INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE HELD AT PALAKKAD
It was a great experience for us to be a
part of International conference on “EXPANDING HORIZONS AND CHANGING DYNAMICS
IN PHARMACEUTICAL AND CLINICAL RESEARCH” organized by Grace college of
pharmacy, on 11th and 12th October, 2012 at Jobys' mall,
Palakkad.
The session started with inaugural
function presided by Dr.K. Mohandas, honorable Vice chancellor of KUHS along
with other eminent personalities in the field of pharmacy. The scientific
programme started with the speech of Dr. Marc Howard Scheetz (Asst: Professor,
Midwestern university, chicago, USA) on optimization of antimicrobials and the
pharmacist role in the management of infectious diseases. He focused on the
comparison of antibiotic use in Indian scenario with that of USA and how best
drug regimen can be developed by mathematical modeling to prevent the
antimicrobial resistance.
The session was followed by the speech
on “Herbal research in cancer” and “Role of pharmacist in effective use of
medicines” delivered by Dr.C.I.Jolly (Scientific adviser, Kerala Ayurveda ltd,
Ernakulam) and DR.S.Sriram (Professor and Head of Department, Pharmacy
practice, SRIPMS, Coimbatore).
The second day programme started with
the talk of Dr. Megan Jean Huisingh (Asst: Professor, Geriatric and palliative
medicine, University of Chicago, USA) on “Medication use in the unique care of
older adults” with main emphasis on the unique challenges being faced by the
practitioners while treating geriatric patients. The second talk of the day was
given by Dr. K. Gowthamarajan (Prof. and Head, Dept of pharmaceutics, JSS
College of pharmacy, Ooty) on “Nanopharmacotherapeutics”.
Scientific poster presentation started
at 2'o clock with 120 posters being displayed by the delegates of various
colleges from South India. WE, students of Al shifa college of pharmacy,
presented four posters regarding the new developments in the field of clinical
pharmacy. Siraj Sundaran of Devaki amma college of pharmacy has been awarded
with 1st prize for his work on “ Evaluation of effectiveness of
addition of Leukotriene antagonists in Obstructive pulmonary disease” while Ajmal.M of Al shifa college of
pharmacy secured the 2nd position with his work on “ Sound alike and
Look alike medicines – Complications and Solutions”.
On this special occasion, we would like
to express our sincere thanks and gratitude to the administration Department of Al shifa
hospital and also to our college faculty, who have provided great support for
our endeavors throughout the work.
We are extremely delighted to be a part
of this seminar as we have been enlightened with the novel aspects of clinical
pharmacists' contribution in the field of pharmacy. We also take this
opportunity to thank the organizing committee and Grace college of pharmacy for
conducting this scientific conference.
By
Second M pharm students(Aparna,Aslam,Ajmal, Evlin,Fathima ,Femina,Shanoob,Vinod)
DEPT OF PHARMACY PRACTICE
Alshifa college of pharmacy
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