assessment
Assessment Type Other % of Total Mark 10
Timing n/a Learning Outcomes 1,2
Non-marked No
Assessment Description
MCQ, assignments and practical work
No Project
Practical
Assessment Type Practical/Skills Evaluation % of Total Mark 40
Timing n/a Learning Outcomes 1,2
Non-marked No
Assessment Description
Continuous assessment will take the form of practical reports, and specific assignments
End of Module Formal Examination
Assessment Type Formal Exam % of Total Mark 50
Timing End-of-Semester Learning Outcomes 1,3
Non-marked No
Assessment Description
2 hour exam
Reassessment Requirement
Exam Board
It is at the discretion of the Examination Board as to what the qualifying criteria are.

SETU Carlow Campus reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment

 

Module Workload

Workload: Full Time
Workload Type Workload Category Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact Lecture 12 Weeks per Stage 2.00 24
Laboratory Contact Practical class 12 Weeks per Stage 2.00 24
Estimated Learner Hours Non Contact Independent learning 15 Weeks per Stage 5.13 77
Total Weekly Contact Hours 4.00
 
Module Resources
Recommended Book Resources
  • Aulton, M. (2021), Pharmaceutics: The Science of Dosage Form Design, 6th. Churchill Livingstone.
  • Popovich, N and Allen,L. (2017), Ansel's Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms and Drug Delivery Systems, 11th. Williams & Wilkins.
  • Gennaro. (2020), Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy, 23rd. Williams & Wilkins.
  • (2021), British Pharmacopoeia, The Stationery Office.
  • Budavarl , S (Editor). The Merck Index: An Encyclopaedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals.
  • Sweetman, S (Editor). (2020), Martindale: the Complete Drug Reference, 33rd Edition, 40th.
  • Hardman, JG, and Limbird, L. (2013), Goodman & Gilmans the Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics (McGraw-Hill International Editions).
This module does not have any article/paper resources
This module does not have any other resources
Discussion Note: