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• Clinical Pharmacy Foundations & Professional Development

  Explore the introduction, core concepts, and international perspective of clinical pharmacy, its key competencies, and the importance of continuing professional development (CPD) for pharmacists.

• Community & Hospital Pharmacy Operations and Ward Participation

  Understand the roles, responsibilities, and operational aspects of pharmacists in community and hospital settings, including patient care, dispensing, management, and ward round participation.

• Patient-Centric Medication Management

  This chapter covers essential communication skills, comprehensive patient counselling, strategies for medication adherence, proper medication history interviews, and thorough medication review processes to enhance patient care.

• Drug Information & Poison Information Services

  A comprehensive guide to Drug Information Services (DIS) and Poison Information Centres (PICs), including their scope, resources, systematic approaches to queries, and crucial role in patient safety and healthcare.

• Drug Safety: Adverse Drug Reactions, Drug Interactions & Medication Errors

  This chapter provides a concise overview of adverse drug reactions (ADRs), drug interactions, and medication errors, detailing their classification, mechanisms, predisposing factors, detection, management, and the crucial role of pharmacists in ensuring medication safety.

• Optimising Drug Use: Essential Medicines, Guidelines & Formulary Management

  This chapter covers the definition, selection, advantages, and controversies surrounding Essential Medicines, delves into Rational Drug Use (including monitoring and promotion strategies), and explains the development and implementation of Therapeutic Guidelines. It also details the functions of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) Committee, Hospital Formularies, and the investigational use of drugs.

• Clinical Pharmacokinetics & Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

  An overview of clinical pharmacokinetics, including fundamental parameters and their clinical significance in individualising drug therapy, alongside a detailed exploration of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM) – its definition, indications, influencing factors, pharmacist’s role, and interpretation across various drug classes.

• Pharmacoepidemiology, Drug Utilisation Evaluation & Pharmacoeconomics

  This chapter provides an in-depth understanding of pharmacoepidemiology, including its definitions, applications, and study designs. It also covers Drug Utilisation Evaluation (DUE), its objectives, types, and the role of pharmacists. Finally, it delves into pharmacoeconomics, defining its terms, evaluation types, and the process of conducting economic analyses in healthcare.

• Public Health, Health Education & Disease Prevention

  A comprehensive guide to public health and health education, covering core concepts of health and disease, epidemiology, environmental factors, nutrition, demography, microbiology, and the prevention and control of communicable and non-communicable diseases, alongside essential skills like disinfection and arthropod control.

• Clinical Laboratory Data Interpretation (Foundations & System-Specific)

  Master the essential principles of interpreting laboratory data, including basic concepts, common assays, drug interferences, and point-of-care testing. This comprehensive guide covers system-specific interpretations for cardiac, lipid, endocrine, renal, electrolyte, hematologic, infectious, rheumatologic, and oncologic conditions, along with pediatric and men's health considerations.

• Pharmacy Research & Ethical Considerations

  This topic outlines the principles and practice of research, covering the pharmacist's role, types of clinical investigations, critical appraisal of research papers, and essential ethical considerations as per Indian guidelines.