Message from the Principals Desk

 Message from the Principals Desk

It is a great pleasure to have been appointed as the Principal of this prestigious institution few months back.  Al Shifa College of Pharmacy was established in the year 2002 by a great visionary, Mr. P. Unneen, under Shifa Medicare Trust.  This trust runs a 350 bedded hospital in Perintalmanna (500 more to be added in 3 months time), that was established in the year 1989 with 75 beds, is a state of the art hospital accessed by patients from all over India and also from other countries particularly Middle East.  Our Pharm D., Pharm D (Post Baccalaureate)., and M.Pharm (Pharmacy Practice) students are trained in this multi speciality hospital.

Al Shifa College of Pharmacy is the pioneers of pharmacy education in Kerala, which runs courses Pharm D., Pharm D (P B)., M.Pharm (Pharmaceutics, Pharmacy Practice, Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Analysis), B.Pharm., and D.Pharm., giving exemplary education in a 6 acre sprawling, green and pollution free campus at Kizhattur.

The Pharmacists has evolved from being referred as ‘compounders’ few decades back to healthcare professionals now. There was a paradigm shift in the last decade when Pharm D course was incorporated by Pharmacy Council of India by the legendary Dr. B. Suresh, President, in the pharmacy curriculum.  The new meaning of paramedical course for pharmacy education was established and the medical fraternity started identifying its role and importance, now saddled firmly in the delivery of treatment to patients in hospitals.

Al Shifa College of Pharmacy never let to be behind in this paradigm shift is giving best education and exposure to its students in its hospital where Drug Information Centre, ADR Cell and Pharmacovigilance Cell has been established with Mr. C. Dilip as Head, Department of Pharmacy Practice and works in tandem with medical professionals.

This is a year beckoning decennial celebration being planned to be conducted in few months time.  The faculties of Al Shifa College of Pharmacy true to their potential publish their research findings in various peer reviewed and high impact journals having more than 100 publications to date. They are also actively in sending proposals to various funding agencies to move to higher level in research and development.

Ground work has also been started for establishing Technology Business Incubator Centre, Entrepreneurship Development Cell in collaboration with University of Calicut and Patent Information Centre. 

With great hope and vision we are entering into New Year 2013 wishing to achieve success and to fulfil our dreams….

Dr. T.N.K. Suriyaprakash M.Pharm., PhD., PGDPL.,

Principal.

photo gallery- poster presentation by M Pharm pharmacy practice students of ALSHIFA in GRACE COLLEGE OF PHARMACY,OCTOBER 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 11^th and 12^th 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 1^st 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 2^nd 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