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Department of Pharmacy Practice

Department of Pharmacy Practice

Department of Pharmacy Practice

The Department of Pharmacy Practice plays a crucial role in bridging the gap between pharmaceutical sciences and clinical application. It focuses on patient-centered care, medication therapy management, and ensuring the safe and effective use of medicines in healthcare settings. Managing drug therapy, counseling patients on proper use of medications and monitoring drug therapy outcomes have become a major issue in recent times. Patient-centered pharmaceutical practice requires to focus on life-long learning because of the constantly changing medical and regulatory landscape.

History of Department

National College of Pharmacy KMCT, established the Department of Pharmacy Practice in the year 2009 with an objective to build and develop professionally competent clinical pharmacists in this modern era of medicine. The department was constituted primarily to prepare the M.Pharm, Pharm D and Pharm D (PB) students to acquire the knowledge, skills and professional attitudes for functioning as quality professionals. The department has a team of 16 dedicated faculty members. A total of 44 M.Pharm, 62 Pharm D candidates have graduated from our institution. 19 M.Pharm and 167 Pharm D candidates are currently pursuing their academic career in NCP. We have the proactive support of a tertiary care teaching hospital on the same campus. The digital resources we share with the medical college, under the same management, provide a scholarly environment.

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. Department library includes more than 600 references resources, National and international journals covering the entire clinical pharmacy and therapeutics area. The department has published more than 70 research and review articles in various national and international journals.

Patient Counselling area

            Department set up patient counseling area near to the OP as well as in the DIC for giving drug and disease-related education to the patient. Patient counseling was given to the patients by using patient information leaflets, information cards, and other counseling aids.

Faculty Members

At National College of Pharmacy, we are dedicated to providing top-quality education to aspiring pharmacy students. Our esteemed faculty members are not only highly qualified but also continuously advancing their expertise, with many already holding advanced degrees and others actively pursuing higher education, including PhDs. This shows their commitment to growth and excellence in their specialized fields. We take great pride in our faculty community, whose vast qualifications and experience contribute directly to the academic excellence within our campus. Their passion for teaching inspires our students, motivating them to embrace lifelong learning and reach new heights of success in their careers.
Prof.RAJEEV P THOMAS

Prof.RAJEEV P THOMAS

PROFESSOR & HOD
JEREENA E

JEREENA E

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
VINOD THOMAS

VINOD THOMAS

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
ZUHARA MARIYAM K P

ZUHARA MARIYAM K P

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
SAREENA. A

SAREENA. A

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
SMITHA. P

SMITHA. P

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
ABDU RAHMAN T

ABDU RAHMAN T

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
SHAMILA THASNEEM

SHAMILA THASNEEM

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
PRAVINA MOHAN

PRAVINA MOHAN

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
ROMILA ANTONY

ROMILA ANTONY

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR