Re: PharmD Course in India - Kind Attn: Dr. Shazia Jamshed

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Dear all,

Wow what a discussion is this turning about.All credit goes

to Dr.Geer for moderating and putting a lots of inputs.By going

through the various posts i came to know the various possiblities of

the Pharm D course.I also agree that the course fee is bit high but

there is the alternative given by Dr.Anupama that it can be taken

over by government sectors too.Anyway Clinical pharmacists are the

need of the hour and this will go a long way in improving patient

care.Keep the good work Geer saab

Dr.Santosh

In netrum , " Geer M. Ishaq " <ishaqgeer@...> wrote:

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> 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

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> 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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> From: shazia jamshed <shazia_12@...>

> netrum

> Sent: Friday, 5 December, 2008 7:37:35 AM

> Subject: Re: Re: PharmD Course in India - Prospects &

Constraints

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> Dear Dr Ishaq,

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> Congrats for taking up this issue of Pharm D course in India-

Prospects and Constraints.

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> This morning I read the enlightened postings which energize me to

write something on this issue.

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> 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.

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> 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

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> Thanks and Regards

> Shazia Jamshed

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