2.5 Community Pharmacy Pharm D Syllabus, Notes, PDF, Books, Downloads, MCQ

1 Definition, scope, of community pharmacy

Roles and responsibilities of community pharmacist

2 Community Pharmacy Management

a) Selection of site, Space layout, and design
b) Staff, Materials- coding, stocking
c) Legal requirements
d) Maintenance of various registers
e) Use of Computers: Business and healthcare softwares

3 Prescriptions

Parts of prescription,

Legality & identification of medication-related problems like drug interactions.

4 Inventory control in community pharmacy:

Definition and Introduction,

Methods of Inventory Control: ABC, VED, EOQ, Lead time, safety stock

5 Pharmaceutical care

Definition and Principles of Pharmaceutical care.

6 Patient counselling

Definition, outcomes, various stages, barriers, Strategies to overcome barriers Patient information leaflets- content, design, & layouts, advisory labels

7 Patient medication adherence

Definition, Factors affecting medication adherence, the role of a pharmacist in improving the adherence.

8 Health screening services

Definition, importance, methods for screening Blood pressure/ blood sugar/ lung function and Cholesterol testing

9 OTC Medication– Definition, OTC medication list & Counselling

10 Health Education

WHO Definition of health, and health promotion, care for children, pregnant & breastfeeding women, and geriatric patients.

Commonly occurring Communicable Diseases, causative agents,

Clinical presentations and prevention of communicable diseases – Tuberculosis, Hepatitis, Typhoid, Amoebiasis, Malaria, Leprosy, Syphilis, Gonorrhea, and AIDS

Balance diet, and treatment & prevention of deficiency disorders Family planning – the role of the pharmacist

11 Responding to symptoms of minor ailments

Relevant pathophysiology, common drug therapy to, Pain, GI disturbances (Nausea, Vomiting, Dyspepsia, diarrhea, constipation), Pyrexia, Ophthalmic symptoms, worms infestations.

12 Essential Drugs concept and Rational Drug Therapy Role of community pharmacist

13 Code of ethics for community pharmacists

Second Year Pharm D Subjects

2.1	Pathophysiology
2.2	Pharmaceutical Microbiology
2.3	Pharmacognosy & Phytopharmaceuticals
2.4	Pharmacology-I
2.5	Community Pharmacy
2.6	Pharmacotherapeutics-I