PHARMACY AND PHARMACOLOGY

Pharmacy is a dynamic, patient-oriented profession committed to fulfilling the health care needs of South Africa and its people. Movement is away from the traditional compounding and dispensing of medicine towards a more professional advisory and primary health care role. Through innovative application of knowledge and skills the pharmacist becomes involved in the healing, serving and education - a substantial contribution to the community of which the Pharmacist is an integral part.

The Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology aims to provide exemplary undergraduate, professional and graduate education in the health professions and natural sciences.