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DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACY PRACTICE
The three core areas identified for this department are Clinical, Hospital and Community Pharmacy. In a very short span of time, the department has made significant progress and has been able to evolve on the first two areas by developing a strong interface with three major hospitals in this region.
One of the missions of the department is to provide quality teaching -learning programs that will prepare the students for entry into all areas of professional pharmacy practice.
The department intends to promote research and service, demonstrating excellence in professional practice and outreach. Currently, the emphasis is placed on principles of pharmacotherapy and practice management for the purpose of advancing quality cost-effective pharmaceutical care. The Department of Pharmacy Practice is committed to:
- Development of long-term functional practice skills in students, and others in the profession
- Development and practice of systematic approach to identify and solve drug-related problems
- Implementation of Good Pharmacy Practice Points for Clinical Pharmacists and for Clinical Pharmacy Educators
- Research leadership in desired areas of excellence and developing areas especially pertaining to the rural health
- Development of interdisciplinary research programs within the institute and other schools of pharmaceutical sciences in the country and abroad
- Leadership in national, state and local professional associations and a strong role in developing future practice standards and models
- Providing of the highest level of pharmaceutical services to our nation
The department intends to grow into the following areas and looks forward to collaborate with external agencies
- Research into the drug-related healthcare issues
- Identifying, monitoring and solving drug-related problems
- Establishment of clinical pharmacy services
- Drug utilization reviews and cost containment issues in hospital pharmacy
- Setting up of Patient counseling facilities in hospitals
- Offering Continuing Professional Education (CPE) programs for all sections of the profession
The key features of the department
- The department emphasizes on specialization in Hospital and Clinical Pharmacy
- The faculty members are well qualified and experienced in clinical specialty
- The department laboratories are well equipped with sophisticated equipments and rapid access Internet facilities. It has a well-stacked Library
- The college has MoUs with three multi specialty hospitals in the city, which encompasses Seahorse hospital, Maruthi hospital and Kaveri Medical Center Hospital. Latest equipment and facilities are available in these hospitals, where all major, advanced, invasive and non-invasive treatment procedures are carried out
- The faculty members of the department keep attending number of National and International Seminars & Conferences. They publish their research findings in reputed National & International Journals with strong impact factors
- Facilities like Drug Information Center and Clinical research activities including patient medication counseling are available for providing the best knowledge regarding healthcare in community pharmacy
- The department releases a quarterly- ‘PDIC Newsletter’ that gives news about latest advancement in the field of medicine and therapy
- The department involves in various research activities like ADRs, Drug utilization, Pharmacoeconomics, Therapeutic drug monitoring and Drug-Drug interaction studies.
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