Volume 50, Issue 2

Ali Almuqdadi, Al-Motassem Yousef, Zeina Masoud, Khalil Majdalawi, Hanadi Al-hadeed, Reem Kalabani

pp. 215–224 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.50.2.1 · 2016

Introduction and purpose: As regular and well-structured clerkship program is needed to graduate qualified pharmacists in regard to drug knowledge and clinical skills our study was conducted in order to describe an innov…

Mariusz Panczyk, Henryk Rebandel, Aleksander Zarzeka, Jarosława Belowska, Joanna Gotlib

pp. 225–237 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.50.2.2 · 2016

Background: Comparing predictive validity of admission criteria for the MsPharm (Master of Sciences of Pharmacy) studies in the period prior and following the reform of the university admission system in Poland illustrat…

Kingston Rajiah, Marikannan Maharajan

pp. 238–245 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.50.2.3 · 2016

Background: Interprofessional education is a step towards providing higher quality patient care by producing collaborative and practice-ready health care professionals who appreciate each other’s roles in the health care…

Tee Pey Chiau, Adliah Mhd Ali, Mohd Makmor Bakry, Norazrina Azmi, Thomas Paraidathatu

pp. 246–250 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.50.2.4 · 2016

Objectives: This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of video recording feedback in comparison to verbal feedback in communication and counselling among pharmacy students in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Methods…

Xianmin Hu, Jun Wang, Lan Chen

pp. 251–260 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.50.2.5 · 2016

Background: Assessing and improving metacognitive awareness in pharmay students is essential to maintain lifelong competency of pharmacists and high-quality care for their patients. Objective:This preliminary study aimed…

Nur Syafiqah Abd Mutalib, Long Chiau Ming, Siew Mei Yee, Poh Lee Wong, Yee Chang Soh

pp. 261–270 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.50.2.6 · 2016

Background: Despite of the global increase of medical tourism, there is no review done to examine the motivation leads to the practice of medical tourism, opportunities and risks with the practice of medical tourism and …

Michał Górecki, Marian Sosada, Beata Pasker, Monika Pająk, Paweł Fraś

pp. 271–276 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.50.2.7 · 2016

One of the formulations of the water poorly soluble drugs is the emulsion. The inner oil phase of the oil-in-water (o/w) emulsion is the carrier for the water poorly soluble drugs. In this study the soybean, rapeseed, sa…

Ronak Subodhkumar Bhuptani, Ankitkumar Sushilkumar Jain, Dinesh Tikam Makhija, Aarti Ganpat Jagtap, Puthusserickal Abdul Rahiman Hassan, Mangal Shailesh Nagarsenker

pp. 277–286 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.50.2.8 · 2016

Aim: To investigate potential of polymer Soluplus (SP), to form micellar/mixed micellar systems and its ability to improve solubility and consequently therapeutic efficacy of model BCS Class-II drug Lornoxicam (LNX). Met…

Buchi Naidu Nalluri, Sirivalli Kosuri, Sai Sri Anusha Valluru, Chandra Teja Uppuluri, Ashraf Sultana Shaik

pp. 287–294 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.50.2.9 · 2016

Objectives: The present study was designed to investigate the role of microneedle arrays (0.6 and 1.2 mm lengths) in enhancing the in vitro permeation of levodopa (LD) across pig ear skin. Experimental: In vitro skin per…

Prusty Amaresh, Mishra Amiya Kanta, Bijon Kumar Gupta

pp. 295–300 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.50.2.10 · 2016

Background and Purpose:According to Process Analytical Technology perspective, drug product quality should be ensured by manufacturing process design. Initial step of the process analysis is investigation of critical pro…

Ravi Theaj Prakash Upputuri, Sudesh Kumar, Karikalan Kulandaivelu, Abul Kalam Azad Mandal

pp. 301–309 · DOI: 10.5530/ijper.50.2.11 · 2016

Introduction: Despite several health benefits of green tea polyphenols (GTP), its use as a therapeutic agent has been constrained by instability, biotransformation and poor bioavailability. Objective: In our study, GTP w…