Overview
Practice of medicine is inevitable without the prescription of drugs. Pharmacology is a field of medicine with never ending transformation and with several advances. The department of Pharmacology is committed in providing the best quality of Curriculum Based Medical Education (CBME) to the undergraduate medical students. It functions with the aim of imparting knowledge and skills regarding the drug administration to Medical and Nursing students. It emphasizes on imparting training to students on rational prescription of drugs and Pharmacotherapeutics. It is heading forward with dynamic and dedicated faculty who has immense passion for teaching. Students have exposure to various teaching methodologies including small group discussions, e-learning, seminar presentations and role plays. Department of Pharmacology is also actively involved in various activities of the institution like Adverse drug reactions monitoring, antimicrobial stewardship, undergraduate research etc. Activities of Pharmacovigilance are being carried out from 2012 and the Adverse Drug Reaction Monitoring Centre, under the Pharmacovigilance Programme of India (PvPI), started functioning in the department from 2014.
Facilities
The department has all the facilities for undergraduate teaching as per the regulations of the National Medical Commission. The teaching programme is being carried out efficiently on a regular basis with the help of theory classes, practical sessions, computer assisted laboratory sessions, skill lab competencies, certifiable skills, small group discussions, self directed learning sessions, seminars, integrated teaching sessions, AETCOM module, Pandemic module, Antimicrobial Stewardship module and formative assessments. . Projects are submitted by students based on various clinical problems collected from the hospital. This makes the students aware of rational drug use, over-prescription, under-prescription, drug interactions and adverse drug reactions
Small group activities and practical sessions include:
- Prescription writing including special prescriptions :
- Prescription auditing
- Preparing list of P drugs for a given condition
- Computer Assisted Learning : Experimental Pharmacology using software
- Demonstration and skill training on Routes of drug administration using manikins
- Aseptic precautions including covid protocol to be followed before and during drug administration
- Pharmacovigilance, ADR reporting and uploading of ADR reports on Vigiflow
- Preparing Essential Medicine List for a health care facility
- Pharmacoeconomic exercises
- Communication skills & Role plays
- Seminar presentations
- AETCOM sessions, Antimicrobial stewardship module and Pandemic module
- Self Directed Learning sessions
Faculties
CME
| CME Details | Date of Conduct |
|---|---|
| Name : PHARMACON 2008 Theme/Subject : Drugs – A Renal Perspective |
2008 |
| Name : Drugs of the last decade – An Overview Theme/Subject : Drugs of the last decade |
2011 |
| Name : CME on Pharmacovigilance Theme/Subject : Pharmacovigilance |
2017 |
| Name : CME programme for nurses Theme/Subject : Awareness on Pharmacovigilance & ADR reporting |
2018 |
| Name : CME programme for nurses Theme/Subject : Drug administration errors |
2019 |
| Name : Online orientation programme in One Amala Clinic Theme/Subject : Pharmacovigilance |
2021 |
Publications
- Ajith TA, Padmajanair G. Mitochondrial pharmaceutics: A new therapeutic strategy to ameliorate oxidative stress in Alzheimer's disease. Curr Aging Sci. 2015;8:235-40.
- Bhagyalekshmi N, Ramesh M, Prathibha VK, Ignatius JX. Effect of non-absorbable antibiotic, rifaximin in patients with irritable bowel syndrome: A singlecenter randomized controlled study. Natl J Physiol Pharm Pharmacol 2018;8(6):867-871.
- Prathibha VK, Mukundan C, Bhagyalekshmi N. Ivabradine alone and in combination with metoprolol reduces the incidence of major adverse cardiac events in patients with heart failure: A prospective study. Natl J Physiol Pharm Pharmacol 2020;10(05):423-430
- Jayaprakash R, Prathibha VK, Gopakumar G, Thomas M. Effect of small-dose ketamine in the prevention of pain on propofol injection: A prospective randomized controlled study. Natl J Physiol Pharm Pharmacol 2020;10(05):437-441.
- Gopakumar G, Prathibha VK, Jayaprakash R. A prospective randomized controlled study to compare the efficacy of ephedrine and ketamine in the prevention of hypotension following propofol induction. Natl J Physiol Pharm Pharmacol 2020;10(08):671-675.
- John D, Koshy RC, Prathibha VK, Gopakumar G, Jayaprakash R. Comparison of intravenous induction with propofol versus inhalation induction with sevoflurane: A prospective randomized controlled study. Natl J Physiol Pharm Pharmacol 2020;10(08):676-681.
- Baiju B, Gopakumar G, Prathibha VK, Antony J, Jayaprakash R. A prospective randomized controlled study to assess the efficacy of fentanyl and dexmedetomidine for conscious sedation in awake fiberoptic intubation. Natl J Physiol Pharm Pharmacol 2020;10(09):813-820.
- Varghese M, Prathibha VK, Saju CR, Jini MP. A cross-sectional study to assess the adverse events following immunization with CoviShield vaccine at a private medical college in South India. Natl J Physiol Pharm Pharmacol 2022;12(11):1842-1847.
- Shreeram A, Samantaray M, Prathibha VK. A prospective comparative randomized controlled study of erector spinae plane block using local anesthetics versus general anesthesia for the perioperative control of pain in patients undergoing thoracoscopic procedures. Natl J Physiol Pharm Pharmacol 2022;12(11):1829-1836.
- Nishana S, Gopakumar G, Prathibha VK, Jayaprakash R, George GK. Analysis of various airway evaluation tests to prognosticate difficult endotracheal intubation. Natl J Physiol Pharm Pharmacol 2024;14(02):198-205.
- Kumar VP. Is the New Approach in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Treat-to-Target? Int Pharm Sci 2021; 12: 111
- Vinod KP. Licofelone in osteoarthritis: is this the awaited drug? A systematic review. Int J Basic Clin Pharmacol 2021; 10:564-71
- Rajan B, Pasangha E, Devi P, George S. Patterns of Medication Use and Their Determinants in Pregnancy among Women Admitted to the Obstetrics Wards of a Tertiary Care Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Study: Patterns of Medication Use and Their Determinants in Pregnancy. Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics. 2022;13(4):388-395. doi:10.1177/0976500X221147803
- Joshi CE, Sujatha MB, Purushothaman KK. Antibiotic prescription pattern in PICU in a tertiary care hospital: A cross sectional study. Natl J Physiol Pharm Pharmacol 2024;14. DOI:10.5455/njppp.2024.14.01007202431012024
- Mathew, Jessey & Krishnamoorthy, Smitha & Chacko, Linby & Philip, Jean & Jacob, Jinsa & Jose, Jeenu & Lal, Laona & Bhatt, Arun. (2016). Non Compliance to Anti-Hypertensive Medications and Associated Factors- Community Based Cross Sectional Study from Kerala. Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences. 4. 1956-1959. 10.21276/sjams.2016.4.6.18.
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