Mandatory disciplines of Pharmacy

Number of credits — 10
Type of control-exam
It is supposed to integrate with special disciplines at the level of language learning specialty. The discipline is aimed at the formation and development of skills of professional and interpersonal oral and written communication.

Number of credits — 5
Type of control-exam
Forms students’ modern worldview in the information sphere of circulation, skills in applying the latest information and communication technologies in the professional field and everyday life.

Number of credits — 10
Type of control-exam
Linguistic features of medical discourse; underlining the scientific style; genres of scientific speech; types and means of linking sentences in the paragraph and text are studied.

Number of credits — 8
Type of control-exam
The module includes the study of
— the main stages of the development of psychology, research methods and patterns of mental phenomena, processes and conditions, psychology and the structure of the individual;
— human society, its structure, the life of society;
— social relations, role behavior, preferences of groups, communities

Number of credits — 4
Type of control-exam
The discipline studies the sanitary and epidemiological requirements for facilities and equipment of facilities, working conditions, personal services for staff, design of facilities, conditions for sterilization and disinfection of medicines at facilities, water supply, sewage, ventilation and lighting of facilities in the field of pharmaceuticals, medical devices and medical equipment.

Number of credits — 5
Type of control-State exam
Studies historical events, phenomena, facts, processes, reveals the historical laws and patterns that took place on the territory of Kazakhstan. The subject creates opportunities for students to comprehensively perceive the history of Kazakhstan at a worldview level.

Number of credits – 5
Type of control — differentiated credit
Forms physical fitness, needs and skills of a healthy lifestyle.

Number of credits — 5
Type of control-exam
Studying the most general laws of the development of nature and society.

Number of credits – 4
Type of control-exam
The study of a set of methods for analysis and standardization of raw materials of plant, animal and mineral origin: macroscopic, microscopic, merchandising, phytochemical and biochemical analyzes.

Number of credits — 1
Type of control — differentiated credit
The discipline embraces the principles of academic honesty and anti-corruption culture; legal basis for regulation of relations in medicine, healthcare; the right status of the doctor and patient; limits of legal liability for violation of the rules of academic honesty; international experience in forming a policy of academic honesty and avoiding legal errors. The student will analyze the behavior of the doctor and the patient, applying legal, ethical, anti-corruption principles.

Number of credits – 3
Type of control-exam
The science of methods for identifying chemical compounds, principles and methods for determining the chemical composition of substances. The subject of analytical chemistry is the theory and practice of chemical analysis.

Number of credits – 5
Type of control-exam
Biological chemistry studies the molecular processes underlying the development and functioning of organisms. Biochemistry uses the methods of «molecular» sciences — chemistry, physical chemistry, molecular physics.

Number of credits -3
Type of control-exam
Biostatistics is a scientific branch related to the development and use of statistical methods in scientific research of pharmacy. It collects data, summarizes them, analyzes and summarizes data based on the observations obtained. Bioethics is an area of interdisciplinary research aimed at understanding, discussing and resolving moral problems generated by the latest achievements in biomedical science and healthcare practice.

Number of credits – 3
Type of control-exam
The science of the physical and physico-chemical mechanisms of interactions that underlie biological processes that occur at different levels of organization of living matter: molecular, cellular, organismic and population.

Number of credits – 3
Type of control-exam
The history of pharmacy is a subject that studies the development of pharmaceutical activity and knowledge about medicines throughout the entire existence of mankind from primitive times to the present day, namely: the main laws and basic, key problems of global pharmacy as a whole, the development of individual pharmaceutical disciplines, such as pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacognosy, pharmaceutical technology, pharmacy management and economics, etc.

Number of credits –5
Type of control-exam
It studies the morphology, systematics and physiological characteristics of microorganisms, the conditions of their life, their role in human nature and life in normal and pathological conditions, and develops strategic methods for their diagnosis, treatment and prevention of human infectious diseases.

Number of credits – 3
Type of control-exam
It includes atomic-molecular theory, basic concepts and laws of chemistry, the theory of the structure of matter, chemical processes, the basics of thermodynamics and kinetics.

Number of credits – 3
Type of control-exam
The study of pharmaceutical analysis methods suitable for rapid analysis in a pharmacy, and related instruments and tools.

Number of credits – 3
Type of control-exam
Study of the structure and chemical properties of important classes of organic compounds, groups of natural biologically active compounds, as well as biopolymers and their structural components.

Number of credits –2
Type of control-exam
The study of the system of sciences on animals: morphology, anatomy and physiology of organisms; ecology (on the relationship of animals among themselves, with other organisms and the environment), paleontology (on fossil animals and their historical development), ethology (on the behavior of animals).

Number of credits -6
Type of control-exam
The discipline of the fundamentals of internal diseases studies the etiology, pathogenesis and clinical manifestations of diseases of internal organs, their diagnosis, non-surgical treatment, prevention and rehabilitation. The treatment area includes diseases of the respiratory system (pulmonology), cardiovascular system (cardiology), gastrointestinal tract (gastroenterology), urinary system (nephrology), connective tissue (rheumatology), etc.

Number of credits – 3
Type of control-exam
The discipline presents the objectives of epidemiological activity, new theories and ideas, acquaints with the epidemiological method, which was formed in the bowels of the epidemiology of infectious diseases, applied and proved to be effective in studying the patterns of the spread of noncommunicable diseases among the population.

Number of credits -2
Type of control- differentiated credit
The science of comfortable and safe human interaction with the technosphere, studying the dangers threatening humans, and developing ways to protect against them in any human environment.

Number of credits -2
Type of control- differentiated credit
The discipline studies the basic principles of Good Pharmacy Practice (GPP), a set of rules designed to ensure the quality of medicines at the stage of their sale to patients and the proper provision of pharmaceutical services by pharmacy workers.

Number of credits -2
Type of control — differentiated credit
First aid and basic care are the simplest urgent measures necessary to save the life and health of the injured in accidents, which occurs at the scene of the incident before the doctor arrives or the victim is taken to hospital. The discipline teaches the basic rules of first aid in emergency situations.

Number of credits – 5
Type of control-exam
The study of etiology, pathogenesis, the main manifestations of pathological processes and diseases.

Number of credits – 3
Type of control-exam
Pharmaceutical botany is studied on the basis of the current program and includes materials on all traditional issues of botany. Large sections are studied: General concept and questions of pharmaceutical botany, Cytology, anatomy, morphology and physiology elements of medicinal plants.

Number of credits – 4
Type of control-exam
Study section of pharmaceutical botany, including taxonomy, seed plants, gymnosperms and angiosperms. Also classes, monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous plants, the Magnolia, Berberidáceae, Papaveraceae, Fabáceae, Rosaceae, Malvaceae family.

Number of credits -7
Type of control-exam
Pharmacology studies the effects of drugs on the body of a sick person. The discipline studies general laws of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of drugs, also the factors affecting the study of the pharmacological properties of drugs. Pharmacotherapy is treatment with drugs, or otherwise, pharmacological agents, refering to conservative (non-invasive) methods of treatment. Pharmacotherapy isalso the name of a pharmacology section that studies drug therapy.

Number of credits -5
Type of control-exam
Pharmaceutical technology is one of the main and complex pharmaceutical disciplines and the science of the theoretical foundations and production processes of processing drugs and excipients into drugs by giving them a specific dosage form. Solid dosage forms with a liquid dispersion medium and an elastoviscoplastic medium are considered.

Number of credits -4
Type of control-exam
Discipline pharmaceutical technology 2 studies the pharmaceutical aspects and current problems of the technology of homeopathic medicines and veterinary medicines, as well as parapharmaceutical products: research, production, standardization, storage and dispensing of medicines.

Number of credits -9
Type of control-exam
Pharmaceutical analysis is the science of the chemical characterization and measurement of biologically active substances at all stages of production, the study of their stability, the establishment of shelf life and standardization of the finished dosage form.

Number of credits – 5
Type of control-exam
Studies the anatomy and physiology of man, the connection of physiology with other disciplines.

Number of credits – 3
Type of control-exam
This discipline forms chemical thinking, determines the patterns of physical and chemical processes and the conditions for achieving chemical equilibrium, teaches you to analyze and draw conclusions about the influence of external factors and the nature of substances on the course of chemical reactions.

Number of credits -3
Type of control-exam
Hospital Management and Clinical Pharmacy examines the condition of the hospital service of a medical organization, reveals its main problems and ways to solve them. In addition, it is studying the pharmaceutical and clinical aspects of drug treatment for the systematic, safe, rational, effective and transparent use of medicines in medical institutions.

Number of credits -6
Type of control-exam
Biopharmacy studies the relationship between the physicochemical properties of drugs in a particular drug and their pharmacological effects, is aimed at theoretical and experimental justification for the creation of new drugs and improving existing ones taking into account increasing of their therapeutic effect and reducing side effects on the body.

Number of credits -3
Type of control-exam
Based on the general laws of chemical sciences, medicinal chemistry studies a diverse range of issues related to medicinal substances, their preparation and chemical nature, composition and structure, the influence of individual structural features of their molecules on the nature of the action on the body, the physical and chemical properties of medicinal substances and methods for monitoring their quality, determine the storage conditions of drugs.

Number of credits -6
Type of control-exam
This discipline studies the laws of development of pharmaceutical production; the fundamentals of pharmaceutical management and the basic principles and methods of organization and enterprise management; principles, methods and forms of coordination of employees’ actions aimed at the efficient use of resources; basics of planning; drug pricing concept and methodology; economic efficiency of pharmaceutical production.

Number of credits -6
Type of control-exam
The basics of social pharmacy is the science of public health, the social problems of medicine and pharmacy. It studies the laws of the influence of social factors on the health of human groups and determines the ways to preserve and strengthen it based on the achievements of modern medical and pharmaceutical science.

Number of credits -6
Type of control-exam
Toxicology studies toxic (toxic) substances, the potential danger of their effects on organisms and ecosystems, mechanisms of toxic effects, diagnostic methods, prevention and treatment of diseases developing as a result of such exposure; and also studies the movement of toxic substances in the body and the problems of chemical-toxicological analysis at the present stage, qualitative and quantitative analysis of biological material for poisoning with pesticides.

Number of credits -3
Type of control-exam
Studies modern management approaches: methods for comprehensive diagnostics of a medical organization, measures to increase the efficiency of medical personnel, optimization tools for the provision of medical services and growth of clinic income, the possibility of increasing the manageability of a medical institution.

Number of credits -6
Type of control-exam
Pharmacognosy studies medicinal plants, medicinal raw materials and some products of primary processing of plant and animal origin. This discipline gives knowledge and develops skills for recognizing and describing a medicinal plant, using methods for isolating biologically active substances, qualitative detection, physico-chemical properties, chemical composition, quantification, obtaining and controlling the quality of raw materials of plant or animal origin and the standardizing of medicines from it.

Number of credits -5
Type of control-exam
Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Studies the possibilities of using living organisms, their systems or their vital products to solve technological problems, as well as the possibility of creating living organisms with the necessary properties by genetic.

Number of credits -5
Type of control-exam
Study of the theoretical foundations of the manufacture of medicines for industrial production, using the principles of the organization of the technological process and compliance with the sanitary regime in accordance with international norms and standards; the development of new drugs in rational dosage forms and the improvement of existing prescriptions and technological schemes for obtaining based on biopharmaceutical studies using modern equipment for their production, etc.

Number of credits -5
Type of control-exam
A science that studies the methods of preparation, structure, physical, physico-chemical and chemical properties of drugs; the relationship between the chemical structure of substances and action on the body; methods for controlling the quality of drugs and changes that occur during their storage, as well as the use of drugs in medicine.

Number of credits -4
Type of control-exam
Pharmaceutical chemistry is an applied science based on general chemical and physical laws and is engaged in research of methods for obtaining, structure, physical and chemical properties, the relationship of chemical structure with pharmacological activity and the development of methods for the analysis of drugs. Pharmaceutical chemistry, as the main subject in a number of special disciplines, determines the specifics of pharmaceutical analysis of drugs, their determining importance in medical practice. The direction of research in this area involves the use of methods based on measurements of physicochemical properties, methods based on determining the chemical characteristics of the analyzed compounds and biological properties of biologically active compounds that determine the structure of compounds of plant and animal origin.

Number of credits -2
Type of control — differentiated credit
The discipline of pharmaceutical marketing studies the process of implementation of pharmaceutical assistance — activities aimed at meeting the needs of the population in pharmaceutical products and optimizing the market for pharmaceutical assistance, which is understood as an analysis of the relationship between need, demand and supply, as well as taking into account the effects of all internal factors drug supply system of the population.

Number of credits -2
Type of control — differentiated credit
The study of methods of treatment of various human diseases basing on the use of medicinal plant materials and complex preparations from them, taking into account the experience of various cultures; principles, places and role of herbal medicine in modern medicine, the modern practice of herbal medicine.