COURSE CONTENTS

  1. 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
  2. RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. APPLICATION OF DRUG INFORMATION RETRIEVAL & STORAGE
    • Introduction
    • Advantages of Computerized Literature
    • Retrieval use of Computerized Retrieval
  8. 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.