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 health care soft wares
3 Prescriptions – parts of prescription, legality & identification of medication-related problems like drug interactions.
4 Inventory control in community pharmacy: Definition, various 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 |
Suggested Readings
Recommended readings:
- Pharmaceutics I Theory
- Social Pharmacy Theory
- Computer Applications in Pharmacy Practical
- Pharmaceutics I Practical
- Definition and Scope Social Pharmacy
- Pathophysiology
- human anatomy and physiology
- b pharmacy syllabus
- Social Pharmacy Practical D Pharm