Diploma in Pharmacy

Diploma in Pharmacy at Tsho Rolpa General Hospital, Dolakha

Diploma in Pharmacy at Tsho Rolpa General Hospital, Dolakha is a three-year CTEVT-affiliated pharmacy program under the yearly system. The approved seat capacity for Pharmacy at Tsho Rolpa General Hospital Dolakha is 40.

The program prepares middle-level pharmacy professionals for medicine dispensing, prescription handling, patient counseling, hospital and community pharmacy service, pharmaceutical preparation, medicine quality assessment, and pharmacy-related legal and ethical practice.

Course Overview

Course Name: Diploma in Pharmacy
Institution: Tsho Rolpa General Hospital Dolakha
Affiliation: Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT)
Level: Diploma / Certificate Level
Duration: Three years
Academic System: Yearly system
Seat Capacity: 40
Location: Dolakha
Related Council: Nepal Pharmacy Council

Program Aim

The program aims to prepare middle-level skilled health professionals with knowledge, skills, and attitudes in Pharmacy. It focuses on accessible pharmacy service for patients and clients, operation of pharmacy services, supervision of medicine production and preparation, and assessment of medicine quality.

Program Objectives

After completing the program, students are expected to develop the ability to advise patients about medicines, apply safe medication-use standards, provide medication services in hospital and community settings, read and interpret prescriptions, support rational medicine use, engage in medicine production and preparation, assess medicine quality, and build professional confidence for pharmacy practice.

Eligibility

Eligibility: SEE with minimum GPA 2.0 and C grade in Compulsory English, Mathematics, and Science; or SLC with English, Science, and Mathematics; or equivalent.

Admission Criteria

Applicants must submit SEE/SLC pass certificates and citizenship or birth registration certificate. Admission requires passing the entrance examination administered by CTEVT. Selection is based on the merit list.

Course Duration and Study System

Duration: Three years
System: Yearly system
Academic Year: 35 academic weeks / 210 working days
Weekly Study Load: 40 hours, excluding examination period
Attendance Requirement: Minimum 90% attendance in each subject to appear in the respective final examination
Medium of Instruction: English or Nepali

Curriculum Structure

The first year follows the common Certificate/Diploma Level in Health Sciences curriculum. The second year introduces pharmacy discipline subjects, while the third year covers advanced pharmacy subjects and workplace-based field practice.

First Year Subjects

• English

• Nepali

• Social Studies

• Anatomy and Physiology

• Physics

• Chemistry

• Zoology

• Botany

• Mathematics and Statistics

Second Year Subjects

• Pharmaceutics I

• Pharmacology I

• Pharmaceutical Chemistry I

• Pharmacognosy

• Biochemistry and Microbiology

• Pharmacotherapeutics I

• Pharmaceutical Management

• Public Health Pharmacy

Third Year Subjects

• Pharmaceutics II

• Pharmacology II

• Pharmaceutical Chemistry II

• Hospital and Clinical Pharmacy

• Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence and Community Pharmacy Practice

• Pharmacotherapeutics II

• Comprehensive Field Practice / Workplace Learning

Practical and Field Practice

The program includes laboratory work, pharmacy practice, and workplace-based learning. The third-year comprehensive field practice is organized for 8 weeks at 40 hours per week.

Hospital Pharmacy Practice: 4 weeks
Health Facility / Community Pharmacy Practice / Pharmaceutical Industry / Regulatory Body: 4 weeks

During field practice, students work on prescription reading and interpretation, dose interpretation, dispensing, patient counseling, medicine distribution, manufacturing-process observation, quality assurance-related tasks, regulatory exposure, ADR monitoring, and medicine-use reporting.

Core Learning Areas

Pharmaceutics

Pharmaceutics covers dosage forms, pharmaceutical calculations, unit operations, filtration, drying, distillation, physicochemical principles, biopharmaceutics, pharmaceutical preparations, solid dosage forms, liquid dosage forms, semisolid dosage forms, packaging materials, aerosols, parenteral products, prescription handling, and compounding.

Pharmacology

Pharmacology focuses on drug classification, mechanism of action, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, routes of administration, indications, adverse drug reactions, contraindications, precautions, drug interactions, and clinical use of different drug categories.

Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Pharmaceutical Chemistry includes inorganic and medicinal pharmaceutical chemistry, official monographs, physicochemical properties, storage, quality control, volumetric analysis, column chromatography, drug identification tests, and pharmaceutical assay procedures.

Pharmacognosy

Pharmacognosy introduces crude drugs, medicinal plants, natural sources of medicines, identification, classification, uses, and quality-related aspects connected with natural pharmaceutical materials.

Biochemistry and Microbiology

Biochemistry and Microbiology cover biomolecules, metabolism, nucleic acids, recombinant DNA technology, diagnostic tests, immunology, pharmaceutical microbiology, sterilization, sterility testing, microbiological standardization, and antimicrobial-agent selection.

Hospital and Clinical Pharmacy

Hospital and Clinical Pharmacy deals with hospital pharmacy organization, drug distribution systems, drug and therapeutic committees, hospital formulary, standard treatment guidelines, drug information services, adverse drug reaction surveillance, drug interactions, therapeutic drug monitoring, rational use of medicine, patient counseling, pediatric dose calculation, and hospital supplies.

Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence and Community Pharmacy Practice

This area covers community pharmacy, communication skills, patient counseling, rational drug use, prescription handling, first aid, basic procedures, pharmacy legislation, Drug Act-related content, drug registration rules, drug inspection and investigation rules, drug standard rules, drug sale and distribution code, Nepal Pharmacy Council Act and Regulations, and professional code of conduct.

Evaluation and Pass Requirements

The program includes internal assessment and yearly final examinations. Students must pass each required component.

Theory Pass Mark: Minimum 40%
Practical Pass Mark: Minimum 50%
Internal Assessment: Minimum pass mark required
Final Examination: Minimum pass mark required in each subject

Final practical evaluation includes institutional practicum attendance, logbook or practicum record, spot performance, and viva voce.

Grading System

Distinction: 80% and above
First Division: 65% to below 80%
Second Division: 50% to below 65%
Pass Division: Pass marks to below 50%

Back Paper Provision

Back paper provision applies as per CTEVT rules. Students must pass all subjects of all years within six years from the enrollment date. Chance examination provision applies for final-year students as per CTEVT rules.

Certification

Students who pass all components of all subjects across all three years are awarded the Diploma in Pharmacy.

Career Path

Graduates are eligible for positions equivalent to Non-gazetted 1st Class / Level 5 technical level as prescribed by the Public Service Commission of Nepal and other related agencies. Graduates are also eligible for registration with the related council in the grade provisioned in the related council act.

FAQ

What is the duration of Diploma in Pharmacy at Tsho Rolpa General Hospital?

The Diploma in Pharmacy program at Tsho Rolpa General Hospital runs for three years under the yearly system.

What is the affiliation of Diploma in Pharmacy at Tsho Rolpa General Hospital?

The program is affiliated with CTEVT.

What is the seat capacity for Diploma in Pharmacy at Tsho Rolpa General Hospital?

The approved seat capacity for Pharmacy at Tsho Rolpa General Hospital Dolakha is 40.

What is the eligibility for Diploma in Pharmacy?

Eligible applicants must have SEE with minimum GPA 2.0 and C grade in Compulsory English, Mathematics, and Science; or SLC with English, Science, and Mathematics; or equivalent.

How are students selected for admission?

Students are selected after meeting the entry qualification, submitting required documents, passing the entrance examination administered by CTEVT, and being placed on the merit list.

What is studied in the third year?

The third year includes Pharmaceutics II, Pharmacology II, Pharmaceutical Chemistry II, Hospital and Clinical Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence and Community Pharmacy Practice, Pharmacotherapeutics II, and Comprehensive Field Practice / Workplace Learning.

What qualification is awarded after completion?

Students who pass all components of all subjects across the three years are awarded the Diploma in Pharmacy.