Pharmacology

Pharmacology is a research-oriented bio-medical scientific discipline, taught in second year of MBBS course. Clinical Pharmacology enables a physician to acquire core skills for various regulatory and ethical principles of therapeutic practice and clinical research.

Faculty teach the course using lectures, demonstrations, tutorials, seminars, clinical pharmacology conferences and small-group discussions. Demonstrations, live and videotaped, extend material discussed in the lectures and give the student practical experience with the effects of drugs on living organisms.

Teaching Methods and Media
Existing curricula list teaching methods such as lectures, practical classes, innovative methods like case-based learning, problem-based learning, interactive teaching techniques, project work, etc.

Responsibilities
Much of the role is working as part of a scientific research team, and help the student proficient in: To become a student acknowledeged with

1. Description of major classes of drugs used in the modern practice of medicine
2. Comparison of new drugs with old ones
3. Principles of rational therapeutics and Personlised medicine
4. Attitudes towards responsible prescription of drugs.
5. Computers simulation for experimental work
6. Training on mannequins for skill acquisition related to various routes of drug administration
7. Pharmacy excercises
8. Adverse drug reaction reporting under Pharmaco-vigilance program of India.
9. Writing original papers based on research findings
10. Attending scientific meetings and conferences in order to present posters, and listen to presentations in various CME

For M.B.B.S. Students, Pharmacology is taught during the third, fourth and fifth semesters for a total period of 18 months. Students are evaluated at the completion of each semester. The program involves some of the best professors and has the backing of good facilities to experiment in.

RESEARCH
The department of Pharmacology is equipped with the best equipment for study of drugs related to cardiovascular system, experimental pharmacology, psychopharmacology, and clinical pharmacology.