| CODE | PHR1608 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Laboratory Practical 1 | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Pharmacy | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | BASIC LABORATORY TECHNIQUES: - Equipment found in the laboratory - Safety regulations - Chemical hygiene and cleanliness - Quality systems: Standard Operating Procedures WEIGHTS AND MEASURES: - Standard metric measures - Measures of mass (weight) - Measures of capacity (volume) ACCURACY AND CALIBRATION: - Using different balances - Weighing technique - Weighing exercises - Prescription weights - Leveling and calibration - Calibration of equipment eg: glassware GENERAL PHYSICAL METHODS: - Density - Solubility- homogeneity and uniformity of weight - Precipitation - Temperature - pH and titration CALCULATIONS: - Preparing a standard solution - Percentage solutions of solids in liquids - Weight in volume - Weight in weight - Volume in weight - Volume in volume TITRATIONS: - Acid/base titrations - Compleximetric titrations - Theoretical vs experimental titration curves SEPARATION TECHNIQUES: - Crystallisation - Steam distillation - Fractional distillation - Liquid- liquid extraction Study-unit Aims: Completion of this study-unit aims to: - Ensure knowledge of important basic components of a laboratory system. - Ensure knowledge of important physical effects. - Have an understanding of the importance of accuracy, calibration and correct and appropriate calculations when approaching practical scenarios. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Make use appropriately of equipment which can be found in a standard laboratory. - Perform practical functions in the most correct and appropriate way possible. - Understand better the basic physical concepts and properties. - Perform and conduct correct calculations in order to confirm or find out needed values and determinants. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Perform practical operations in the most adequate and accurate way required, using standard units of measures in accordance with Good Laboratory Practice. - Apply different practical techniques such as titration or filtration where needed. - Conduct correct calculations in order to find out or to confirm values required in varying scenarios ranging from the community pharmacy to the pharmaceutical industry. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - British Pharmacopoeia. London: Her Majesty's Stationary Office, Volume 1, 1993. - Florence A.T. Physicochemical Principles of Pharmacy, London: Pharmaceutical Press, 2006. - Rees J.A., Smith I., Smith B. Introduction to Pharmacuetical Calculations, London: Pharmaceutical Press, 2005. - Rouse S.H., Webber M.G. Calculations in Pharmacy, Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1968. - Stoklosa M.J., Ansel H. Pharmaceutical Calculations, Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1995. - Zatz, Joel L. Pharmacuetical Calculations, Canada: John Wiley and Sons, 1995. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Practical | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Francesca Wirth |
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