The clinical pharmacy provides a platform to perform activities through which the pharmacist cooperates and coordinates with other health professionals in designing, implementing, and monitoring a therapeutic care plan in order to give better care to patients evaluation and review of the drug utilization process. It provides understanding regarding monitoring, reporting, and management of various types of adverse drug reactions with a thorough knowledge of factors affecting them. It plays a critical role in the understanding of different drug interactions like drug-drug, drug-food, drug-lab, and drug-disease interactions. The subject enables students to find and manage drug-induced diseases.  The students will also have an insight into the role of computers in e-prescription, pharmacotherapy planning, clinical research, and data management in different clinical settings. The students will gain a competency regarding how to write and how to evaluate drug literature.  Students will learn the practical skills of taking a patient’s history, dose calculation for pediatric patients, and establish drug information resources. Also, it will polish the knowledge of students regarding the management of different diseases of CV, pulmonary, and GE units.

At the end of this course, students will have a better understanding of clinical pharmacy, its scope, and practice. They will be able to communicate with the patients in an effective way. Moreover, they would be able to collect and analyze case studies of various patients.

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

1. Mid Exam: 30
2. Sessional:  20
3. Final exam: 50

CRITERIA FOR SESSIONAL MARKS:

1. Quiz: 02
2. Class activity:02

RECOMMENDED BOOKS:

1. DiPiro JT. Encyclopedia of Clinical Pharmacy. 1st Ed. Informa Healthcare; 2002.
2. Gennaro AR. Remington: The science and practice of pharmacy. 21st Ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2011.
3. Gourley H. Clinical Pharmacy & Therapeutics. 4th Ed. William& Wilkins; 1992.
4. Hansten P, Horn J. Drug interactions Analysis and Management. 5th Ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2010.
5. Koda-Kimble MA, Young LY, Kradjan WA, Guglielmo BJ, Alldredge BK, Corelli RL. Applied therapeutics: the clinical use of drugs. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Baltimore; 2005.
6. Poisoning and drug overdose by the faculty, staff associates of California poisoning control system edited by Kent R Olson Lange clinical manual
7. Sweetman S. Martindale: The complete drug reference. 37th Ed. Pharmaceutical Press, 2011.
8. Walker R. Clinical Pharmacy & Therapeutics. 4th Ed. Churchill Livingstone; 2003.
9. Winfield AJ, Rees J, SmithI.Pharmaceutical practice. 4th Ed. Churchill Livingstone; 2009.
10. Zinc G. Comprehensive Pharmacy Review PhiladelphiaCollege of Pharmacy and Science: New York 1157; 2005