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Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics


  • Course offered: 3rd Year, MBBS, Phase II.
  • Course Objectives: The objective is to provide a need based integrated “Basic Pharmacology for a safe and effective prescribing” course so that the students on graduation will be competent to:


  • Describe the pharmacological effects, mechanisms of action, pharmacokinetic characteristics and adverse reactions of drugs in order to be able to prescribe safely and effectively.
  • Describe the basic principles and concepts considered essential for rational (effective, safe, suitable and economic) prescribing and use of medicines in clinical practice.
  • Understand the principles of rational prescribing and the basis of utilizing the principles of rational evaluation of therapeutic alternatives.
  • Recognize, manage and report the adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and drug interactions.
  • Obtain informed consent by providing enough information about disease(s), treatment(s) and alternative options available, in order to allow the patients to make informed decision about their treatment.
  • Identify and assess objectively the drug information sources.
  • State the Essential Drug List and principles underlying the “Concept of Essential Drugs”, and apply them appropriately in community oriented health care delivery service.
  • Recognize the implications of poly pharmacy and other means of irrational prescribing, identify influences favouring irrational prescribing and develop means to resist them.
  • Evaluate the ethical and legal issues involved in drug prescribing, development, manufacture and marketing.
  • Acquire methods of learning needed for evaluation of existing and new drugs and to follow trends and approaches in pharmacological research.
  • Develop attitude for continuous self learning and professional development throughout their practicing life.