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About Pharmacy

Pharmaceutical specialization is one of the medical specialties rooted in the beginning of the 19th century. Medical and drug specialists have been formulating medicines and painkillers from natural substances and chemical formulations to obtain effective drugs that help doctors to follow patients and check their health conditions. So the pharmacy specialty requires a strong research study based on scientific research and the study of different chemicals and elements so that students have a strong knowledge of drug components, side symptoms, drug lists for chronic, seasonal and other diseases.

Academic Content

Academic Content of Pharmacy Specialty


The period of study in Turkish universities is 5 years for the bachelor's degree and the academic content in most Turkish universities includes a variety of study programs, knowing that the content may vary from one university to another. The student must check the Course Description academic content on the university's website that he or she wishes to study before enrolling.


First academic year:

  1. Physics and Biophysics
  2. Introduction to chemistry
  3. Biology, molecules and genes
  4. First aid and basic medical skills
  5. Biochemistry
  6. Anatomy


Second academic year:

  1. Organic Chemistry
  2. Analytical Chemistry
  3. Vital Statistics
  4. Public Health
  5. Pathology and epidemiology
  6. Clinical Biochemistry
  7. Information on the basics of drug composition
  8. Fundamentals for improving drug effectiveness


Third academic year:

  1. Pharmaceutical/Medical Chemistry (Part I)
  2. Pharmacology (Part I)
  3. Pharmaceutical Technology
  4. Pharmaceutical Botany
  5. Drugs (Part I)
  6. Pharmacology (Part II)
  7. Pharmaceutical Technology (Part II)
  8. Drugs (Part II)
  9. Clinical Pharmacy Essentials
  10. Symptoms and clinical conditions


Fourth academic year:

  1. Clinical Pharmacy
  2. Drug Therapy (Part I)
  3. General Toxicology
  4. Self-care, taking medication without medical routine
  5. Pharmacy Management
  6. Radiopharmaceutical, biopharmaceuticals and biopharmaceutical products
  7. Pharmaceutical Economy


Fifth and final academic year:

  1. Drug improvement and drug renaissance
  2. Drug interactions and patient safety
  3. Health Care Promotion
  4. Cosmetic
  5. Mining of medical data and bioinformatics
  6. Environmental/occupational health and safety issues and pharmacy
  7. Legislation, pharmaceutical licenses and patents
  8. Biomedical/agricultural and veterinary products


Work Areas

The most important areas of work for graduates:


  1. Local and international pharmaceutical companies
  2. Private pharmacies and pharmacies in major hospitals
  3. Health Insurance Companies
  4. Ministry of Health and Government Bodies
  5. Academic work as faculty members

Pharmacy

The importance of studying pharmacy in Turkey:

The importance of specialization is due to the fact that it is complementary to all medical fields where doctors diagnose patients and write the necessary medicines, determine how much fits their age and take into account health conditions. Some graduates of the Faculty of Pharmacy decide to work in pharmaceutical companies to install and improve medicines with more effective substances, Others choose to work with pharmacies to dispense prescriptions and provide patients with all the medicines and other supplies they need.

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