Drog Preparation Technique
Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAPs)
Vocational School of Izmit
Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
| Course Unit Title | Course Unit Code | Type of Course Unit | Level of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | ECTS Credits |
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| Drog Preparation Technique | TBP203 | Compulsory | Associate degree | 2 | Fall | 5 |
Name of Lecturer(s)
Associate Prof. Dr. Halil SAMET
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
1) Explain some concepts such as drug, medicine, pharmacy, drug store.
2) Recognize drugs in nature and harvest properly drugs themselves from nature.
3) Entitle drugs and comprehends the harvest criteria for drugs and keep record during the harvest.
4) Explain drying method of drugs, its storage conditions and sailing process.
5) Compare drug fumigation with the factors that cause deterioration of drug.
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation
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| 1 | Low | No relation | High | Middle | Middle | Middle | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | |
| 2 | Low | Low | High | High | No relation | High | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | |
| 3 | No relation | No relation | No relation | High | Low | High | No relation | No relation | Low | Middle | |
| 4 | No relation | No relation | No relation | Low | Low | High | No relation | No relation | No relation | Middle | |
| 5 | No relation | No relation | No relation | Low | Low | High | No relation | No relation | No relation | Low | |
Mode of Delivery
Face to Face
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
No Supporting Courses
Course Contents
Explaining of raw material (drug) and medicines concepts; explaining of pharmacopoeia and monograph concepts; the naming of drugs (Drug nomenclature); plant organs used as a drug and their properties; harvesting or collecting of drugs from nature; cleaning, drying, storage and delivery to consumers of drugs; fumigation of drugs; the subjects to be considered during the drug sale.
Weekly Schedule
1) Concept of drug (row material) and medicine (procesed material) and historical development of herbal shop and pharmacy2) Concepts of pharmacopoeia and monograph, legislation of related to the drug sales in Turkey
3) Specification and recognition of herbal drugs
4) Herbal parts using as a drug (raw material)
5) To name drugs (herbal raw material)
6) Herbal parts using as a drug
7) The harvest criteria of herbal drugs and the harvest rules
8) Midterm examination/Assessment
9) The importance of registration during harvest
10) Selecting of herbal drugs and preparations pre-drying
11) Drying ovens and drying techniques
12) Storage of herbal drugs
13) Point to be considered during herbal drug transport
14) Poisonous plants grown in Turkey
15) Fumigation of drugs
16) Final examination
Recommended or Required Reading
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Group Study
5) Problem Solving
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Contribution of Semester Studies to Course Grade |
30% |
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Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade |
70% |
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Total | 100% | |||||||||||
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Not Required