PCN
Nigeria 🇳🇬FoundationsPROFESSIONALPharmacists Council of Nigeria — registration in pharmaceutics, therapeutics and the practice of the medicines cycle.
📏 Registration follows a recognised pharmacy degree, the mandatory internship in an approved pharmacy, and the Council's registration examination; PCN sets the format, the dates and the fee for each sitting, and publishes the schedule of establishments and premises requirements. Confirm the current requirements with the Council before you apply.
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Beginner skill
Solubility and pKa, the making and failure of each dosage form, sterile compounding, stability and shelf life, and the arithmetic of a dispensed dose.
Registration — Pharmaceutics, Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Dosage Design
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Autonomic, cardiovascular and renal pharmacology applied at the bedside, stewardship, adverse reactions and vigilance, interactions and renal dosing, and guideline-based practice.
Registration — Pharmacology, Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacy
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Prescription rights and audit, the dispensing process, hospital and community operations, cold chain and stock control, the Council's and NAFDAC's remits, and rational use.
Registration — Pharmacy Practice, Law, Ethics and the Medicines Cycle
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- Physical pharmacy principles behind dosage design: solubility, pKa and partitionDesigning the Dosage Form, and Getting the Arithmetic Right →
- Oral solid and liquid preparations — granulation, suspension and the labelDesigning the Dosage Form, and Getting the Arithmetic Right →
- Sterile preparations, aseptic compounding and the cleanroomDesigning the Dosage Form, and Getting the Arithmetic Right →
- Topical, rectal, ophthalmic and inhaled dosage formsDesigning the Dosage Form, and Getting the Arithmetic Right →
- Excipients, stability testing and the assignment of shelf lifeDesigning the Dosage Form, and Getting the Arithmetic Right →
- Pharmaceutical calculations: dose, dilution, strength and paediatric adjustmentDesigning the Dosage Form, and Getting the Arithmetic Right →
- Autonomic, cardiovascular and renal pharmacology for the wardThe Prescriber's Partner: Pharmacology at the Bedside →
- Antimicrobials, resistance and stewardship programmesThe Prescriber's Partner: Pharmacology at the Bedside →
- Endocrine, respiratory and central-nervous-system therapeuticsThe Prescriber's Partner: Pharmacology at the Bedside →
- Adverse drug reactions, medication errors and pharmacovigilance reportingThe Prescriber's Partner: Pharmacology at the Bedside →
- Drug interactions, contraindications and special populationsThe Prescriber's Partner: Pharmacology at the Bedside →
- Evidence-based practice, therapeutic guidelines and the treatment of common Nigerian presentationsThe Prescriber's Partner: Pharmacology at the Bedside →
- Prescription rights, prescription audit and the dispensing processThe Dispensary, the Premises and the Law Behind the Counter →
- Hospital pharmacy operations: ward rounds, drug and therapeutic committees, safety cultureThe Dispensary, the Premises and the Law Behind the Counter →
- Community dispensing, over-the-counter referral and patient counsellingThe Dispensary, the Premises and the Law Behind the Counter →
- Storage, cold chain, inventory control and the prevention of falsified medicinesThe Dispensary, the Premises and the Law Behind the Counter →
- Medicines law and regulation: the Council, NAFDAC and the enforcement of premises standardsThe Dispensary, the Premises and the Law Behind the Counter →
- Professional ethics, patient rights and the case for rational use of medicinesThe Dispensary, the Premises and the Law Behind the Counter →