Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D) [From Session 2013-14 to 2025-26: Annual System Based on PharmD Curriculum 2011]

About the Course:

PHARM-D DEGREE PROGRAMME UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR:

Program Description & Learning Outcomes.

In pursuance of the Higher Education Commission Ordinance 2002 along with the professional mandate of the Pharmacy Council of Pakistan under the Pharmacy Act 1967, University of Peshawar, through its Academic Council adopted the Curriculum for its Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) Programme in toto.

Aims & Objectives of the PharmD Programme:

The aims and objectives of Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) curriculum are to prepare graduates who will have the capacity, up to date knowledge, strong ethical values, behaviour, communication, writing and social skills that will enable them to pursue careers in:

Pharmaceutical care in health systems and community environment where appropriate medication usage and patient’s safety is paramount.
Pharmaceutical industry and its quality systems,
Academia, research, and development.

Aims:

To prepare pharmacy graduates whose scientific knowledge and skills enable them to work with the pace to ensure the quality in the design, manufacture, distribution, and safe and effective use of pharmaceuticals in the society and clinical setting.

Objectives:

To keep pace with the advancements in the modern sciences.
To prepare the students to fulfil their industrial needs and they should be well versed with the basic medical and pharmaceutical sciences in order to prepare a dosage regimen for an individual patient.
Community pharmacy practice should be comprehensive.
Internship in various disciplines of Pharmacy should be implemented.
Update the syllabi of the Pharmacy keeping in view the current proposals, requirements, and the Needs of the profession.
To make our graduates more skilful, competitive, and knowledgeable both practically and theoretically.
To cater the local and international pharmacy needs.
Uniformity in the curriculum of Pharmacy at national level.
Credit hours should be harmonized i.e. practical and theory credit hours.
To make a health care practitioner who is expert in the use of medicine in all practical fields and are capable of disease state management specially to improve public health at large.
Upon graduation, the graduates should have the capacity, knowledge, and capability to undertake career in;
Enhance patient safety to safe medication usage in community and health care systems
To work in the pharmaceutical industry and its quality system
To engage in academics and research i.e. Practice and Academics.
To prepare students as good human beings in serving the community i.e., ethics, communication skills, writing skills, behaviour etc.
After graduation, he should become a member of health care team.
To help the stakeholders of pharmacy about the implications of WTO and TRIPS.
The syllabi should be more practical rather theoretical.
To include new things regarding OTC Pharmacy (Patient Pharmacist interaction).
To prepare pharmacy graduates for better pharmacy practice in the areas including clinical pharmacy, community pharmacy, hospital pharmacy and industrial pharmacy.
To add further in the curriculum clinical oriented areas as per demand of PharmD degree.
To update the current syllabi according to the needs of the national and international demand.
To develop graduates capable of catering the needs of national and international health organizations or authorities to help adapt the paradigm shift in the health care system.
To bring uniformity in the contents of the syllabi in line with International trends/ international universities imparting PharmD education.
To produce the graduates to meet the challenges of 21^st century of health care problems.

2.Study plan:

PHARMD FIVE-YEAR COURSE

SCHEME OF STUDIES FOR ANNUAL SYSTEM

First Professional
Theory
Paper #		Subject		Marks		Teaching Hrs./week
		Pharmaceutical Chemistry-I (Organic)		100		4
		Pharmaceutical Chemistry-II (Biochemistry)		100		4
		Pharmaceutics-I (Physical Pharmacy)		100		4
		Physiology		100		4
		Anatomy & Histology		50		2
		English		100		4
		Total		550		22
Practical Training
		Pharmaceutical Chemistry-I (Organic)		100		2
		Pharmaceutical Chemistry-II (Biochemistry)		100		2
		Pharmaceutics-I (Physical Pharmacy)		100		2
		Physiology		100		2
		Anatomy & Histology		50		2
		Total		450		10
Gande Total				1000		32
Second Professional
Theory
Paper #		Subject		Marks		Teaching Hrs./week
		Pharmaceutics-II (Dosage Forms Science)		100		4
		Pharmacology and Therapeutics-I		100		4
		Pharmacognosy-I (Basic)		100		4
		Pharmaceutics-III (Pharmaceutical Microbiology & Immunology)		100		4
		Pakistan Studies and Islamic Studies (Compulsory)		100		4
		Pharmacy Practice-I (Pharmaceutical Mathematics and Biostatistics)		100		4
		Total		600		24
Practical Training
		Pharmaceutics-II (Dosage Forms Science)		100		2
		Pharmacology and Therapeutics-I		100		2
		Pharmacognosy-I (Basic)		100		2
		Pharmaceutics-III (Pharmaceutical Microbiology & Immunology)		100		2
		Total		400		8
Grande Total				1000		32
Third Professional
Theory
Paper #	Subject		Marks		Teaching Hrs./week
	Pathology		50		2
	Pharmacology and Therapeutics-II		100		4
	Pharmacognosy-II (Advanced)		100		4
	Pharmacy Practice-II (Dispensing, Community, Social & Administrative Pharmacy)		100		4
	Pharmaceutical Chemistry-III (Pharmaceutical Analysis)		100		4
	Pharmacy Practice -VIII (Computer & its Applications in Pharmacy)		50		2
	Total		500		20
Practical Training
	Pathology		50		2
	Pharmacology and Therapeutics-II		100		2
	Pharmacognosy-II (Advanced)		100		2
	Pharmacy Practice-II (Dispensing, Community, Social & Administrative Pharmacy)		100		2
	Pharmaceutical Chemistry-III (Pharmaceutical Analysis)		100		2
	Pharmacy Practice -VIII (Computer & its Applications in Pharmacy)		50		2
	Total		500		12
	Grande Total		1000		32
Fourth Professional
Theory
Paper #	Subject		Marks		Teaching Hrs./week
	Pharmacy Practice-III (Hospital Pharmacy)		100		4
	Pharmacy Practice -IV (Clinical Pharmacy-I)		100		4
	Pharmaceutics-IV (Industrial Pharmacy)		100		4
	Pharmaceutics-V (Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics)		100		4
	Pharmaceutics-VI (Pharmaceutical Quality Management)		100		4
	Total		500		20
Practical Training
	Pharmacy Practice -IV (Clinical Pharmacy-I)		100		-
	Department Lab.				2
	Clinical Pharmacy Clerkship				[A total of 150 hrs.]
	Pharmaceutics-IV (Industrial Pharmacy)		100		2
	Pharmaceutics-V (Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics)		100		2
	Pharmaceutics-VI (Pharmaceutical Quality Management)		100		2
	Total		400		8
Grande Total			900		28
Fifth Professional
Theory
Paper #	Subject		Marks		Teaching Hrs./week
	Pharmaceutical Chemistry-IV (Medicinal Chemistry)		100		4
	Pharmacy Practice -V (Advanced Clinical Pharmacy-II)		100		4
	Pharmaceutics-VII (Pharmaceutical Technology)		100		4
	Pharmacy Practice -VI (Forensic Pharmacy)		100		4
	Pharmacy Practice-VII (Pharmaceutical Management and Marketing)		100		4
	Total		500		20
Practical Training
	Pharmaceutical Chemistry-IV (Medicinal Chemistry)		100		2
	Pharmacy Practice -V (Advanced Clinical Pharmacy-II) [Clinical Pharmacy Clerkship along with research project and report]		100		[A total of 200 hrs.]
	Pharmaceutics-VII (Pharmaceutical Technology)		100		2
	Total		300		4
	Grade Total		800		24
	Grande total Marks of 5 Professions		4700		32

PHARMD FIVE YEARS (ANNUAL SYSTEM) TEACHING AND TRAINING HRS. SUMMARY

Profession	Teaching Hrs./Week	Training Hrs./Week	Total Hrs./Week
1^st Profession	22	10	32
2^nd Profession	24	8	32
3^rd Profession	20	12	32
4^th profession	20	8	28
5^th Profession	20	4	24
Total	106	32	148
Professional Training
Clinical Pharmacy (4^th & 5^th Professions) Clerkship a Total of:				350 hrs.
An Internship, in any of the given tracks is mandatory for the ward of degree i.e., Pharmaceutical Industry, Community Pharmacy, Hospital / Clinical Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Marketing, Management & Regulatory Affairs a total of:				350 hrs.

3.Training plan:

CLINICAL PHARMACY CLERKSHIP TRAINING

Outcome of the Training Program
Training location
Evaluation method

Outcome of the Training Program

Real-World Preparedness:

Equipping graduates to handle real-world scenarios, including training to monitor pharmacotherapy-related clinical outcomes and address complications arising from medication.

Medication System Navigation:

Safely and efficiently navigating the medication system, encompassing pharmacy informatics, medication order validation, medication safety principles, and handling both sterile and non-sterile products.

Pharmacist Care Practices:

Practicing pharmacist care by conducting effective patient assessments, follow-ups, and identifying, resolving, and preventing drug-related problems.

Research Project Completion:

Developing skills in project management, organization, problem-solving, critical appraisal of literature, data analysis, evaluation, and presentation through the completion of a research project.

Clinical knowledge:

Undertaking practical training during clinical clerkships, where students engage in different hospital units, such as pediatrics, psychiatry, pulmonology, cardiology, dermatology, and gynecology.

Dose Adjustments and Interactions Monitoring:

Collecting patient cases and monitoring for drug-related problems, dose adjustments in hepatic and renal impairments, and drug-drug interactions.

Hospital Exposure:

Participating in medical rounds, familiarizing themselves with drug distribution, procurement, and consumption through hospital management and information systems (HMIS).

Effective Communication:

Developing effective interpersonal and communication skills to enhance patient care and contribute to hospital pharmacy practice.

Training Locations:

Gaining exposure in diverse healthcare settings, including public medical teaching institutions/hospitals and private tertiary care hospitals. These training centers have well developed and organized pharmacy services and includes:

Lady Reading Hospital (Medical Teaching Institute), Peshawar.
MTI Khyber Teaching Hospital (Medical Teaching Institute), Peshawar
MTI Hayatabad medical Complex (Medical Teaching Institute), Peshawar
Rehman Medical Institute, Peshawar, and
Northwest General Hospital, Peshawar.

Description of Training Program

4^th Profession PharmD:
- The training plan entails 150 contact hrs. in hospital settings. Students, organized into groups, monitor patient cases for drug-related issues, dose adjustments, and interactions.
- Departmental Lab Work: 2 hrs. per week.
5th Profession PharmD:
- The 5th-year clerkship spans 200 contact hrs. in hospital settings involving medical rounds, familiarity with hospital management systems, and weekly patient case presentations aligned with standard treatment guidelines.
- Clinal pharmacy project: Short research projects enhance interpersonal and communication skills for effective patient care.

Clinical Training Evaluation:

4^th Profession PharmD:
- External Examiner evaluation of cases collected during training.
- Written-paper on topics related to clinical pharmacy practice
- Viva-Voce examination
- Total 100 Marks.
5^th Profession PharmD:
- These evaluation methods aim to provide a holistic assessment of the students' knowledge, skills, and abilities acquired during the pharmacy clinical training. The inclusion of external examiner assessments ensures an unbiased and thorough evaluation process.
- External Examiner evaluates the project report completed by students during clinical pharmacy training that involves the following:
  - Comprehensive research project completion demonstrating various skills.
  - Showcasing project management abilities in organizing and executing the research.
  - Critical appraisal of existing literature relevant to the chosen research topic.
  - Proficiency in data analysis and interpretation.
  - Effective evaluation and presentation of research findings.
  - External examiner assessment to maintain objectivity and rigor in evaluation.

Internship:

An Internship, in any of the given tracks is mandatory for the award of degree i.e., Pharmaceutical Industry, Community Pharmacy, Hospital / Clinical Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Marketing, Management & Regulatory Affairs a total of 350 hours.

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