Tuesday, November 6, 2012

EXPANDING HORIZONS AND CHANGING DYNAMICS IN PHARMACEUTICAL AND CLINICAL RESEARCH”


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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