Iran Pharm.D. End-of-Course Exam study guide
Iran Pharm.D. End-of-Course Exam · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
End-of-Course Exam (امتحان جامع دکتری داروسازی) is the comprehensive assessment that Iranian pharmacy schools use to confirm a Doctor of Pharmacy candidate has integrated the full curriculum before graduation and entry into practice. It is aimed at students who have finished the didactic and practical coursework of the Pharm.D. The Iran Pharm.D. End-of-Course Exam study guide has 11 sections and about 3,247 words.
01Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology
Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology covers dosage-form design, manufacturing unit operations, stability, and quality-by-design. Expect calculations on dissolution similarity, degradation kinetics, and sterilization, plus reasoning about why a formulation fails.
300 words, about 2 min02Pharmacology and Toxicology
Pharmacology and Toxicology tests receptor theory, dose–response, pharmacokinetic variability, and poisoning management. Questions often ask you to distinguish potency from efficacy or to select the correct antidote.
323 words, about 2 min03Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Design
Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Design tests structure–activity relationships, physicochemical properties, prodrug strategy, and the logic of lead optimization. Lipinski rule of five for oral drug-likeness: MW at most 500, logP at most 5, H-bond donors at most 5, H-bond acceptors at most 10.
322 words, about 2 min04Pharmacognosy and Natural Products
Pharmacognosy and Natural Products tests biosynthetic classes, marker-based standardization, extraction, and the pharmacology of plant-derived drugs. Iranian medicinal plants may appear as examples, not as folklore.
297 words, about 1 min05Pharmacotherapy and Clinical Pharmacy
Pharmacotherapy and Clinical Pharmacy tests guideline-based drug selection, patient-specific dose adjustment, monitoring, and interactions in common diseases. Renal dosing often uses Cockcroft–Gault CrCl = (140 − age) × weight/(72 × SCr), ×0.85 for women.
303 words, about 2 min06Pharmacy Practice
Pharmacy Practice tests prescription screening, dispensing accuracy, patient counseling, medication reconciliation, compounding, and error reporting. Prescription screening checks patient identity, allergy, indication, dose, route, frequency, duration, interactions, duplication, and renal or hepatic function before dispensing.
293 words, about 1 min07Social and Administrative Pharmacy
Social and Administrative Pharmacy tests health economics, pharmacoepidemiology, pharmacy management, and drug policy. Calculations and interpretation of study designs are common.
287 words, about 1 min08Biochemistry and Clinical Laboratory Sciences
Biochemistry and Clinical Laboratory Sciences tests metabolic pathways, enzyme kinetics, and the interpretation of common laboratory tests. Michaelis–Menten : v = Vmax[S]/(Km + [S]).
282 words, about 1 min09Physiology and Pathophysiology
Physiology and Pathophysiology tests organ-system function and the mechanisms that explain clinical signs and laboratory abnormalities. Mean arterial pressure is approximately DBP + 1/3(SBP − DBP).
298 words, about 1 min10Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Biopharmaceutics
Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Biopharmaceutics tests biologics, bioavailability, biosimilars, and the fate of protein drugs. Absolute bioavailability F = (AUCoral × DoseIV)/(AUCIV × Doseoral) × 100.
263 words, about 1 min11Pharmaceutical Analysis and Quality Control
Pharmaceutical Analysis and Quality Control tests method development, validation, pharmacopoeial limits, and instrument troubleshooting. Validation under ICH Q2 includes accuracy, precision, specificity, linearity, range, detection limit, quantitation limit, and robustness.
279 words, about 1 min