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.