Required Knowledge After Graduating with a Secondary-Level Pharmaceutical Degree

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According to the regulation on the minimum volume of knowledge and competency requirements that learners must achieve after graduating from intermediate and college-level pharmacy programs issued with Circular 54/2018/TT-BLDTBXH, the minimum knowledge learners must achieve after graduating from intermediate-level pharmacy program is as follows:

- Present and apply basic knowledge of foundational subjects suitable for the training profession: basic medicine, chemistry (qualitative, quantitative), botany into the pharmaceutical specialization;

- Describe the position, role, and function of the pharmaceutical field in the Vietnamese health care system;

- Present and apply some basic contents of the Pharmacy Law and related legal documents about pharmaceutical practice;

- Present the effects, indications, unwanted effects, main contraindications of chemical drugs, vaccines, biologicals in the Essential Drugs List;

- Present the Vietnamese name, scientific name, usable parts, harvesting, preliminary processing, main chemical components, uses, and usage of 80 traditional medicines, essential medicinal herbs in the Essential Drugs List;

- Distinguish pharmaceutical forms and guide the use of pharmaceutical forms;

- Describe the production process of conventional drug forms (powder drugs, granules, tablets, capsules, ointments, creams, eye drops, injections);

- Present the regulations on sample collection, sample retention for testing; and sample disposal for testing;

- List the criteria and describe the testing methods for conventional pharmaceutical forms and raw materials for drugs.

- Present factors affecting the quality of drugs, chemicals, medicinal herbs, functional foods, cosmetics, and medical supplies;

- Present the regulations on arranging and preserving drugs, chemicals, medicinal herbs, functional foods, cosmetics, and medical supplies;

- Present and apply the principles and standards of good practice (including: GMP, GSP, GPP, GLP) in professional practice;

- Present basic knowledge about politics, culture, society, law, national defense, security, and physical education as regulated.

Details can be found in Circular 54/2018/TT-BLDTBXH, effective February 10, 2019.

Le Vy

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