Pharmacy Facilities
Pharmacy Dispensing Laboratory
This is where the pharmacy students carry out modern dispensing and drug formulation practice and research.
Medication Review Room
Where the pharmacy students carry out review of medications of individual subjects under the supervision of pharmacists.
Pharmaceutics Laboratory
Where the pharmacy students carry out the analysis and evaluation of modern pharmaceutical dosage forms. The laboratory is equipped with tablet dissolution tester, tablet hardness tester, tablet friability tester, powder tapped density tester, sieves and sieve shakers and twin stage impinger.
Pharmacology Laboratory
Where the pharmacy students carry out organ baths experiments to evaluate the agonist or antagonist action of a series of pharmacological agents. Students will also conduct synergic or additive action of pharmacological or toxicological agents using cell cultures. Metabolism and bioavailability of drugs and toxins will also conducted using cells, animals or human subjects. The laboratory is equipped with organ baths and cell culture facilities. The animal house is available through the University of Canberra.
Pharmaceutical and forensic analytical Laboratory
Where the pharmacy students (and forensic students) carry out the analysis and evaluation of drugs or toxins. The laboratory is equipped with several HPLC and GC-MS within the National Centre for Forensic Studies in Building 7 level D.
Molecular Biology Laboratory
Pharmacy students also access to the state-of-art facilities of molecular biology laboratory in the National Centre for Forensic Studies.
Health Sciences Audiovisual Laboratory
Fully equipped clinical setting that enables students to be videoed or observed whilst completing a patient focused tasks and counseling. Allows for critical analysis by both student and staff.
In addition, the School of health Sciences maintains several modern teaching laboratories that can be accessed by Pharmacy students:
- Physiology and Anatomy Laboratory (Room:3D14)
- Biomedical Sciences Laboratory 1 (Room:3D11)
- Haematology Facility (Room:3C12a)
- Tissue Culture Facility (Room:3D16)
- Histology Facility (Room:3D15)
- Analytical Instrumentation Laboratory (Room:3D35)
- Flow Cytometer Laboratory (Room:3D42)
If you have any questions about these facilities please contact
Robert Bryce, Technical Services Coordinator
Phone: (02) 6201 2537
E-mail: Robert.Bryce.canberra.edu.au