PHARM.D

Pharm D failed to make any impact in north Indian pharmacy colleges yet: Ravi Kumar The lethargic and sluggish attitude showed by Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) in the year 2008 at the time of starting the Pharm D programme is the major reason for the poor acceptance of the programme by the north Indian pharmacy colleges, according to K G Ravi Kumar, former HOD of the Clinical Pharmacy Department at the Government Medial College in Thiruvananthapuram. Dr Ravi Kumar, who took initiative to start the programme in Kerala in 1997 but failed due to several reasons, said PCI started the global programme without much homework, thinking and training. He said before starting the programme the PCI should have done some education programmes on the subject for the professionals in the colleges and tried to get them trained in some universities abroad. Unless the pharmacy council changes its attitude, the programme cannot reach its desired goal in the country. While hailing the programm...

Pharm D, a 6-year integrated course. Explore! "Being a pharmacist is the most obvious choice. But from marketing to research to academia, options are plenty for a young graduate by Dr. Elango" Dr. Elango T HERE is tremendous scope for research and higher studies in pharmacy and job opportunities are vast. In the last few years, there has been a revolutionary growth in every area of the pharma field. With the increasing number of life-saving drugs and new methods and techniques of manufacturing and analysis of drugs, the responsibility of pharmacists has increased considerably. Hospital Pharmacy and Community Pharmacy are emerging in India, which involve planning, procuring, dispensing drugs apart from patient counselling. It is interesting to note that a considerable percentage of drug stores in the US are now owned by Indian pharmacy graduates.State and Central Governments appoint Drugs Inspectors to implement the Drugs and Cosmetics Act. A pharmacy graduate...