Unit I:
Hospital-its organization and functions
- Describe hospital organization with the help of a chart? (10)
- Classify hospitals using different criteria and mention their functions? (10)
- Define the functions and objectives of a modern hospital? (10)
- Classify various types of hospitals with suitable examples? (5)
- Describe the supportive services in a hospital? (5)
- Describe the Role and responsibilities of the supportive services in a hospital? (5)
- What are the primary and secondary care hospitals? (5)
- Define hospital? (2)
- What is a tertiary care hospital? (2)
- List out the supporting services required in a hospital? (2)
- What is a primary care hospital?
Hospital pharmacy –Organization and management - Describe the organizational chart of hospital pharmacy? (10)
- Describe the location, layout and infrastructure of a hospital pharmacy? (10)
- Describe the scope and responsibilities of a hospital pharmacist? (10)
- What are the Roles and responsibilities of hospital pharmacist in the various areas of a hospital (10)
- What are the functions and objectives of hospital pharmacy? (5)
- Write the procedure for material management in a hospital pharmacy? (5)
- What are the administrative and professional equipments used for hospital pharmacy practice? (5)
- Draw a typical layout of hospital pharmacy? (2)
- What is floor space requirement for a hospital pharmacy in a hospital? (2)
- How the pharmacist requirement in a hospital calculated based on bed strength? (2)
- What are the objectives of material management in hospital pharmacy? (2)
- Define hospital pharmacy?
Adverse drug reaction - Define ADR, Write its factors influencing ADR (5).
- Write the classification ADR with examples (5)
- How to manage ADR (2)
Community Pharmacy - Write the characteristic feature of ideal drug store(5)
- Explain the legal documents for obtaining license to open a drug store(5)
- Briefly explain merchandising(5)
- Explain cash book and ledger (5)
- What is balance sheet(2)
- What is profit loss account(2)
Unit II:
Drug distribution system in a hospital - Explain distribution of narcotic substances (5)
2.Describe dispensing of drugs to ambulatory patients(10)
3.Explain different types of drug distributions in a hospital(5)
Hospital formulary - Define hospital formulary? List its objectives? (5)
- Write the guiding principles involved in the use of hospital formulary? (5)
- Explain the contents of hospital formulary (5)
- What is hospital formulary? Give its guiding principles and contents? (10)
- Describe the steps involved in the preparation of hospital formulary? (10)
- Explain in detail the preparation of hospital pharmacy? (10).
- What are the advantages and disadvantages of hospital pharmacy? (2)
- How is the hospital formulary revived/ (2)
- How are the drugs to be addition and deleted in hospital formulary? (2)
- What are the guiding principles involved in the use of hospital pharmacy? (2)
Therapeutic drug monitoring - Explain the factors to be considered during the Therapeutic drug monitoring(10)
- What are objectives of TDM (2)
- Explain the TDM process (5)
- Briefly write the indian scenario for therapeutic drug monitoring(5)
Medication adherence - Role of pharmacist in improving medication adherence(5)
- Write different factors affecting medication adherence(5)
Patient medication history interview - Write the steps involved in Patient medication history interview(5)
Community pharmacy management - How the community pharmacy managing the materials and finance(5)
Unit III:
Pharmacy and therapeutic committee - Role and responsibilities of pharmacist in pharmacy and therapeutic committee? (10)
- Explain the function of pharmacy and therapeutic committee? (5)
- What are the benefits of therapeutics guidelines? (5)
- Explain the process of development of standard therapeutics guidelines?(5)
- What are factors affecting the implementation and use of therapeutic guidelines? (5)
- Explain the members of pharmacy and therapeutic committee? (2)
- Give the composition of pharmacy and therapeutic committee? (2)
- Define pharmacy and therapeutic committee? (2)
- Role of pharmacy and therapeutic committee in adverse drug reaction? (2)
- Role of pharmacy and therapeutic committee in automatic stop order for dangerous drugs? (2)
- Role of pharmacy and therapeutic committee in emergency drugs? (2)
- Discuss the role of pharmacy and therapeutic committee in drug safety? (5)
- Role of pharmacy and therapeutic committee in investigational drug use in hospital? (2)
- Role of pharmacy and therapeutic committee in drug product defect reporting programme? (2)
- What are therapeutic guidelines? (2)
- Write the significance of pharmacy and therapeutics committee? (2)
Information services - Establishment of drug information center(5)
- Write a note on Poison information center (5)
- Discuss the use of computers in business and health care software(10)
Counseling - Write steps involved in steps involved in patient counseling(5)
- Objectives of patient counseling(2)
- Patient counselling techniques in special conditions(2)
Education and training program in the hospital - Write the role of pharmacist in the education and training program(5)
- What is internal and external program (2)
- What are verbal and non verbal communication(2)
- What is PIL(Patient information leaflets)(2)
- Write a note on continuing professional development for pharmacist? (5)
- What is the role of pharmacist in education training (5)
- List out the various methods of CPD and explain in brief about any one method to update the professional knowledge? (5)
- Role of pharmacist in public awareness of disease prevention? (5)
- List out the objective of CPD programmes? (5)
- Advantages of CPD programmes? (5)
- Explain the role of hospital pharmacist in external teaching programs? (5)
- What are the opportunities for professional relations for a pharmacist in a hospital? (5)
- Explain the guidelines for the exchange of info between pharmacist and nurses? (5)
- Explain the guidelines for the exchange of info between pharmacist and medical research staff?(5)
- Explain the guidelines for the exchange of info between pharmacist and local pharmacist? (5)
- What are the opportunists for hospital pharmacist to improve professional public goodwill? (5)
Prescribed medication order and communication skills - Define hospital pharmacy news letter? (2)
- What are the key parts of the pharmacy bulletin? (2)
- What are the advantages of a pharmacy bulletin? (2)
- Write a note on importance of news letter? (2)
- Write a note on contents and formats of news letter? (2)
Unit IV
The Budget-Preparation and implementation - How is the budget prepared in hospital pharmacy? (5)
- Explain the role of a pharmacist in budget preparation and implementation? (5)
- Explain about the revenue accounts in the hospital? (2)
- Explain about the income accounts in the hospital? (2)
- List of out important parts of a budget/ (2)
- Define hospital budget? (2)
- What are different sources of income to meet the operating emphasizing in a hospital? (2)
- Define hospital formulary? (2)
Clinical Pharmacy - What are good qualities of clinical pharmacist(2)
- Explain in detail role and responsibility of clinical pharmacist(10)
- Write the objectives of Drug therapy monitoring(2)
- Explain the drug therapy monitoring(5)
- What are pharmacist interventions(2)
- Write the goals of medication history(2)
- What are steps involved followed in medication history(5)
- Define wardround and its objectives(2)
- Explain the classification and steps involved in wardround(5)
- Write the goals of pharmaceutical care(2)
- Explain in detail dosing pattern and drug therapy based on pharmacokinetic & disease pattern(10)
Over the counter (OTC) sales - What is OTC and its significance(2)
- Name the types of OTC medicines(2)
- What are rules for proper use of OTC(2)
- Explain the Rational use of medicines(5)
- Briefly write about OTC counseling questions(5)
- Write a note on pharmacist oath(5)
Unit V
Drug store management and inventory control - Explain the role of a pharmacist is the purchase of drugs for a hospital pharmacy? (10)
- Describe the procedure for purchasing drugs in large hospital? (10)
- Explain the role of pharmacist in central sterile supply services? (10)
- What is ideal location for OPD in a hospital? Explain the different types of drug distribution for ambulatory patient? (10)
- List out the different drug distribution system for IP and explain the merits and demerits of each? (10)
- What is floor stock distribution of drugs in a hospital?Give its merits and demerits? (10)
- Classify the methods of drug distribution/ Explain about unit dose drug distribution? (10)
- Define drug distribution system? Explain in detail about individual prescription order method of distribution with its advantages and disadvantages? (10)
- Classify various techniques of inventory control? Explain any one? (5)
- Write note on VED and EOQ in inventory control? (5)
- Write a note on periodic and perpetual method of inventory? (5)
- Draw and explain a layout of OPD in a hospital? (5)
- List out the various inventory control methods and its application in drug store management? (5)
- Describe the criteria for the distribution of drugs to the emergency wards and to the operation theater? (5)
- Write the procedure involved in the distribution of controlled drugs in a hospital/ (5)
- What are the control procedure in the hospital for prescribing narcotics and controlled substances? (5)
- Describe a purchase order form? (2)
- Draw a sample purchase request form? (2)
- Write a note on the legal aspects involved in the storage of drugs? (2)
- Mention the examples the various storage conditions of drugs? (2)
- With suitable examples mention what is cold storage? (2)
- Give 4 drugs to be stored at cold temperature? (2)
- Define inventory control? (2)
- What are the objectives of inventory control? (2)
- What is buffer stock and safety stock? (2)
- What is lead time, internal and external lead time? (2)
- Give the formula for EOQ? (2)
- What is re-order level? (2)
- What advantages of unit dose dispensing? (2)
- What are advantages of the drug basket method of distribution? (2)
- What is envelop method of drug distribution? (2)
- What is mobile dispensing unit? (2)
- Define perpetual inventory? (2)
- Define VED analysis? (2)
- What are narcotics? Give two examples? (2)
Investigational use of drugs - Write a note on Approval of new clinical projects(5)
- Explain the roles and responsibilities of pharmacist in a hospital(5)
Interpretation of Clinical Laboratory Tests - Name the non laboratory tests(2)
- Write a note on interpretation thyroid functioning test(5)
- Write a note on interpretation pulmonary functioning test(5)