Mvumi Institute of Health Sciences

Wellcome !!!!!......Courses Offered are: Ordinary Diploma in Clinical Medicine,Ordinary Diploma in Medical Labarotory,Ordinary Diploma in Pharmaceutical Scinces,Ordinary Diploma in Nursing and Midwifery,Ordinary Diploma in Information Technology and Communication,Ordinary Diploma in Biomedical Engineering and Ordinary Diploma in Optmetary.

Diploma in Pharmaceutical Scienses

Apr , 2024

VISION AND MISSION OF THE TRAINING PROGRAMME

Vision

To have competent pharmaceutical personnel who will provide pharmaceutical services effectively in different health care settings and cope with existing and emerging health issues.

Mission

To establish conducive and sustainable training environment that will allow students and graduates to perform competently at their relevant levels and aspire for attainment of higher knowledge,skills and attitudes in promoting health,preventing diseases and caring for clients in all settings.

AIM AND OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

Aim of the Programme

The programme aim is to achieve the following goals:

1. To form a flexible course that is responsive to dynamic and rapidly changing world of work and the societ.
2. To provide pharmaceutical knowledge,skills and behaviours vital to learners, employers and thecommunity.
3. To entice self-realisation and team wor kskills that enable graduates to perform efficiently and aspire for higher level training.
4. To build capacity to participate in the implementation of National Health Policy and its accompanying operational guidelines;and
5. To propagate and promote moral,legal and ethical conduct among pharmaceutical personnel and other health workers within the pharmacy profession and national legal framework.

Objectives

The objectives of this programme are to:

1. Form a career advancement in pharmacy practice and an operational role for pharmaceutical management in health care service delivery.
2. Impart appropriate knowledge,skills and attitudes relevant to pharmacy practice in relation to preventive and curative health care services in the community;
3. Steer creativity and innovativeness in response to challenges inherent in pharmacy practice and health care delivery;
4. Inculcate a culture of team work,build critical thinking and problem solving skills in pharmacy and health care practice.
5. Inculcate sense of citizenship,professionalism,accountability and responsibility in provision of health care services;
6. Stimulate life-long learning behaviour for pharmaceutical personnel and advancement of pharmacy profession; and
7. Provide an international out look of the learning content and context so as to widen learners’ advantage into regional and international labour market.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Direct Entry

Theminimum entry qualification of the candidate shall be Certificate of Secondary Education Examination(CSEE) with minimum of "D" passes in Chemistry,Biology, Physics and "D" pass in Mathematics or English.