The Union Ministry of Health and the Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) have introduced a six-year Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharma D) course. 5 years will be academic session and final year is completely bound to internship in hospital. It provides intensive training in pharmacy practice & clinical pharmacy services. Students can enrol for this course after 10 + 2, or Post – Baccalaureate, in which case the duration of the course would be reduced to 3 years. Only institutions running B. Pharm programs, approved under Section 12 of the Pharmacy Act will be running Pharm. D. programs.
Students who have passed Intermediate with Bipc/MPC or D. Pharma are eligible for admission to the new course.
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Pharm D is mainly hospital oriented, as evident from the fact that it's a compulsion that the colleges offering the course must have an adjoined hospital
Internship or residency training including postings in speciality units. Student should independently provide the clinical pharmacy services to the allotted wards.
All students who have appeared for all the subjects and passed the first year annual examination are eligible for promotion to the second year and, so on. However, failure in more than two subjects shall debar him or her from promotion to the next year classes.
Internship is a phase of training wherein a student is expected to conduct actual practice of pharmacy and health care and acquires skills under the supervision so that he or she may become capable of functioning independently.
The role of a pharmacist has changed drastically over the years with the constant expansion of health care programmes and the increasing need for quality pharmaceutical care. The growth of this sectors has thrown up diverse career options that include Community Pharmacy, Geriatric Pharmacy, Home Health Care, Hospital Pharmacy, Governmental agencies, Managed care, Pharmacoeconomics, Pharmacy education apart from Pharmaceutical industry.
Every student who has passed the examinations for the Pharm.D. (Doctor of Pharmacy) or Pharm.D. (Post Baccalaureate) (Doctor of Pharmacy) as the case may be, shall be granted a certificate by the examining authority.