Tuesday, December 24, 2013

ACTIVITIES OF PHARMACY PRACTICE DEPARTMENT IN COLLABORATION WITH ALSHIFA HOSPITAL.

EDITORIAL..


As we embark on a new year, I would like to reflect on our achievements in 2013. Our focus on pharmaceutical /patient care culminated last quarter of the year 2013 by development and implementation of two software’s for the hospital and with many other remarkable accomplishments. Software was developed and the same has been handed over to the PTC committee. The first guideline on Pediatric epilepsy from the Department of Pharmacy Practice, under the guidance of Professor Linu Mohan, was brought out in last quarter. I would like to acknowledge the excellent work of Mr.Linu Mohan and Miss. Femina C.P, in preparing this guideline. IIIrdB.Pharm Students (9th Batch) of Al Shifa College of Pharmacy, published a book titled ‘Pathophysiology and Health Education – Quick Review of Pharmacy Students’.I applaud our students for their sincere efforts and great work and I highly recommend this valuable resource to all Pharmacy undergraduates as well as to university/college libraries.

Pharmacist’s day was celebrated with great vigor by organizing massive awareness program in our locality emphasizing the prevention of various epidemic diseases prevalent in the community. One day exhibition and free medical camp was organized at Alshifa hospital as a part of world diabetic day. My sincere and warm wishes to Mrs.Danisha and Mrs. Sajitha (IIndM. Pharm) for bagging first and third prize respectively for poster presentation at the two day National Seminar held at Trissur.It is impressive to note that, for the past five years the students of our department sustain this glory.


This issue of the newsletter highlights:
Article by Dr.G.P Mohanta
Activities of Pharmacy Practice Department.
The Pharmacist day celebration
World diabetic day exhibition.
Pharma pulse by Mr Linu Mohan
ADR Bulletin by Mrs Shinu.C

The dawn of 2014 shines with marvelous achievements by the department of Pharmacy practice!  I would like to offer my sincere ‘Thank You’ to all my students for always giving their best efforts and achieving new heights in academic accomplishments there by making it a year of glorious achievements. I thank Mr P Unneen, Managing Trustee, Our Principal, Dr.Suriya Prakash and Professor Linu Mohan, Mrs. Shinu.C, for their editorial assistance, invaluable support and encouragement.

As 2013 comes to an end and the New Year unfolds, here is wishing you all my colleagues, students and readers a great and Happy New Year. May you all have a lifetime of happiness and success!

HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR!

Dilip C
Editor in Chief
Shifa clinpharm news letter and
clinpharmindia.blog
Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences.


ACTIVITIES OF PHARMACY PRACTICE DEPARTMENT IN COLLABORATION WITH ALSHIFA HOSPITAL.


1.Pathophysiology and Health education, Quick review for Pharmacy students


To provide excellent pharmaceutical care, the pharmacist must have a good knowledge on all the basic aspects of diseases and its mechanisms. The book titled “Pathophysiology and Health education, Quick review for Pharmacy students” aims to be of benefit to second year B-Pharmacy students, as it is structured according to the syllabus.
This extensive, user-friendly text is well organized and helps students to understand the basic principles of human disease before going on to more detailed study. Readers will gain a clear understanding of the pathogenesis of various disease conditions and is ideal for the students with pharmacy background. This book also has previous year question paper. And simple diagrams, pictograms, flow charts, quoting standards like IS: 10500!
The book is structured very well and the material is very well written, concise and easy to understand with short and informative introduction to fundamentals, provides useful and updated information on clinical signs and symptoms, etipathogenesis etc., in order to give readers a more comprehensive view of human disease. We'd recommend this text book to anyone who is pursuing a career in pharmacy.
This commendable task was done by third B.Pharm students (Ninth Batch) under the leader ship of Mohamed Samjas V.P, who is highly inclined to academics.


2.Development of Formulary Softwares



Formulary software was developed by Prof  Dilip.C for Alshifa hospital in the last quarter. Hospital formulary is a compilation of various pharmaceutical preparations, reflecting current clinical judgment in diagnosis, prophylaxis, treatment of disease and promotion of health. After the successful publication of, hospital formulary second edition and Pediatric formulary first edition, Dept of Pharmacy Practice   developed two new soft wares for the hospital. The software are first of its kind in kerala and the same has been installed in the central pharmacy server for the benefit of health care professionals.


3. PAEDIATRIC EPILEPSY’ GUIDELINE

It is heartening to note that one of the faculties of the Department of Pharmacy Practice, Mr. Linu Mohan, Assistant Professor, has come out with ‘Paediatric Epilepsy’ guideline which is the need of the hour.
Epilepsy is one of the dreaded diseases.& its prevalence at younger age is more.  The reasons for the development of the disease, the diagnosis and treatment in practice adopted have been well explained by the author. Even though perinthalmanna is a hub of Hospitals, It is well known fact that the pediatric epileptic care in this locality is suboptimal and more  care needs to be done to improve clinical standards.  Appropriate diagnosis and management of childhood epilepsy is essential to improve quality of life in these children.  Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines on pediatric epilepsy, modified to the Indian setting by a panel of experts, are not available .hence this Guideline  from the Dept  of  Pharmacy Practice  is timely,  and the guideline encompasses important recommendations, new & developing aspects and concepts about pediatric epileptic care to raise the QOL of patients with paediatric epilepsy

4 Staff Development Programme

As a part of staff development programme organised by National College of Pharmacy, Mukkam from 18th to 28th November 2013, Mr. Jasim sabith, Asst Prof, Dept of Pharmacy Practice, have attended various sessions of eminent personalities from both academic and industry side. All the speakers tried to stick on the programme theme "Recent Trends in Drug Discovery and Development" through various topics like drug discovery, formulation development, analysis of drug moiety, clinical pharmacy and pharmacy practice etc.
The entire programme was informative and useful for pharmacy professionals to know about new trends and different stages of drug discovery and its development

5. Paper published 

Assessment of patients satisfaction on the services provided by community pharmacies in      and around pulikkal,Kerala :Linu Mohan, Shamna,Dilip.C, Abin.c, Sajive kumar, Sheron    joseph, International Journal of Pharmacy, 2013 3(3) 501-509

 A prospective study on adverse drug reactions of antibiotics in a   tertiary care hospital,
 M shamna,Dilip.C,M Ajmal,P.Linu Mohan, Shinu .C,C.P Jafer,Yahiya mohammed
 Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal,(2013),Page number,1-6,Elsevier

Formulation Development of Aceclofenac Nanosuspension as an Alternative Approach for Improving Drug Delivery of Poorly Soluble Drugs:International Journal of pharmaceutical sciences and Nanotechnology:Vol6,issue 3oct-dec 2013 p 2145-2153

Formulation and Evaluation of Oral Controlled Release Clarithromycin Matrix Tablets using Hydrophilic Polymer; International Journal of pharmaceutical sciences and Nanotechnology:Vol 6,issue 3oct-dec 2013 p 2187-2191


Development and Validation of Stability-indicating RP-HPLC Method for Coumarin Assay in Bulk Drugs and Pharmaceutical Products; International Journal of pharmaceutical sciences and Nanotechnology: Vol 6,issue-dec 2013(extra) p 2255-2259.


 

6.World diabetic day-one day exhibition and awareness programme at Alshifa hospital-14thNovember 2013-Highlights.



7.First and third  prize for poster presentation.
Mrs Danisha and Mrs Sajitha (M.Pharm Pharmacy practice )









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