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Good news for the 6th Pharm.D and Pharm.D (PB) students.
PCI has announced the stipend for the students..Click here to see the website notification from PCI

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Internship or Internment ??? 

 PharmD Internships without stipend Bad for Students, Bad for hospitals, Bad for Society .Medical,Dental,Ay urv edic,Homoeopathy ,Phy siotherapy ,Veterinary ,Nursing interns get stipend why not we ??? PharmD students are made to pay fee to college during internship,there will not be any lessons or tutorials and most of the students will not be using the college facilities at all. So why do we still need to pay college fee for that particular y ear.Don’t y ou think it’s like"rubbing salt in the wound" to ask students to pay to during the internships. College managements are collecting huge amounts in the name of donations,hospital fee,etc at the time of admissions but they failed to prov ide any Campus placement opportunities for PharmDs before they complete their education. This could be considered as serv ice because sufficient training has already been prov ided to the PharmD students during the curriculum, especially in the 5th y ear, where along with regular subjects we also do clerkship and project work. PharmD students will be mostly rendering serv ice in the hospital during their internship. On the one hand we may learn a lot - no doubt- but on the other hand it does not support the idea of social equality . In economics, people v alue what they pay for. When hospitals hav e a financial inv estment in someone, they are more inclined to gain a full return on that inv estment.Hospitals hav e no real interest in an interns personal or professional dev elopment. But if they pay for that intern, they do.Any thing giv en free is not considered v aluable so if PharmDs are giv en stipend,hospitals will try to utilize our serv ices to full ex tent.Students,Hospitals and patients will be benifited with the prov ision of stipend to PharmD students.Students will be able to dev elop skills and ex perience and patients will be satisfied with improv ed quality of health serv ices prov ided to them. If students are not prov ided stipend it dev alues the profession & actual work being done, lowering pay /salaries for pharmacists .There will be obv ious compromise in patient counseling, promotion of rational drug use, drug information serv ices, pharmaceutical care, adv erse drug reaction reporting, therapeutic drug monitoring and pharmaco-epideomology which are salient ingredients of professionalism ex pected because priv ate profiteers would nev er engage enough hands to cater for these interests.

 

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STIPEND for the Pharm.D students during Internship

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PCI responds to the survey done by "Revolution Pharm.D" in Regard to STIPEND for the Pharm.D students during Internship.

Check this out and talk to your Institution about it..Hope we get positive response.

PCI responds to the survey done by "Revolution Pharm.D" in Regard to STIPEND for the Pharm.D students during Internship.

Check this out and talk to your Institution about it..Hope we get positive response.

Here is the GOOD NEWS for INDIAN pharmD students

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Here is the GOOD NEWS for INDIAN pharmD students

In a major boost to the pharmacy students in the country, the Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) will soon start issuing Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE ) recognition for Indian Pharm D students which will allow pharmacy students to work as pharmacist anywhere in the world.

PCI president Dr B Suresh, while speaking at a national workshop organised by IPA – Peenya branch at Acharya & B M Reddy College of Pharmacy in Bangalore recently, said that the ACPE certification which is a replication of certification provided by US University will go a long way in finding a job in advanced countries like US for the Indian pharmacy students.

The main advantage of implementing the certification for Indian students is that after passing out with Pharm D ACPE recognition, the students don’t have to give any test while they apply for the job and are eligible to get the job in US, UK or anywhere across the globe.


PCI stated that for ACPE certification, the students will have to give an online Naupits test which is an online test for 3 hours duration. After passing this test, they will be certified to work as pharmacists in advanced countries like UK, US and Australia. The students can also get hired as intern in these countries. During their internship programme they will be trained according to their desired field based on their interest.

The PCI is the statutory body formed to regulate the pharmacy education and practices in the country. Its duties include framing of education regulations, prescribing the conditions to be fulfilled by the institutions seeking approval of the PCI for imparting education in pharmacy and to ensure uniform implementation of the educational standards throughout the country.

JSS College of Pharmacy, Mysore, Karnataka

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About JSS College of Pharmacy, Mysore Jagadguru Sri Dr. Shivarahtri Rajendra Mahaswamjigalavaru, the 23rd pontiff of Sri Suttur Veerasimhasana Math was the architect and founder president of JSS Mahavidyapeetha, which came into being in 1954. With the divine inspiration of Sri Swamiji, the JSS College of Pharmacy was started in the year 1973. JSS College of Pharmacy is a constituent college of JSS University, Mysore. JSS University is recognized by Ministry of Human Resource Development, government of India on 28th may 2008 and has declared Jagadguru Sri Shivarathreeshwara University (JSSU), Mysore, Karnataka, as deemed. The institution offers B. Pharm (4 years), Pharm. D (6 years), Pharm.D (PB) (3 years), M.Pharm (2 years) in ten specializations and Ph. D. The college is recognized by Government of Karnataka and approved by Pharmacy Council of India (PCI), New Delhi and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi. It is accredited to National Board of Accreditation (NBA), AICTE, New Delhi. It has committed itself to become a center for excellence in pharmaceutical education and research and be a leader in the field of pharmaceutical sciences including pharmacy practice with the objective of strengthening the health care of the country. The college is situated at Sri Shivarathreeshwara Nagara on Mysore-Bangalore highway opposite to JSS institutions campus on a spacious area with lush green garden, cool weather, with spacious building with all educational facilities. The college is about 4 Kms from centre of Mysore, 140 Kms from Bangalore and is well connected by road, rail and air. 

Vision
Committed to high quality education, training and research.

Mission
To provide high quality education, training and research in pharmacy to meet the needs of students, Pharmacists, Pharmaceutical organizations and health care professionals.

Objectives
To promote highest quality professional pharmacy education at all levels, to produce competent pharmacists, with entrepreneurship and innovative skills.
To establish continuing professional development (CPD) programmes in the institution for practicing professionals.
To strengthen the industry- institution interactions for mutual benefits.
To create a model pharmacy in the institution to strengthen the relation between public and pharmacy.
To collaborate with national and international organizations for outstanding educational/ service/ research programs.
To educate people regarding drugs, drug products, health and population control.

Pharm.D vs MBBS

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PharmD vs MBBS which one would be better......?

Which one would be more rewarding,doing plain MBBS or Pharm.D(Doctorate of Pharmacy).By plain MBBS I mean doing MBBS without thinking about any post graduation or specialization i.e being an MBBS doctor and not more.I'm laying down the course structure and scope of both Pharm D and MBBS so that it can be much more clear.

Syllabus of Pharm-D course conducted by Rajiv Gandhi University

First Year
1.1 HUMAN ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY
1.3 MEDICINAL BIOCHEMISTRY
BIOLOGY/ MATHS:
Second year
2.1 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
2.2 PHARMACEUTICAL MICROBIOLOGY
2.4 PHARMACOLOGY – I
2.5 COMMUNITY PHARMACY( very important)
2.6 PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS – I
Third year
3.1 PHARMACOLOGY – II
3.3 PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS – II
3.4 PHARMACEUTICAL JURISPRUDENCE
Fourth year
4.1 PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS – III
4.2 HOSPITAL PHARMACY
4.3 CLINICAL PHARMACY
4.6 CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY
Fifth year
5.1 Clinical Research
5.2 Pharmacoepidemiology and
Pharmacoeconomics
5.3 Clinical Pharmacokinetics &
Pharmacotherapeutic Drug Monitoring
5.4 Clerkship
Sixth Year:
Internship or residency training including postings in speciality units. Student should independently provide the clinical pharmacy services to the allotted wards.
(i) Six months in General Medicine department, and
(ii) Two months each in three other speciality departments
Internship._ (1) Internship is a phase of training wherein a student is expected to conduct actual practice of pharmacy and health care and acquires skills under the supervision so that he or she may become capable of functioning independently.
The following are the expected role of a pharmacist in the future health sector which given by IPA:
Some of the roles of PharmD (community) pharmacists are as follows:
1. Patient medication history interview
2. Medication order review
3. Patient counseling regarding safe and rational use of drug
4. Adverse drug reaction monitoring
5. Drug interaction monitoring
6. Therapeutic drug monitoring
7. Participating in ward rounds
8. Providing drug information at the drug information and poison information centre.

Career options available to PharmD Graduates:
 1. Community Pharmacy
 2. Hospital Pharmacy
 3. Pharmaceutical Industry
 4. Pharmacy Education
 5. Bio-medical research
 6. Community Pharmacy
 7. Hospital Pharmacy
 8. Pharmaceutical Industry
 9. Pharmacy Education
 10 .Bio-medical research
 11. Geriatric Pharmacy
 12. Governmental Agencies
 13. Home Healthcare
 14. General Practice in Modern Medicines
 15. Insurance sector
 16. Health care documentation (like archivers)

MBBS syllabus
Proposed MBBS curriculum by MCI.Structure and Duration of the Course
The committee recommends the following for consideration for implementation:
4.5 years course + 1 year internship).The course would be of 5.5 years duration with one year internship and provision for elective periods of 6 months before or after internship. Curriculum can be divided into core and non-core with the non-core part of the curriculum be made elective or applied.

Subject covered
Group A:
Year1-
Anatomy,
Physiology and Biochemistry;
Year 2-
Pathology,
Microbiology and Pharmacology
Group B:
Year 4-
Medicine,
Surgery
Obstetrics and Gyanecology,
Paediatrics,
Family Medicine and Community health
Group C :
Year 2-
Forensic medicine
Year 3 and 4-
ENT and Opthalmology,
STD and Dermatology,
Orthopaedics,
Accident and Emergency Medicine,
Radiology,
Anaesthesia,
Psychiatry
Elective options- clinical and research electives
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Career options available to MBBS Graduates:
1. General Practice
2. Govt/Public sector/Private sector
3.Academics
4. Health care documentation
5. Health care management
6. Insurance sector

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Additional Details

The Pharm-D syllabus as laid down by Pharmacy council of India have covers almost all of the diseases through various subjects and the corresponding practical via different names and heads. It is not like that of MBBS curriculum where the sections are categorized as general medicine, paediatrics, ENT, etc. But here they have interpreted everything in a different way.One cannot make out clearly, at first sight; to what extent the student is taught about general medicine and the clinical aspects but intact Pharm D and MBBS are same in regards to general medicine and the clinical aspects.

As pharm D is a doctoral degree any body graduating as Pharm D can put 'Dr' as prefix in front of his name.

5 YEAR ROADMAP OF PHARMACOVIGILANCE PROGRAMME OF INDIA (Year 2010—2015 )

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Presented below is the roadmap for the Pharmacovigilance Programme of India. The programme will be implemented in five phases as depicted below:

Introduction  

The Pharmaceutical industry in India is valued at Rs. 90,000 Crore and is growing at the rate of 12 – 14 % per annum. Exports are growing at 25 % Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) every year. The total export of Pharma products is to the extent of Rs. 40,000 Crore. India is now being recognized as the ‘Global pharmacy of Generic Drugs’ & has distinction of providing generic quality drugs at affordable cost. India is also emerging rapidly as a hub of Global Clinical trials & a destination for Drug Discovery & Development.

Further, more & more  new drugs are being introduced into the country which include New Chemical Entities (NCE), high techpharma products, vaccines  as well as new dosage forms, new routes of drug administrations and new therapeutic claims of existing drugs. This is reflected in the fact that total number of applications received & processed have more than doubled from around 10,000 in the Year 2005 to 22,806 in Year 2009 at CDSCO, HQ, New Delhi. This includes increase in New Drug Applications, Global Clinical Trials, Market Authorization of Vaccine & Biotech products from 1200 ,100 ,10 in Year 2005 to 1753, 262 & 137 in the Year 2009 respectively. 

 Such rapid induction of NCEs and High tech Pharma products in the market throw up the challenges of monitoring Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) over large population base.All medicines (pharmaceuticals and vaccines) have side effects. Some of these side effects are known, while many are still unknown even though that medicine has been in clinical use for several years. It is important to monitor both the known and hitherto unknown side effects of medicines in order to determine any new information available in relation to their safety profile. In a vast country like India with a population of over 1.2 Billion with vast ethnic variability, different disease prevalence patterns, practice of different systems of medicines, different socioeconomic status, it is important to have a standardized and robust pharmacovigilance and drug safety monitoringprogramme for the nation.  Collecting this information in a systematic manner and analyzing the data to reach a meaningful conclusion on the continued use of these medicines is the rationale to institute this program for India.

Since, there are considerable social and economic consequences of ADRs there is a need to engage health-care professionals, in a well structured programme to build synergies for monitoring ADRs. The purpose of the Pharmacovigilance Program of India is to collect, collate and analyze data to arrive at an inference to recommend regulatory interventions, besides communicating risks to healthcare professionals and the public

2.            Pharmacovigilance Programme of India (PvPI)

 The Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO), Directorate General of Health Services under the aegis of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India in collaboration with Indian Pharmacopeia commission, Ghaziabad is initiating a nation-wide Pharmacovigilance programme for protecting the health of the patients by assuring drug safety. The programmeshall be coordinated by the Indian Pharmacopeia commission, Ghaziabad as a National Coordinating Centre (NCC). The centre will operate under the supervision of a Steering Committee.

http://www.cdsco.nic.in/pharmacovigilance.htm

Pharmacovigilance Programme of India (PvPI) for Assuring Drug Safety

Plan to develop Pharmacovigilance in INDIA

PHARMACOVIGILANCE PROGRAMME OF INDIA

TRAININGS/EVENTS CALENDER 2013

Objectives	Activities planned	Begin /End or Duration	Institution responsible to follow up	Remarks
Strengthening of Pharmacovigilance Programme of India	PvPI Working Group Meeting  at FDA Bhawan, New Delhi	29th January 2013	IP Commission, Ghaziabad	IPC Budget
	Workshop on ADR Monitoring and Reporting at ALT Centre, Ghaziabad	9th and 10th February 2013	Vardhman Foundation	IPC will provide technical support
	Vigiflow training for North Zone ADR Monitoring Centres at PGIMER, Chandigarh	February 2013	NorthZone Training &Tech Support Centre Coordinator	IPC Budget
	Pharmacovigilance training for East zone ADR Monitoring Centres at IPGMER, Kolkata	February 2013	East Zone Training & Tech Support Centre Coordinator	IPC Budget
	Vigiflow training for West Zone ADR Monitoring Centre at KEM Hospital, Mumbai	March 2013	West Zone Training & Tech Support  Centre Coordinator	IPC Budget
	Vigiflow training for South Zone ADR Monitoring Centres at  JSS College and Hospital, Mysore	April 2013	South Zone Training & Tech Support Centre Coordinator	IPC Budget
	PvPI Working Group Meeting  at FDA Bhawan, New Delhi	7th May 2013	IP Commission,  Ghaziabad	IPC Budget
	Vigiflow training for East Zone ADR Monitoring Centres at IPGMER, Kolkata	May 2013	East Zone Training & Tech Support Centre Coordinator	IPC Budget
	Workshop on Quality Management System in Pharmacovigilance at IP Commission,  Ghaziabad	July 2013	IP Commission, Ghaziabad	IPC Budget
	PvPI Working Group Meeting at FDA Bhawan, New Delhi	10th September 2013	IP Commission, Ghaziabad	IPC Budget

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Quick Link : http://www.cdsco.nic.in/pharmacovigilance.htm