Faridpur Medical College
Department of Pharmacology
The department of pharmacology discusses with the uses, effects, and modes of action of drugs.
Departmental Objectives:
The objective is to provide a need based integrated ‘Basic Pharmacology for a safe and effective prescribing’ Course so that the students on graduation will be competent to:
- Describe the pharmacological effects, mechanisms of action, pharmacokinetic characteristics and adverse reactions of drugs in order to be able to prescribe safely and effectively.
- describe the basic principles and concepts considered essential for rational (effective, safe, suitable and economic) prescribing and use of medicines in clinical
- understand the principles of rational prescribing and the basis of utilizing the principles of rational evaluation of therapeutic
- Recognize, manage and report the adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and drug interactions.
- Obtain informed consent by providing enough information about disease(s), treatment(s) and alternative options available, in order to allow the patient to make informed decision about their
- identify and assess objectively the drug information
- state the Essential Drug List and principles underlying the ‘Concept of Essential Drugs’, and apply them in community oriented health care delivery
- recognize the implications of poly pharmacy and other means of irrational prescribing, identify influences favouring irrational prescribing and develop means to resist
- evaluate the ethical and legal issues involved in drug prescribing, development, manufacture and
- acquire methods of learning needed for evaluation of existing and new drugs and to follow trends and approaches in pharmacological
- develop attitude for continuous self learning and professional development throughout their practicing
List of Competencies to Acquire:
- Knowledge and Understanding
- Basic pharmacodynamics (effects, mechanism), and clinical pharmacokinetics required for safe and effective
- Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs): recognizing, management & reporting
- Basic principles & concepts essential for rational (effective, safe, suitable and economic) prescribing and use of drugs in clinical
- Concept of essential drugs and selection of essential drug list for use in community oriented health care
- Drug information sources: access to unbiased drug compendia and use of standard treatment guidelines , formularies to support safe and effective prescribing
- Ethics of Prescribing: Informed patient consent about disease, treatment given and alternative options
- The ethical and legal issues involved in drug prescribing, development and
- Skill –
- Taking drug
- Prescription writing: choosing safe & effective drugs and appropriate dosage
- Selecting appropriate drugs (P Drug) to support rational prescribing considering efficacy, safety, suaitability and
- Recognizing, managing and reporting Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) and drug
- Obtaining accurate objective information to support safe and effective
- Prescribing drugs for special groups: elderly, children, pregnancy, breast feeding mothers, renal &/or hepatic impairment or
- Getting informed consent from patients
- Analyzing new evidence:
- Reading, assessing and critically analyzing clinical trial results
- Practicing evidence based medicine
- Assessing the possible benefits and hazards of new therapy
- Attitude –
- Continuous self learning to keep their knowledge & skill up to date through continuous professional
- Communicating with patients regarding disease, the drug treatment and alternative options to obtain informed consent and respecting patients’ own views and wishes in relation to drug treatment.
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Lecturers
Distribution of Teaching - Learning Hours:
| Lecture | Tutorial | Practical and Demonstration | Clinical Case Report | Total teaching hours | Formative Exam | Summative exam | ||
| Preparatory leave | Exam time | Preparatory leave | Exam time | |||||
| 100 hrs | 30 hrs | 50 hrs | 20 hrs | 200 hrs | 10 days | 15 days | 10 days | 15 days |
| (Time for exam. preparatory leave and formative & summative assessment is common for all subjects of the phase ) | ||||||||
Teaching - Learning Methods, Teaching Aids and Evaluation:
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Large group | Small group | Self learning | Others | ||
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| Integrated | Laptop multimedia |
· Item Examination · Card final (written) · Term Examination · Term final (written, oral+ practical) |
Lecture | Tutorial | Assignment | teaching/Assignmen | Microphone, Speaker | |
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| clinical case report | Projector With Screen, | |
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3rd Professional Examination:
Marks distribution of Assessment of Pharmacology & Therapeutics:
Total marks – 300
- Written = 90 (MCQ-20, SAQ-70) + formative assessment marks -10= 100
- Structured oral examination= 100
- Practical (Traditional + OSPE) =100
Assessment in Pharmacology:
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Marks |
Total Marks |
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Formative assessment |
10 |
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WRITTEN EXAMINATION |
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MCQ SAQ |
20 70 |
90 |
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PRACTICAL EXAMINATION |
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Traditional Practical Examination OSPE |
60 40 |
100 |
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ORAL EXAMINATION (Structured) 2 Boards |
50+50 |
100 |
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Grand Total |
300 |
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- There will be separate Answer Script for MCQ
- Pass marks 60 % in each of theoretical, oral and practical
Prerequisite for 3rd Professional Examination:
- A Student must pass all term exam before appearing 3rd professional
- Class attendance must be 75 %