EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL

The year 2015 has started on a good note as the department of pharmacy garnered many accolades to its credit. The year kicked off by honoring the Clinicians of KIMS Alshifa.

 Like every year our 3rd, 4th and 5th Pharm D students secured rank at the University level and my hearty congratulations to the students for their exemplary achievement. The students also bagged 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize in the poster presentation held at Manipal College of  Pharmaceutical Sciences.Our Faculty Mr. Levin Thomas (Asst Professor) also bagged the 1st prize for poster presentation. Congratulates to all the winners!

The department of pharmacy  practice was actively involved in various community events to bring in social awareness. Polio Eradication, 5day drug awareness Program on Filariasis were conducted in Perintalmanna as part of community events to raise awareness. A One day Women’s Conference was organized by Private Pharmacist Association at Malappuram District. Our faculty and students actively participated in the conference and the meritorious students were recognized with a  memento by the Organizers. The details are covered in this issue.

Ms. Athira and team (5th Pharm D students) took a remarkable step by giving a one day class on drug abuse to the Jail inmates of Perintalmanna on January 26th 2015, The Republic day. I Applaud  Ms. Athira and her team for being brave enough to come forward with this initiative and educating the jail inmates. I am proud of our students for conveying their ideas and having influenced the prisoners in a positive way!

Each Clinical Pharmacist must use their education to improve the health of the patients and  the public health by organizing such educative programs. Society needs a gatekeeper who manages and over look the usage of drugs for the public safety.

Dr T.N. K Suriaprakash, Principal of Alshifa College of Pharmacy has authored an article titled- Do Pharmacy Colleges in India need ACPE’s Accreditation? I am glad this article will give an awareness about ACPE to the readers.

Few more interesting article additions which makes our Newsletter complete are from Mrs. Shalini, (Asst Professor, AIMST University Malaysia) Titled -PharmD - Global Acceptance. and another notable subject line written by Dr. Mohanta titled- Calcium Channel Blockers Make Dangerous Combination with most Macrolide Antibiotics.. These articles will be a good read for all the healthcare professionals.

 We hope this issue of our newsletter will give a glimpse of all the department activities and events, accomplishments and visions.!

Thanks and Regards

Editor in chief

Dilip. C

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