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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
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
.
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.
