Re: PharmD Course in India - Attn. r. Srisailam

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Dear Dr. IshaqI am not sure a Pharm D fellow will get that huge offer initially (Rs. 2.5 lakh per month) because even super specialty physicians and surgeons are not getting such a high pay in all the hospitals. The importance of Pharm D fellow is not yet completely recognised in the hospitals to date.Coming to abroad openings, it is not wise to depend on other countries always. Recently in USA, many private schools started offering Pharm D. So we have to look for creation of opportunities in India itself.In India one cannot expect such a high pay (Rs. 2.5 lakh per month) as quoted by Kanika Tandon in India Today. This is my own opinion basing on observations I made on the opportunities to pharmacists in industry, hospitals and academics.Coming to the number of hospitals, only very few may create a chair in their

hospital for pharmacist, that too, a single chair.The scope of Pharm D fellow will be significant when the role of pharmacist in a hospital is properly recognized. There may be openings in teaching hospitals, hospitals conducting clinical trials on humans in collaboration with pharma industries with R & D and CROs. And everybody know that very few pharma industries are working for R & D. Then CROs will remain the major generators of opportunities, but they too, depends on projects from outside.Dr. Srisailam>> Dear Shazia Jamshed:> Thanks for the compliments and your enriching remarks about the topic of current discussion. You have hit the nail right upon its head by stating

that time has come when the pharmacist should change his role from a mere dispenser to a caregiver and decision maker. That is precisely the reason why the initiative taken by PCI is appreciated by one and all. Somewhere the beginning has to be made. So far pharmacists in India have not been able to carve out a niche in so far has their direct involvement in healthcare delivery is concerned. Many experts blaim the faulty education and training that has so far been more industry oriented and less inclined towards pharmacy practice. Even mandatory training at the end of the B.Pharm. course was being imparted in an industrial set up rather than a hospital setting. Under these circumstances a dire need was perceived for a fully clinical oriented course that could exhaustively train the aspiring students in> patient healtcare delivery and hence PharmD Course. The remedial

measures suggested by you to bring the existing dilapidated system back on track are quite laudable and significant. I fully endorse the same. Besides there is need for regular exposure of PharmD students to clinical setting right from their very first year rather than during final year of their course. PharmD candidates should be constantly exposed to the interface that they are ultimately going to serve from the very beginning of their course. I have seen a few letters from your university published in American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education on this very issue. Can you kindly throw some light over the assertions made in those communications and the situation existing in and around the place of your study vis-a-vis pharmacy practice.> With 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> > > > > ____________ _________ _________ __> From: shazia jamshed <shazia_12@. ..>> netrumgroups (DOT) com> Sent: Friday, 5 December, 2008 7:37:35 AM> Subject: Re: Re: PharmD Course in India - Prospects & Constraints> > > > > Dear Dr Ishaq, > > Congrats for taking up this issue of Pharm D course in India-Prospects and Constraints. > > This morning I read the enlightened postings which energize me to write something on this issue. >

> As we all know pharmacists being the health information custodian and the third largest group of health care providers seep into the changing dynamics of healthcare environment where now patient is both demanding and receptive for information even on minor illnesses. To be precise the profession of pharmacy embraces a novel concept of ‘Pharmaceutical Care’ thus changing the image of a pharmacist from a dispenser to a decision maker and caregiver. Still a lot of work is needed to be done to establish the true status of this underrated healthcare group in the eyes of other stakeholder; be it a doctor, nurse or a patient. > A panegyric attempt to provide due recognition to pharmacists as well as to ascend their numbers pharmacy education has taken strides with more number of pharmacy institutes in the recent years. > India will be a role model to follow for developing countries in

terms of Pharmacy Education. > As per Gazette of India, Part III, Section 4, dated 10th May 2008the Health Ministry has paved the way for Indian pharmacy practice training and education by giving formal approval for Pharm D. regulations. The Pharm D course comprises of six academic years with five years of study and one year of internship and residency in speciality units with six months in General Medicine Department and two-months each in other speciality departments. The clerkship coupled with a research project covering areas of biostatistics and research methodology as well as concepts of pharmacoeconomics and clinical research is also in place. Still the fruitful implementation of any such program in Indianeeds coherence of many factorsbut for developing countries to follow the same track is not a bitter pill to swallow. > > To produce a worldly competitive Pharm D

graduate, Pharmacy Education System in will exercise following remedial measures both in curriculum, its implementation as well as pharmacy practice > * Incorporation of courses of Pharmacoepidemiolog y, Pharmacoeconomics and Social Pharmacy with Clinical Pharmacy as a separate entity > * Formation of an Internal Quality Assurance Committee (IQAC) within each pharmacy institute ensuring the delivery of laid down components of the curriculum> * “Training of the Trainers†by interactive, hands-on workshop with the help of international faculties to generate excellence in novel and innovative aspects of curriculum> > > Thanks and Regards > Shazia Jamshed > > > > > Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger. / invite/>

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