Pharmacology forms the basis of therapeutic management of the diseases.
Pharmacology includes medical management of diseases ranging from aches & pains to cancer.
In-depth information regarding mechanism of drug action, common adverse reactions related to
drug use, possible drug interactions that can be encountered during day-to-day clinical practice,
dose calculation etc. is provided in Pharmacology.
It exposes students to the knowledge of various levels of drug development starting from animal
experimentation up to clinical trials.
Teaching Activity
The department of Pharmacology conducts theory and practical training sessions for students
enrolled in various Undergraduate programmes :
MBBS, Physiotherapy, Nursing
Various teaching learning methods used are theory lectures, small group teaching, tutorials,
demonstrations, hands-on practicals, case based learning, OSPEs, Computer Assisted Simulation
Program etc.
Students are taught rational prescribing methods and effective ways of communication for
accurate and empathetic patient care.
The department is equipped with advanced Computer Assisted Learning (CAL) Laboratory for
teaching new drug development process and animal experiments without involving animals
The department provides Mannequin based learning by giving hands-on training to the students on
Mannequin for intravenous, intramuscular, subcutaneous and intradermal drug administration
The department houses two practical laboratories and a museum with more than 500 exhibits and
photos.
Apart from these, the teachers take active part in various CMEs, conferences and workshops to
keep themselves updated about the recent advances.
Hospital Services
The department is a part of many statutory committees of the institute viz. Pharmacovigilance
Committee, Institutional Ethics Committee for Academic Research & Clinical Trials,
Institutional Animal Ethics Committee, etc.
The department of Pharmacology plays an important role in the recognition of this institute as
ADR Monitoring Centre (AMC) and the department gathers the information of the Adverse Drug
Reactions (ADR) Reports from the clinical departments to further report it to Indian Pharmacopoeia
Commission (IPC), Ghaziabad via VigiFlow, which is monitored by Uppsala Monitoring Centre (UMC),
Geneva..
The department actively guides research aspirants to conduct studies in various academic,
clinical and animal experimentation.
All the faculties are periodically updated of all the research guidelines by conducting Good
Clinical Practice (GCP) workshops at regular intervals.
Researchers from outside the institution are guided and provided with the ethical approval as a
part of extension activities.
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