Pharm.D Community Pharmacy

Topics Covered

• Develop practical knowledge of community pharmacy services
• patient care
• health education
• and responsible medicine use.
• Subject Introduction
• Explore the role of community pharmacists in patient care
• prescription handling
• medication counseling
• health promotion
• OTC services
• disease management
• record keeping
• and professional pharmacy practice.
• Topics Covered
• Definition and Scope of Community Pharmacy
• Role and Responsibilities of Community Pharmacist
• Community Pharmacy Management
• Introduction to Community Pharmacy
• Self Medication
• Medication Counselling and Monitoring
• Legal Requirements
• Maintenance of Various Registers
• Role of Computer in Community Pharmacy
• Patient Medication History
• Medication Adherence
• Drug Interactions
• Counselling in Community Pharmacy
• Methods of Inventory Control
• ABC Analysis
• VDC Analysis
• Reorder Level and EOQ
• Total Cost
• Expiry
• Stock and Inventory Control
• Storage of Medicines
• Cold Chain and Special Storage
• Drugs and Poisons
• Patient Medication Record
• Patient Medication Counseling
• Signs and Symptoms of Common Minor Ailments
• Minor Ailments and Their Management
• OTC Medicines I
• OTC Medicines II
• OTC Counselling
• Health Promotion
• Health Problems
• Care for Children
• Care for Pregnant Women
• Care for Breastfeeding Mothers
• Telemedicine
• Hospitals
• Typhoid
• Amoebiasis
• Malaria
• Leprosy
• Tuberculosis
• Dengue
• HIV/AIDS
• Rabies
• Smoking Cessation
• Family Planning
• Role of Pharmacist in Family Planning
• Reporting of Symptoms of Minor Ailments
• Polio
• Nutrition
• Vaccination
• Syphilis
• Cholera
• Conjunctivitis
• Pyrexia
• Digital Health Programs
• Rational Drug Concepts
• National Drug Therapy

What You’ll Get