The Department of Pharmacy Practice involves the interpretation, evaluation and implementation of medical orders, dispensing of prescription drugs. The mission of the pharmacy practice department is to educate, innovate and deliver exceptional patient care while advancing the profession of pharmacy, it is a dynamic and evolving field that requires a commitment to lifelong learning, professional development and excellence in patient care.
Department of Pharmacy Practice at KMCT College of Pharmacy aims to build and develop professionally competent clinical pharmacists in this modern era of medicine. The department prepares students to acquire the knowledge, skills and professional attitudes for functioning as quality professionals. The department has a team of 5 dedicated faculty members.
Objectives
The research activity of the department focuses primarily on pharmacist-related patient care. Training covers many aspects that render competence in prescription analysis and interpretation of clinical data. Clinical activities include provision of drug and poison information, adverse drug reaction monitoring, tracking drug-drug and drug-food interactions, reviewing patient medication history, reviewing patient medication orders, patient counselling, medication therapy management, medication error reporting, participation in the community as well as hospital-based health camps, case review meetings and journal club activities.
Department Facilities
Department of Pharmacy practice also operates a drug information center (DIC) in the hospital, offering unbiased information to patients, doctors, and fellow professionals. Students are free to access online databases such as Lexicon, Edsco from the DIC. The library has a great collection of reference resources, National and international journals covering the entire clinical pharmacy and therapeutics area.
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