Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Primary groupings

Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Primary groupings
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10 - Health and related fields

51. - Health professions and related programs

This series comprises instructional programs that prepare individuals to practice as licensed professionals and assistants in the health care professions and related clinical sciences and administrative and support services.

51.20 - Pharmacy, pharmaceutical sciences and administration

This subseries comprises instructional program classes 51.2001 to 51.2099.

51.2001 - Pharmacy (PharmD, BS, BSc, BPharm)

This instructional program class comprises any program that prepares individuals for the independent or employed practice of preparing and dispensing drugs and medications in consultation with prescribing physicians and other health care professionals, and for managing pharmacy practices and counselling patients. These programs include courses in mathematics, physics, chemistry, biochemistry, anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacognosy, pharmacy practice, pharmacy administration, applicable regulations, and professional standards and ethics.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • BPharm
    • BS Pharmacy
    • BSc Pharmacy
    • DPharm
    • pharmacist
    • pharmacy
    • PharmD

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • clinical pharmacy(51.2008)
    • pharmaceutical sciences(51.2010)
    • pharmacy administration(51.2002)
    • pharmacy technology(51.0805)
51.2002 - Pharmacy administration and pharmacy policy and regulatory affairs (MS, MSc, PhD)

This instructional program class comprises any program that prepares individuals to apply managerial, social, and economic sciences to the study and management of the distribution and use of pharmaceutical products and the provision of pharmacy services. These programs include courses in research design and methods, statistics, social and organizational behaviour, pharmacoeconomics, management of pharmacy services, outcomes research, product planning and reimbursement, cost-benefit analysis, drug marketing, pharmacy and pharmaceutics laws and regulations, risk assessment, and organization of the health care system.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • pharmacy administration and pharmacy policy and regulatory affairs
    • pharmacy administration
    • pharmacy policy
    • pharmacy quality assurance and regulatory affairs
    • pharmacy regulatory affairs

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • health services administration(51.2211)
    • regulatory affairs(51.0720)
51.2003 - Pharmaceutics and drug design (MS, MSc, PhD)

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of the formulation of medicinal substances into product vehicles capable of being stored, transported, and then introduced into the patient and behaving in ways optimal to therapeutic interaction. These programs include courses in statistics, biopharmaceutics, drug metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, physical pharmacy, pharmacological analysis, drug design and development, pharmacological biotechnology, chemical separations, spectroscopy, drug-host interactions, immunology, quantitative drug measurement, enzymatic transformations, and metabolic excretion.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • drug design
    • pharmaceutics
    • pharmaceutics and drug design

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • biomedical toxicology(26.1004)
    • pharmaceutical engineering(14.0799)
    • pharmacology(26.1001)
51.2004 - Medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry (MS, MSc, PhD)

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the application of chemistry to the study of biologically and clinically active substances, biological and pharmacological interactions, and the development of associated research methods, techniques, and clinical trial procedures. These programs include courses in organic chemistry, biochemistry, molecular graphics, rational drug design, toxicology, molecular biology, pharmacology, enzyme mechanisms, receptor theory, neurochemistry, drug metabolism, drug synthesis, biological mechanisms of drug action, research tools and techniques, and laboratory safety.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • biological and pharmaceutical chemistry
    • medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry
    • medicinal chemistry
    • pharmaceutical chemistry

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • biochemical engineering(14.4301)
    • pharmaceutical engineering(14.0799)
    • pharmaceutical sciences(51.2010)
    • pharmaceutics and drug design(51.2003)
    • pharmacology(26.1001)
51.2005 - Natural products chemistry and pharmacognosy (MS, MSc, PhD)

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of biologically active compounds found in naturally occurring sources such as plants, animals, and microbes and their use and/or modification as medicinal substances. These programs include courses in medicinal chemistry, organic medicinals, pharmacological therapeutics, pharmacokinetics, molecular biology, structural chemistry, enzymes, nucleic acids, economic botany, ethnobotany, bioprospecting, bioassay, compound identification and isolation, mass spectrometry, and analytical instrumentation and techniques.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • natural products chemistry
    • natural products chemistry and pharmacognosy
    • pharmacognosy

    All examples

51.2006 - Clinical and industrial drug development (MS, MSc, PhD)

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific application of pharmacology, pharmaceutics, and industrial management to the development, production, marketing, and distribution of pharmaceutical products. These programs include courses in industrial microbiology, plasmids, expression vectors, protein chemistry, assay and evaluation, drug synthesis and purification, quality control, industrial management, production security, patent procedures, intellectual property regulations and issues, patent enforcement and defence, and research design and testing.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • clinical and industrial drug development
    • clinical drug development
    • industrial drug development

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • pharmaceutics and drug design(51.2003)
51.2007 - Pharmacoeconomics/pharmaceutical economics (MS, MSc, PhD)

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the application of economics and policy analysis to the study of the relationship of pharmacy services and pharmaceutical processes and products to the health care system and their impact on health care organizations. These programs include courses in health economics, pharmacoeconomics, health care systems, health care organization and management, statistics and biostatistics, outcomes research, health care policy, pharmacy services, and pharmaceutical industry operations.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • pharmaceutical economics
    • pharmacoeconomics

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • pharmaceutical sciences(51.2010)
51.2008 - Clinical, hospital and managed care pharmacy (MS, MSc, PhD)

This instructional program class comprises any program that prepares individuals to deliver specialized pharmacy services and produce pharmaceutical products in clinical settings in conjunction with other health care professionals. These programs include courses in biostatistics; clinical pharmacokinetics; biopharmaceutics; neuropharmacology; pharmacodynamics; drug metabolism; clinical sampling and research design; drug delivery systems; chemotherapy; pharmacotherapy; clinical pharmacy management; medical and research ethics; and applications to nuclear, nutrition support, oncology, psychiatric, and therapeutic pharmacy.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • clinical pharmacy
    • clinical, hospital, and managed care pharmacy
    • hospital pharmacy
    • managed care pharmacy

    All examples

51.2009 - Industrial and physical pharmacy and cosmetic sciences (MS, MSc, PhD)

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the application of pharmaceutical sciences and pharmacy to the study of pharmaceuticals production and distribution, and prepares individuals to manage pharmaceutical industry operations. These programs include courses in pharmacoeconomics, industrial management, operations management, preformulation evaluation, product formulation/reformulation, drug product development, stability testing, dosage design, pilot scale-up, drug marketing, quality control, drug information, and legal and regulatory affairs.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • cosmetic chemist
    • cosmetic sciences
    • industrial and physical pharmacy and cosmetic sciences
    • industrial pharmacy
    • industrial pharmacy and cosmetic sciences
    • physical pharmacy and cosmetic sciences

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • clinical and industrial drug development(51.2006)
    • cosmetology(12.0401)
    • pharmaceutics and drug design(51.2003)
51.2010 - Pharmaceutical sciences

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the basic sciences that underlie drugs and drug therapy and that prepares individuals for further study and/or careers in pharmaceutical science and research, pharmaceutical administration and sales, biotechnology, drug manufacturing, regulatory affairs, and related fields. These programs include courses in mathematics, biology, chemistry, physics, statistics, pharmaceutics, pharmacology and toxicology, dosage formulation, manufacturing, quality assurance, and regulations.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • pharmaceutical science
    • pharmaceutical sciences

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry(51.2004)
    • pharmaceutical economics(51.2007)
    • pharmaceutical engineering(14.0799)
    • pharmaceutical marketing and management(51.2011)
    • pharmaceutical technology(51.1099)
    • pharmacy(51.2001)
51.2011 - Pharmaceutical marketing and management

This instructional program class comprises any program that combines the study of basic and pharmaceutical sciences with marketing and management studies; and that prepares individuals for careers in pharmaceutical sales, marketing, management, and related fields within the health care industry. These programs include courses in biology, chemistry, pharmaceutics, pharmacology, health care systems, issues and structure of pharmaceutical industry, management, pharmaceutical marketing, pharmaceutical and medical product management, and legal issues.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • pharmaceutical and medical product management
    • pharmaceutical marketing
    • pharmaceutical marketing and management

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • health management(51.0701)
    • health services management(51.2211)
    • management(52.0201)
    • marketing(52.1401)
    • pharmaceutical sciences(51.2010)
    • retail management(52.0212)
    • sales management(52.1804)
51.2099 - Pharmacy, pharmaceutical sciences and administration, other

This instructional program class comprises any program not listed above that relates to Pharmacy, pharmaceutical sciences and administration.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • community pharmacy
    • other pharmacy, pharmaceutical sciences and administration

    All examples

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