Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics (Click here for a photographic image of
the Department)
1. Goal
The broad goal of teaching pharmacology to undergraduate students is to
inculcate in them a rational and scientific basis of therapeutics.
2. Educational objectives
(a) Knowledge
At the end of the course, the student shall be able to -
i. describe the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of essential and commonly
used drugs
ii. list the indications, contraindications, interactions and adverse reactions
of commonly used drugs
iii. indicate the use of appropriate drug in a particular disease with
consideration of its cost, efficacy and safety for -
• individual needs, and
• mass therapy under national health programmes
iv describe the pharmacokinetic basis, clinical presentation, diagnosis and
management of
common poisonings
v Integrate the list the drugs of addiction and recommend the management
vi. Classify environmental and occupational pollutants and state the management
issues
vii. Explain pharmacological basis of prescribing drugs in special medical
situations such as pregnancy, lactation, infancy and old age
vii explain the concept of rational drug therapy in clinical pharmacology
viii state the principles underlying the concept of `Essential Drugs’
ix evaluate the ethics and modalities involved in the development and
introduction of new drugs
(b) Skills
At the end of the course, the student shall be able to -
i. prescribe drugs for common ailments
ii. identify adverse reactions and interactions of commonly used drugs
iii. interpret the data of experiments designed for the study of effects of
drugs and bioassays which are observed during the study
iv. scan information on common pharmaceutical preparations and critically
evaluate drug formulations
v. be well-conversant with the principles of pharmacy and dispense the
medications giving proper instructions
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(Note: The above is as per the syllabus for MBBS course as prescribed by Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik)