Foundations of Pharm Sci 1

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This module provides an introduction to medicinal chemistry, pharmaceutics, compounding and pharmaceutical calculations. Medicinal chemistry focuses on the in vitro and in vivo chemical basis of drug action including their physico-chemical properties, structure activity relationships and receptor binding and metabolism. Pharmaceutics focuses on the principles and applications of dosage forms. Mathematical skills to accurately prepare prescriptions, including extemporaneously compounded dosage forms are included.