Pharmaceutics 312 - Laboratory Rules
This page includes general information about the second semester
laboratory
rules and procedures. It also contains information about the first
laboratory
session.
Grading policy in the laboratory
The laboratory is 20% of the entire course and consists a graphing
laboratory,
physical pharmacy laboratories and preparation laboratories. The
content
of the laboratories will show up in the laboratories themselves and in
your laboratory reports and are intended to support the work in class.
Expect that the information you get in the laboratory could make the
bases
for questions on lecture exams. Pharmaceutical calculations are
an
important component of the practice of pharmacy thus these problems
will
appear in almost all of your course work and should be mastered as soon
as possible. A pre-lab discussion and video will begin at
8:00 AM. Please be at your place ready to go .
Weeks 1 through 7 are Graphing and Physical Pharmacy laboratories
designed
to introduce you to important concepts which impact the common
heterogeneous
dosage forms used in pharmaceutical care and the way data can be
displayed
and evaluated. You will work in groups of 4 and prepare a laboratory
report
due the week after the laboratory. The grade on that report will
constitute
your grade for that laboratory. The style and content of the report are
outlined below. The average of the score on these reports will
constitute
about half of your overall laboratory grade.
Weeks 8 through 12 will involve the extemporaneous preparation of
compounded
prescriptions. You will work individually on the products BUT are
encouraged
to consult with each other as you develop the methods to be used to
prepare
each product. The products will be submitted for assessment as well as
a
report on the method(s) selected to prepare them and the reasons why
those
particular methods were employed. You will also be asked to list the
therapeutic
use of each preparation. A form will be provided for your use during
this
part of the laboratory. A copy of those forms are included in you lab
manual. Your average on these preparations will constitute
part of the second half of your grade in the laboratory. The
quality
of the product will not count toward this part of the
grade.
The last week of laboratory will be a preparations exam. The quality of
the product made on this exam will count. The results of that
exam
will be added to the grade in the second half of the lab.
Physical Pharmacy Laboratory Reports
Your group will prepare a type
written laboratory report each week. I suggest
you rotate the responsibilities for preparation of the written report.
Also
you will want to assign individuals to each activity before you arrive
at the laboratory for that weeks experiment. Read ahead and be prepared
to get started as soon as you enter lab. If you finish your
portion of that weeks lab please stay and help you team finish the
other sections.
The report should have a minimum the following sections:
Title - The title
from the lab experiment or an equivalent,
Introduction -
This
should include the reason for the experiment and background information
about the topic,
Methods - This
should
be a brief description of the methods and any modifications to
the
methods that your group made,
Results - This
should
include both numerical values for measurements and observations such as
"the solution turned cloudy". It should not include conclusions such as
"a colloid was formed",
Conclusions -
This
should include your explanations for the observations and any
relationship
to physical pharmacy principles, and
Implications for
the Practice of Pharmacy.
Be sure that your report has all of these sections clearly marked
wit the appropriate headings. You can also use graphs and charts
in any section or as an appendix. All graphs and charts should
have a legend that allows the reader to understand the figure without
referring to the text.
Lets have fun but at the same time do the best we can to learn from
these reports.