Introduction to Pharmacy question database for Comilla University

Introduction to Pharmacy available questions for Comilla University: [CoU-2024, CoU-2022, CoU-2021, CoU-2020]

[CoU-2024]
 
Describe the development of pharmacy during the ancient, medieval, and modern ages.
 
Define a pharmacist? Mention the roles and responsibilities of a pharmacist.
 
Highlight significant milestones in the evolution of pharmacy in Bangladesh.
 
Define and differentiate between drugs and medicines with examples.
 
Classify drugs based on chemical nature and target organs.
 
What is the essential drug concept by WHO? Mention its significance.
 
Differentiate between occupation and profession. Why is pharmacy considered a profession?
 
Explain the role of model pharmacies in promoting rational drug use and ensuring medication safety.
 
Mention the scope of career development for pharmacists in Bangladesh and abroad.
 
Discuss the historical evolution of homeopathy and its principles of 'like cures like' and law of minimum dose'.
 
Explain the various Dosha / life force and their characteristics.
 
What are the major components and therapeutic approaches used in the Unani system of medicine?
 
What is literature? Mention the different sources of literature.
 
Define the following terms:
(a) Citation index
(b) h-index
(c) DOI
(d) ISSN
 
What do you understand by Journal Impact Factor (JIF) and Cite Score? How to calculate JIF and CiteScore of a journal?

[CoU-2023]

Define a pharmacist? What are the various levels of pharmacist in Bangladesh?

Mention the background of development of pharmacy profession in Bangladesh.

What do you know about the history of Arabic and Egyptian pharmacy.

Compare and contrast between drug and medicine.

Write down name of three books, softwares and journals related to pharmacy education.

Classify drugs on the basis of actions and target organs.

Define professionalism. What are the fundamental characteristics of a profession.

"Pharmacy is a profession not a occupation" - justify the statement.

What is essential drug?

What are the different types of dosage forms?

Define the following terms: a) official drugs b) Non-official drugs c) Unofficial drugs d) INN drugs

Explain the various Dosha/ life force and their chracteristics.

"Ayurvedic practitioners expect patients to be active participants"- explain the statement from underlying concept of ayurvedic treatment.

Define citation. What is its significance?

What is referencing? What are the most widely accepted referencing styles?- give brief description.

What information a monograph contains? Differentiate between pharmacopeia and formulary.

What is meant by model pharmacy?

 [CoU-2022]

Define pharmacy and describe its role in healthcare.

What are the main responsibilities of a pharmacist?

Describe the career opportunities available for pharmacists in Bangladesh's pharmaceutical industry.

Explain the difference between a prescription and an over-the-counter (OTC) medication.

What is the purpose of USP and BP? How do they behalf pharmacists?

List and explain the core subjects taught in a typical pharmacy education curriculum.

Differentiate between drug and medicine.

Define generic and brand name of drugs. Discuss the similarities and differences between them.

What is a dosage form? List two common dosage forms and provide an example of each

Pharmacy is a profession not occupation- justify the statement.

What is a model pharmacy, and what are its primary objectives?

Discuss the ethical considerations that pharmacists must adhere to in their professional practice.

Define essential drugs and name three essential drugs commonly used in the treatment of infectious diseases.

Define any two of the main sectors of a pharmaceutical industry and briefly explain the role of each sector.

Differ between 

1. Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics 

2. In-vitro and In-vivo study

[CoU-2021]

Write down BDNF, USP-NF, BP and pubmed.

Mention the roles of hospital and community pharmacist.

Write a comparative study between profession and occupation.

Differentiate between drug and medicine

What are the pharmacopoeia and formulary?

What are the basic differences between official and non-official compendia?

Why animals and plants are important sources of drugs? Explain with examples.

Classify the drugs from pharmacopical point of view.

Define model pharmacy. What are the requirements for accredited model pharmacy in Bangladesh?

Enlist the code of ethics of a pharmacist.

What do you mean by proprietary and non- proprietary names of drug? Give examples.

Which skills are required to provide drug information service effectively?

Write about primary and secondary sources of drug information.

Write english meaning of the following latin terms:

(1) ante cibos (II) omnihora (III) pulvis (IV) bis in die

Describe different parts of an ideal prescription.

Mention the steps of dispensing a prescription to the patient by the pharmacist.

Compare the social recognition and status of pharmacy profession between in Bangladesh and other developed countries.

 [CoU-2020]

Define pharmacy. Pharmacists are health professionals who focus on the safe and effective use of medications "-Clarify the statement.

Give the specialty of pharmacy education.

Who is 1st pharmacist? How pharmacy evolved through the ancient age?

Define official, non-official, un-official and INN drugs.

Describe the current state of pharmacy education in Bangladesh.

What is ambulatory pharmacy?

Describe pharmacist's code of ethics.

"Pharmacy is a profession not a mere occipation- "Justify the statement.

Write short notes on: (i) Hippocrates (ii) Hygeia.

Write references according to Vancouver style form the information given below:

(i) An article by Cooper, R.G. & Fürst, P. Title of the article: Digital Transformation and its Impact on New-Product Development for Manufacturers. It was Published in Innovation Management. SE, in the year of 2020 on March 11.

(ii) An article in a collection of articles edited by John Lyons. The title of the article is: the study of language acquisition, and it was written by Robin. Campbell and Roger Wales. It was on pages 242 to 260. The book of articles was called: new horizons in linguistics and it was published in 1970 by Penguin in London.

Correct the following references:

(i) Dudley-Evans, A. 1984. "A preliminary investigation of the writing of dissertation titles". In G. James (Ed.). The ESP classroom: Methodology, materials and expectations (pp. 40-46). Exeter: University of Exeter.

(ii) Kachru, Y. 1996.12(1), 41-44. Kachn revisits contrasts. English Today.

What is reference or citation? Explain with example.

What is the difference between 'references and a 'bibliography"?

Describe the future aspect of pharmacy in Bangladesh.

Write short notes on any three from the followings:

(i) BNF and BDNF

(ii) Merck index and e-book

(iii) HINARI

(iv) BPC