SYLLABUS:
MODULE :1 (6 HOURS)
Hospital Pharmacy
Definition, scope, national and international scenario Organisational structure
Professional responsibilities, Qualification and experience requirements, job specifications, work load requirements and inter professional relationships
Good Pharmacy Practice (GPP) in hospital
Hospital Pharmacy Standards (FIP Basel Statements, AHSP)
Introduction to NAQS guidelines and NABH Accreditation and Role of Pharmacists
MODULE:2 (4 HOURS)
Different Committees in the Hospital Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee - Objectives, Composition, and functions Hospital Formulary Definition, procedure fordevelopment and use of hospital formulary
Infection Control Committee – Role of Pharmacist in preventing Antimicrobial Resistance
MODULE : 3( 14 HOURS)
Supply Chain and Inventory Control
Preparation of Drug lists - High Risk drugs, Emergency drugs, Schedule H1 drugs, NDPS drugs, reserved antibiotics
Procedures of Drug Purchases – Drug selection, short term, long term, and tender/e-tender process, quotations,etc.
Inventory control techniques: Economic Order Quantity, Reorder Quantity Level, Inventory Turnover etc.
Inventory Management of Central Drug Store – Storage conditions, Methods of storage, Distribution, Maintaining Cold Chain, Devices used for cold storage (Refrigerator, ILR, Walk-in-Cold rooms)
FEFO, FIFO methods Expiry drug removal and handling, and disposal. Disposal of Narcotics, cytotoxic drugs
Documentation - purchase and inventory
MODULE :4 (7 HOURS)
Drug distribution
Drug distribution (in- patients and out - patients) – Definition, advantages and disadvantages of individual prescription order method, Floor Stock Method, Unit Dose Drug Distribution Method, Drug Basket Method.
Distribution of drugs to ICCU/ICU/NICU/Emergency wards.
Automated drug dispensing systems and devices
Distribution of Narcotic and Psychotropic substances and their storage
MODULE :5(4 HOURS)
Compounding in Hospitals. Bulk compounding, IV admixture services and incompatibilities, Total parenteral nutrition
MODULE :6 (2 HOURS)
Radio Pharmaceuticals - Storage, dispensing and disposal of radiopharmaceuticals
MODULE :7 (2 HOURS)
Application of computers in Hospital Pharmacy Practice, Electronic health records, Softwares used in hospital pharmacy
MODULE :8 (12 HOURS)
Clinical Pharmacy: Definition, scope, and development - in
India and other countries Technical definitions, common terminologies used in clinical settings and their significance such as Paediatrics, Geriatric, Anti-natal Care, Post-natal Care, etc.
Daily activities of clinical pharmacists: Definition, goal, andprocedure of
Ward round participation
Treatment Chart Review
Adverse drug reaction monitoring
Drug information and poisons information
Medication history
Patient counselling
Interprofessional collaboration
Pharmaceutical care: Definition, classification of drug related problems. Principles and procedure to provide pharmaceutical care
Medication Therapy Management, Home Medication Review
MODULE:9 (6 HOURS)
Poisoning: Types of poisoning: Clinical manifestations and
Antidotes Drugs and Poison Information Centre and their services –Definition, Requirements, Information resources with examples, and their advantages and disadvantages
MODULE :10 (2 HOURS)
Pharmacovigilance
Definition, aim and scope Overview of Pharmacovigilance
MODULE:11(6 HOURS)
Medication errors: Definition, types, consequences, and strategies to minimize medication errors, LASA drugs and Tallman lettering as per ISMP
Drug Interactions: Definition, types, clinical significance of drug interactions