Rural India has a serious shortage of healthcare professionals with suboptimal healthcare outcomes. Vikas Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences has initiated a program that provides experiential learning for PharmD students that in the long-term should have a positive impact on the rural population.
Pharm. D students while on internship in a tertiary care hospital in India noticed that hospital currently has no IV-administration protocols. For example, when Doctor wrote an Amphotericin B 50mg IV once daily – there were no accompanying instructions on the nature of diluent to be used, how much of it should be used and…
Several reports have documented medication errors and its consequences .Though there are many different approaches for reducing errors, following recommendations made by Pharm D interns from their first-hand experience doing ward rounds in Indian hospitals would have a positive impact on reducing medication errors. The prototypes mentioned in this article were implemented by PharmD interns in…
In 2008, India introduced the Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D) program, and since the graduation of the first regular 6-year batch in 2014, some progress has been made in the integration of Pharm.D’s as clinical pharmacists in various hospitals. However, the full potential of Pharm.D remains untapped due to factors – such as limited awareness, lack…