Department of DPH

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Vision / Mission

PEOs / POs / PSOs

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About the Department

This is a diploma course in the field of pharmacy education & practice. The students those who are interested in pharmacy practice can choose this course. A true pharmacist is a composite competency of knowledge, skill, attitude and values. After the completion of this course the students can practice as a registered pharmacist in clinical practice and a technician in an industry. Pharmacy is a branch of health sciences that deals with the preparation and dispensing of drugs. Its aim is to ensure safe, effective appropriate and economic use of drugs and pharmaceuticals. Pharmacists are the expertise health care professionals.

It is a two year courses plus 90 days internship in any approved hospital by the respective state pharmacy council. The candidate who successfully complete the diploma in pharmacy course are expected to attain the professional competencies like review of prescriptions dispenser medication, provide patient counselling/education, hospital and community pharmacy management, expertise on medication, proficiency on drugs and pharmaceuticals, entrepreneur and leadership, deliver primary and preventive health care by professional ethical and legal practices.

Vision

To equip women with competencies essential for pharmacists for procuring, preparing, preserving, compounding and dispensing of medicinal drugs.

Mission

M1: Designing outcome-based curriculum to impart essential knowledge for preparing, preserving, compounding and dispensing medicinal drugs.
M2: Enforcing outcome-based learning and teaching in conformity with Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy.
M3: Implementing outcome-based assessment of student attainment using well designed rubrics.
M4: Adopting continuous internal assessment system for facilitating students to attain learning outcomes.
M5: Providing land, built up space, furniture, laboratory equipment, computing and library facilities and any other facilities as per the norms and standards of regulatory bodies.

Program Educational Objectives (PEOs)

PEO1:Forward thinking in forecasting the future changes in the role of pharmacist and possessing agility for adopting changes.
PEO2: Designing and implementing regimens and documenting decision making.
PEO3: Managing business operations related to pharmacy effectively and efficiently.
PEO4: Accessing new knowledge and skills in pharmacy by pursuing higher studies and attending conferences/ seminars/symposia.
PEO5: Possessing conversance with statutory regulations and constraints related to health services and reimbursements.

Program Outcomes (POs)

PO1: Pharmacy Knowledge: Possess knowledge and comprehension of the core and basic knowledge associated with the profession of pharmacy.
PO2: Modern tool usage: Learn, select, and apply appropriate methods and procedures, resources, and modern pharmacy-related computing tools with an understanding of the limitations.
PO3: Leadership skills: Understand and consider the human reaction to change, motivation issues, leadership and team-building when planning changes required for fulfilment of practice, professional and societal responsibilities. Assume participatory roles as responsible citizens or leadership roles when appropriate to facilitate improvement in health and well-being.
PO4: Professional Identity: Understand, analyse and communicate the value of their professional roles in society (e.g. health care professionals, promoters of health, educators, managers, employers, employees).
PO5: Pharmaceutical Ethics: Honour personal values and apply ethical principles in professional and social contexts. Demonstrate behaviour that recognizes cultural and personal variability in values, communication and lifestyles. Use ethical frameworks; apply ethical principles while making decisions and take responsibility for the outcomes associated with the decisions.
PO6: Communication: Communicate effectively with the pharmacy community and with society at large, such as, being able to comprehend and write effective reports, make effective presentations and documentation, and give and receive clear instructions.
PO7: The Pharmacist and society: Apply reasoning informed by the contextual knowledge to assess societal, health, safety and legal issues and the consequent responsibilities relevant to the professional pharmacy practice.
PO8: Environment and sustainability: Understand the impact of the professional pharmacy solutions in societal and environmental contexts, and demonstrate the knowledge of, and need for sustainable development.
PO9: Life-long learning: Recognize the need for, and have the preparation and ability to engage in independent and life-long learning in the broadest context of technological change. Self-assess and use feedback effectively from others to identify learning needs and to satisfy these needs on an ongoing basis.

Programme Specific Outcomes (PSOs)

PSO1: Ability to counsel the patients regarding drug therapies.
PSO2: Ability to maintain drug inventory records and initiate the procedures for placing orders.
PSO3: Ability to interact with healthcare providers regarding drug compositions and their uses.
PSO4: Ability to participate in drug production and quality control processes.

Job Opportunities

Lateral entry to B.Pharm and Doctor of Pharmacy.
Hospital Pharmacist - Pharmacy Officer, Pharmacy Supervisor (gazetted), Pharmacist Grade I and Pharmacist Grade II.
Community Pharmacists-
- Entrepreneur in Retail Pharmacy,
- Entrepreneur in Wholesale Pharmacy,
- Community Pharmacist
- Pharmacy Clerk
- Pharmacy Assistant
Pharmacy Technician in Pharmaceutical Industry
- Pharmacy Technician in Production
- Pharmacy Technician in Quality Control and Quality Assurance
- Pharmaceutical Product Executive
- Pharmacy Technician in Packing
Pharmacy Education
- Lab Assistant
- Lab Attendance
- Medical Transcription
Medical Journalism

Faculty Info

Pass Percentages

Syllabus

S.No	Syllabus	Document
1	ER_20 Syllabus
2	ER_91 Syllabus

DPH Alumni

DPH Alumni List

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Social Responsibilities

Pharmacists are licensed practitioners of drugs in hospital and community practices. Today they have a social responsibility and do service that transmit the distinct composite of applied knowledge, skills, attitude and value to the profession of pharmacy in healthcare

Competent quality diploma pharmacists are expected to do services to community like

Review Prescriptions: Pharmacist should receive and handle prescription in a professional manner. They check for the accuracy of the prescription. Also, Contact the prescriber for any clarifications and corrections in the prescription with suggestions if any.
Dispense Prescription and Non Prescription Medicines: Pharmacist should be able to dispense the various scheduled drugs / non schedule drugs as per the implications of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act.
Provide Patient Counseling / Education: Pharmacist should be able to do effective counsel / educate the patients regarding drugs and its related issues plus diseases through communication skills.
Hospital and Community Pharmacy Management: Pharmacists should be able to manage hospital and community pharmacy practices as per the recommendations of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act and recommendations of the regulatory agencies. The social commitment includes effective drug distribution system and scientific inventory management.
Expertise on Medications: Pharmacists should be able to provide expert opinion on medications to healthcare professionals on safe, effective, appropriate and economic treatment.
Proficiency on Drugs / Pharmaceuticals: Pharmacists should select salts based on physioco-chemical and biological characteristics of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients, excipients, drugs and dosage forms based on the knowledge and scientific resources.
Entrepreneurship and Leadership: Pharmacists should acquire and execute entrepreneurial skills and leadership skills to be independent practitioners in professional environments.
Delivery primary and preventive healthcare: Pharmacists are contributing in various healthcare programs of the nation in disease prevention to strengthen public health thereby nation’s health.
Professional, Ethical and Legal Practice: Pharmacists are delivering professional services in accordance with social, ethical and professional guidelines with integrity.
Continuing Professional Development: All pharmacists are able to recognize the gaps in knowledge and skills in practice. And be self motivated bridge by acquiring higher education and attending continuous education modules from time to time.
Journalism: Pharmacists fills the gap in healthcare by inventions and innovations by evidence and practice based medicine. It will act like a catalyst and provide necessary information in a lucid language to healthcare professionals and citizens.
Volunteering services: All pharmacists are obligated to community services by organizing various health awareness programmes by conducting rallies, seminars, health camps, blood donation camps etc on specific health day programmes of the nation and global.
Pharmacy Technicians: All pharmacists with diploma in pharmacy are technicians in pharmaceutical industries. They serve in production, quality control, quality assurance, packing and marketing.
Medical Reimbursement: Pharmacists Scrutiny, Processing and validation of medical reimbursement of claims submitted by the employees for formulary and nor formulary drugs in government and semi government bodies.
Medical Coding: Pharmacists transform healthcare diagnosis, procedures and medical services and equipment into universal medical alpha numeric codes. It’s the responsibility of pharmacist to use right single code by reviewing the patient data for processing the medical claims.

All pharmacists through their social, ethical and professional knowledge and skills are obligated by law to strengthen the health of the community thereby to the nation’s health.