Re: Pharm D Course in India

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Hi

Well said Geer. Pharm D course is nice thing happening to the

Pharmacy education in India. Any new, young, fresh, attempt has

teething problems. These should not bog us down. Thinking of CTC

(cost to company i.e. salary + perks extended to an employee by the

employer) after 2011 is too futuristic to evaluate the course in its

inception year in India.

Vijay

> > >

> > > Dear Members:

> > > In the recent years pharmacy education has grown well enough

to

> > generate highly skilled and technical manpower to man the wide

> > spectrum of pharmaceutical activities associated with the

> > manufacture and sale of medicines in the country. Pharma

industry is

> > on an upward growth, with an expected growth of 9 per cent at 20

> > billion Euro business by 2015. Currently there are 600 degree

and

> > 500 diploma institutions churning out 50,000 graduates, 35,000

> > diploma holders, 1000 post-graduates and about 300 doctorates

every

> > year in India.

> > > In spite of these facts, pharmacy profession is relatively

young

> > in India and has passed through a chequered path. Today there is

a

> > paradigm shift from the existing industry oriented approach to

> > service and patient-centered curriculum in pharmaceutical

academic

> > parlance. There is a drastic change in the approach of Pharmacy

> > Council of India (PCI) to the problems plaguing the profession.

> > There is also a glaring attitudinal change in the student and

> > teachers’ perception of pharmacy profession. All these

indications

> > auger well for the profession in realizing the ultimate

objective of

> > producing a seven star pharmacist.

> > > In India, although pharmaceutical industry has advanced over

the

> > last 25 years, the pharmacist here continues to be a backroom

boy in

> > a pharmaceutical factory or a salesman in a retail pharmacy.

This

> > image has to change and it can be done only by raising the

> > educational standards of pharmacists. There has been no serious

> > attempt to modify the curricula of pharmacy education in India

for

> > several years. Whereas, manufacturing standards, quality control

> > practices, research activities and clinical practices in this

> > industry have undergone critical changes during these years.

> > > With these objectives in mind and with a view to raise the

> > standards of pharmacy education in India particularly with

respect

> > to the emerging discipline of clinical pharmacy practice,

Pharmacy

> > Council of India this year started a six-year integrated PharmD

> > course. The course is expected to produce pharmacy professionals

who

> > could actively and directly contribute in the patient healthcare

> > system.

> > > Looking forwar to your inputs.

> > > With kind regards:

> > > Dr. Geer M. Ishaq

> > > Assistant Professor

> > > Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences

> > > University of Kashmir

> > > Srinagar-190006 (J & K)

> > > Ph: 9419970971, 9906673100

> > > Website: http://ishaqgeer. googlepages. com

> > >

> > >

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