Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy

This diploma focuses on the emerging role of clinical pharmacists and prepares them to take a lead role in developing clinical pharmacy services and programs with guided practical steps.

Clinical Pharmacy deals with patient centered care, where clinical Pharmacists are responsible for providing best possible therapy in the prevention and treatment of diseases. The pharmacists of today work as active members of health care providers’ team to participate in decision making for patient specific therapeutic planning, monitoring and evaluating therapeutic outcomes and resolving drug related problems. This emerging role of the pharmacists bring them to the center of the healthcare delivery system where they are responsible for safe medication use and medication therapy management.

Course Structure

This diploma consists of 5 compulsary modules and 1 optional module.

Module 1: Anticoagulation & related disease
Module 2: Cardiovascular disease
Module 3: Total parenteral nutrition
Module 4: Pain Management
Module 5: Diabetes management for in & outpatients
Module 6: (Optional Module) Infectious disease & antimicrobial therapy

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be familiar with the important principles required to work professionally and competently as a clinical pharmacist. This should reflect upon the practice and their own role within a multi-disciplinary team.

Prepare active learners and future experts in Clinical Pharmacy with required knowledge, skills and abilities
Apply clinical knowledge in designing patient specific therapeutic plan based on best evidence and develop the skills to effectively and efficiently integrate information from basic pharmaceutical and medical sciences into direct patient care.
Formulate individualized approaches to patient care based on the application of an in-depth understanding of clinical pharmacy knowledge and applied therapeutics, over a number of clinical areas.
Demonstrate how participants would apply this, in the pharmacy practice fulfilling the requirements of both Regulatory Agencies & Employers

Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy

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