Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Dept of Pharmacy Practice participated in one day National Pharmaceutical Conference



Participated in - NATIONAL SEMINAR –PHARMACON V , KERALA

Dept of Pharmacy Practice participated in one day National Pharmaceutical Conference
A national pharmaceutical conference – Pharmacon V was organized by Nehru college of pharmacy at Pampady, Thrissur on 21st and 22nd  of  November 2013. The theme of the seminar was related to current scenario and prospectives of pharmacy practice in India, with papers presented by renowned speakers. Dr. Praveenlal Kuttichira, Dean (research) of Kerala University of Health Sciences attented the ceremony as the chief guest. The first day schedule included orators from legends of the field. Dr R Manavalan, Professor and HOD of Pharmacy, Annamalai University, Chidhambaram, spoke on clinical trials, pharmacoepidemiology and pharmacoeconomics in clinical trials. The topic pharmacovigilance was made easier by the words from Dr A M Ismail, Vice Principal, Periyar college of Pharmaceutical sciences for girls,Trichy. Dr S Kavimani, HOD, pharmacology, Mother Teressa Govt institute, Puducherry dealed with drug design and drug discovery. The second day began with a lecture from  Dr. K.Gouthamarajan, Professor and HOD, Pharmaceutics, JSS Ooty, where he spoke on nanopharmacotherapeutics, drug formulation in dermatology and innovative nanotechnology based systems. The core competencies in clinical pharmacy practice was elaborated by Dr S Sriram, HOD Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, SRIPMS, Coimbatore, which was very encouraging for the would-be-clinical pharmacists. The session was concluded by the valedictory function on the same day. The programme was beneficial enough for academicians and students as well as it provided quality exposure and information building up a deep sense of passion towards the career in every professional.

Oral and poster presentations were also conducted by the college and the best of them were awarded. The Alshifa crew of Pharm D and M.Pharm students actively took part in the competitions and Danisha ,Second M.pharm bagged first and Sajitha, Second M.pharm bagged third prizes in poster presentations.

The conference as a whole provided a grand opportunity in understanding emerging areas of pharmacy practice and wider learning about existing concepts so that it could boost up the enthusiasm and confidence of students in the field.

Danisha.Second M Pharm

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