Course Name: Social Pharmacy(Practical)

Code(Credit): CUTM2028(0-3-0)

Course Objectives: This course will train the students on various roles of pharmacists in public health and social pharmacy activities in the following areas:

1. National immunization programs.

2. Reproductive and child health programs.

3. Food and nutrition related health programs.

4. Health education and promotion.

5. General roles and responsibilities of the pharmacists in public health.

6. First Aid for various emergency conditions including basic life support and cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Course Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, the students will be able to:

1. Describe the roles and responsibilities of pharmacists in various National health programs.

2. Design promotional materials for public health awareness.

3. Describe various health hazards including microbial sources.

4. Advice on preventive measures for various diseases.

5. Provide first aid for various emergency conditions.

Syllabus

1. National immunization schedule for children, adult vaccine schedule, Vaccines which are not included in the National Immunization Program.
2. RCH – reproductive and child health – nutritional aspects, relevant national health programmes.
3. Family planning devices .
4. Microscopical observation of different microbes (readymade slides) 5. Oral Health and Hygiene.
5. Personal hygiene and etiquettes – hand washing techniques, Cough and sneeze etiquettes.
6. Various types of masks, PPE gear, wearing/using them, and disposal.
7. Menstrual hygiene, products used.
8. First Aid – Theory, basics, demonstration, hands on training, audio-visuals, and practice, BSL (Basic Life Support) Systems [SCA - Sudden Cardiac Arrest, FBAO - Foreign Body Airway Obstruction, CPR, Defibrillation (using AED) (Includes CPR techniques, First Responder).
9. Emergency treatment for all medical emergency cases viz. snake bite, dog bite, insecticide poisoning, fractures, burns, epilepsy etc. 11. Role of Pharmacist in Disaster Management.
10. Marketed preparations of disinfectants, antiseptics, fumigating agents, antilarval agents, mosquito repellents, etc.
11. Health Communication: Audio / Video podcasts, Images, Power Point Slides, Short Films, etc. in regional language(s) for mass communication / education / Awareness on 5 different communicable diseases, their signs and symptoms, and prevention.
12. Water purification techniques, use of water testing kit, calculation of Content/percentage of KMnO4, bleaching powder to be used for wells/tanks .
13. Counselling children on junk foods, balanced diets – using Information, Education and Communication (IEC), counselling, etc. (Simulation Experiments).
14. Preparation of various charts on nutrition, sources of various nutrients from Locally available foods, calculation of caloric needs of different groups (e.g. child, mother, sedentary lifestyle, etc.). Chart of glycemic index of foods.
15. Tobacco cessation, counselling, identifying various tobacco containing products through charts/pictures.

Experiment:01

National immunization schedule for children, adult vaccine schedule.

EXPERIMENT 1(National immunization schedule )

Experiment:02

RCH – reproductive and child health – nutritional aspects, relevant national health programme.

Experiment:03

Family planning devices.

EXPERIMENT 3(Family planning devices )

Experiment:04

Oral Health and Hygiene.

EXPERIMENT 4 (Oral Health and Hygiene )

Experiment:05

Personal hygiene and etiquettes – hand washing techniques, Cough and sneeze etiquettes.

EXPERIMENT 5 (Personal hygiene and etiquettes )

Experiment:06

Menstrual hygiene, products used.

EXPERIMENT 6(Menstrual hygiene, products used)

Experiment:07

Various types of masks, PPE gear, wearing/using them, and disposal.

EXPERIMENT 7(PPE Kit)

Experiment:08

Microscopical observation of different microbes (readymade slides).

EXPERIMENT 8 (PERMANENT SLIDE)

Experiment:09

First Aid – Theory, basics, demonstration, hands on training, audio-visuals, and practice, BSL (Basic Life Support) Systems [SCA - Sudden Cardiac Arrest, FBAO - Foreign Body Airway Obstruction, CPR, Defibrillation (using AED) (Includes CPR techniques, First Responder).

EXPERIMENT 9-FIRSTAID-CPR

Experiment:10

Emergency treatment for all medical emergency cases viz. snake bite, dog bite, insecticide poisoning, fractures, burns, epilepsy etc.

EXPERIMENT 10( firstaid)

Experiment:11

Marketed preparations of disinfectants, antiseptics, fumigating agents, anti- larval agents, mosquito repellents, etc.

EXPERIMENT 11( Marketed preparation)

Experiment:12

Health Communication: Audio / Video podcasts, Images, Power Point Slides, Short Films, etc. in regional language(s) for mass communication / education / Awareness on SARS COVID-19.

EXPERIMENT 12(SARS-COVID-19)

Experiment:13

Health Communication: Audio / Video podcasts, Images, Power Point Slides, Short Films, etc. in regional language(s) for mass communication / education / Awareness on AIDS(Auto Immune Disorder Syndrome).

EXPERIMENT 13(AIDS, or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)

Experiment:14

Health Communication: Audio / Video podcasts, Images, Power Point Slides, Short Films, etc. in regional language(s) for mass communication / education / Awareness on Typhoid.

EXPERIMENT 14(Typhoid)

Experiment:15

Health Communication: Audio / Video podcasts, Images, Power Point Slides, Short Films, etc. in regional language(s) for mass communication / education / Awareness on Malaria.

EXPERIMENT 15(Malaria)

Experiment:14

Water purification techniques, use of water testing kit, calculation of Content/percentage of KMnO4, bleaching powder to be used for wells/tanks.

Experiment:15

Counselling children on junk foods, balanced diets – using Information, Education and Communication (IEC), counselling, etc. (Simulation Experiments).

Experiment:16

Preparation of various charts on nutrition, sources of various nutrients from Locally available foods, calculation of caloric needs of different groups (e.g. child, mother, sedentary lifestyle, etc.). Chart of glycemic index of foods.

Experiment:17

Tobacco cessation, counselling, identifying various tobacco containing products through charts/pictures.