Phpharm.D
. The introduction of the Pharm D. course is set to change the country’s pharmacy education landscape. The introduction of Pharm.D, a six year integrated postgraduate programme, is expected to take the country’s pharmacy education to international levels. Pharm D. is a six year course providing intensive training in pharmacy practice and clinical pharmacy services. The course will include five years of clinical and community-based theory with ward rounds and one year internship in hospitals. Pharm D. students will work in coordination with doctors to treat patients. In the final year, the student will come out as a clinical pharmacist who will be an essential component of healthcare equal to doctors. Pharm D. graduates will study in detail about drugs for different diseases, will advise patients about dose, action, and side effects and has knowledge and skills of current diagnostic methods, treatment modalities, drug delivery system, therapeutics outcome, pharmaco economics and pharmaco therapy to meet the rapid changes in the healthcare system.
A pharmacist is a vital link in the physician-patient chain and he is expected to play a key role in the dissemination of pharmaceutical knowledge. The practice of pharmacy includes the custody, preparation and distribution of pharmaceutical products besides providing advice on health and nutrition related issues. Al Shifa College of Pharmacy at Perinthalmanna in Malappuram district is the only college in the State to get the PCI approval this year. We are the only college in kerala giving 50% Govt merit seat for poor and meritorious students for improving the health care status of the state .Alshifa college is attached to a 450-beded tertiary care referral hospital.
The final outcome of the Pharm.D course
1. Pharmaceutical care to patient by integrating pharmacy into every day functioning of hospital and patient care, to be an essential part of heath care team.
2. Developing and managing medication, distribution and control systems. Further ensure correct storage, expiry dates and maintenance of documentation.
3. Maintaining of patient after medication, analyzing, reporting medication errors. Preparing policies, procedures for safe use of high risk medication, blood products, chemotherapeutic agents, radioactive isotopes, investigational new drug and medicinal gases.
4. Promoting public health, patient counseling, and food drug interaction drug drug interaction. Providing drug information, poison information, education to health care team and stake holder (patients)
5. Managing the pharmacy.
