Clinical Pharmacist Training Program
COURSE
AIM : To train pharmacy graduates to become competent and professional clinical pharmacists.
DURATION : 45 days
CONTENTS : This clinical oriented class room training is designed to improve the quality of clinical pharmacy
services and it is divided into 3 modules, each for duration of 15 days.
Clinical Pharmacist Training Program
MODULE 1
• Introduction to clinical pharmacy services.
• Introduction to national and international policies of medication management and use standards.
• Description of clinical pharmacy quality plans and indicators including:
- Medication reconciliation
- Monitoring of prescription for DRP and adverse effects.
- Management of high alert, LASA medications and crash carts.
- Drug recall plans.
- Drug information services.
Clinical Pharmacist Training Program
MODULE 2
Tutorials on pharmacotherapeutics and pharmacology to instigate better understating on:
- Treatment algorithm
- Drug selection
- Drug dosing
• Training on implementation of antimicrobial stewardship programme, development and updation of hospital formulary, ICU protocols.
• Dedicated session on patient counseling, with discussions of real life case files.
Clinical Pharmacist Training Program
MODULE 3
• Tutorials on pharmaceutics and medicinal chemistry to improve comprehension on drug formulations, drug dose calculations, structural activity relationships etc.
• Introduction to elemental clinical pharmacy forms and formats like:
- Prescription audit form
- DRP reporting form
- Drug interaction reporting form
- Antibiotic stewardship form
- ADR notification form
- Medication reconciliation form
- Narcotic prescription form