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University of the Witwatersrand

Bachelor in Pharmacy

The Bachelor in Pharmacy in Pharmacy is offered by University of the Witwatersrand.

Program Length: 4 YEARS.

Subjects: 25.

Bachelor in Pharmacy offered by the University of the Witwatersrand

Pharmacists are experts on the action and use of drugs, including their chemistry, formulation into medicines, and how they are used to manage diseases.

The profession is dynamic; continually expanding in new directions and offering interdisciplinary professional education and work-based learning opportunities. Over time, the paradigm has shifted from traditional compounding and dispensing of medicines to a more patient-orientated, research-led professional advisory and primary healthcare role.

Pharmacists screen people for early signs of disease, using advanced methods to provide sound pharmaceutical care. They are also specialists in the formulation, manufacture,storage, dispensing, counselling, and controlling of medicines. They provide advice on medications used to treat illnesses and ensure optimal drug therapy.

Clinical pharmacy involves screening patients for chronic diseases and implementing appropriate care and advice to improve patient outcomes. You will learn how to screen for chronic diseases through our Screening and Testing Programme for Pharmacy Students (STEPPS) and in our Clinical Pharmacy programme, which uses state-of-the-art screening equipment.

Pharmaceutical research pharmacists research and develop new, safer, more effective medicines. As a Wits Pharmacy graduate, you will be exposed to cutting-edge global research and distinctive research-led pharmacy education from our Wits Advanced Drug Delivery Platform (WADDP) unit, as well as aseptic concepts in Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Natural Products development.

Curriculum

First year

• Introduction to Medical Sciences I
• Chemistry I
• Physics I
• Pharmaceutical Practice
• Health Systems Sciences I

Second year

• Anatomy for Pharmacy Students
• Physiology and Medical Biochemistry I
• Pharmaceutical Chemistry I
• Pharmaceutics I
• Pharmacy Practice I

Third year

• Pathology
• Medical Microbiology
• Pharmaceutical Chemistry II
• Clinical
• Pharmacy II
• Pharmacy Practice II
• Pharmaceutics II
• Pharmacology I

Fourth year

• Pharmaceutics III
• Pharmaceutical Chemistry III
• Special Undergraduate Research Project
• Clinical
• Pharmacy III
• Pharmacy Practice III
• Pharmacology II