Diploma in Pharmacy (D.Pharm)
The Institution is approved by the Drug Control Board of Karnataka and recognized by the Government of Karnataka. It is also approved by the Pharmacy Council of India, New Delhi.

Duration of the Course:
The duration of the course shall be for Two Academic years, with each academic year spread over a period of not less than one hundred and eighty working days in addition to Five Hundred hours Practical Training spread over a period of not less than Three months.

Subjects:

Part – I

  1. Pharmaceutics
  2. Pharmaceutical Chemistry
  3. Pharmacognosy
  4. Human Anatomy & Physiology
  5. Social Pharmacy

Part - II

  1. Pharmacology
  2. Community Pharmacy & Management
  3. Biochemistry and Clinical Pathology
  4. Pharmacotherapeutics
  5. Hospital and Clinical Pharmacy
  6. Pharmacy Law and Ethics

RECOGNITION
The Oxford College of Pharmacy is Recognized by the Govt. of Karnataka, Approved by Drug Control Board of Karnataka, P.C.I, New Delhi.

Pharmacy curriculum at the Diploma level in India offers a battery of subject expanded over a period of 2 years. Equal emphasis is given to subjects in Basic Sciences, Medical Sciences, Traditional and Advanced professional subjects and various ancillary subjects like Pharmaceutical Management and Marketing Procedures.

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT

Award of sessional marks and maintenance of records-

(1) A regular record of both theory and practical class work and examinations held in an institutionimparting training for diploma in Pharmacy Part-I and diploma in Pharmacy Part-II courses,shall be maintained for each student in the institution and 20 marks for each theory and 20 marks foreach practical subject shall be allotted as sessional marks.

(2) There shall be two or more periodic sessional (internal assessment) examinations during each academic year.

The highest aggregate of any two performances shall form the basis of calculating sessional marks.

The sessional marks in practicalsshall be allotted on the following basis:-

(i) Actual performance in the sessional / spacing examination = 10 marks.

(ii) Day to day assessment in the practical class/spacing work =10 marks.

Eligibility for promotion to Diploma in Pharmacy II Year

All candidates who have appeared for all the subjects and passed the Diploma in Pharmacy Part -I examination areeligible for promotion to the Diploma in Pharmacy Part-II class. However failure in more than two subjects shalldebar him/her from promotion to Diploma in Pharmacy Part II class.
All candidates who have appeared for all the subject and passed the Diploma in Pharmacy I year are eligible for promotion to II year. However, failure in more than two subjects shall debar him/her from promotion to the Diploma in Pharmacy II year classes who have passed in Diploma in Pharmacy with minimum aggrigate of 60% marks.

Minimum marks for passing the examination –

A student shall not be declared to have passed Diploma in Pharmacy examination unless he/she secures at least 40% marks in each of the subjects separately in the theoryas well as the practical examinations, including sessional marks. The candidates securing 60% marks or abovein aggregate in all subjects shall be declared to have passed in first class. The candidates securing 75%marks or above in any subject or subjects shall be declared to have passed with distinction in that subject or thosesubjects. The grant of first class and distinction shall be subject to the condition that the candidate shall pass all thesubjects in a single attempt.

Period and other conditions for practical training-

  1. After having appeared in Part-II examination for the Diploma in Pharmacy held by an approvedExamining Authority a candidate shall be eligible to undergo practical training in one or more of thefollowing institutions namely:
    • Hospitals/Dispensaries run by Central /State Governments.
    • A pharmacy licensed for retail sale of drugs under the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945 having theservices of registered pharmacists.

(iii) Hospital and Dispensary other than those specified in sub-regulation (i) above for the purpose ofgiving practical training shall have to be recognized by Pharmacy Council of India on fulfilling theconditions specified in Appendix-C to these regulations.

  1. The institutions referred in sub-regulation (1) shall be eligible to impart training subject to the condition

that number of student pharmacists that may be taken in any hospital, dispensary or pharmacy licensedunder the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945 made under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, shall notexceed four where there is one registered pharmacist engaged in the work in which the student pharmacistis undergoing practical training, where there is more than one registered pharmacist similarly engaged,the number shall not exceed two for each additional such registered pharmacist.

  1. In the course of practical training, the trainee shall have exposure to -
    • Working knowledge of keeping of records required by various Legislative Acts concerning theprofession of pharmacy; and

(ii) Practical experience in activities mentioned in Table III under regulation 6 of these regulations.

  1. The practical training shall be not less than five hundred hours spread over a period of not less than threemonths provided that not less than two hundred and fifty hours aredevoted to actual dispensing ofprescriptions.