Course Title

Clinical clekship

Course Number

Clerkship I (7302508), Clerkship II (7302509) Clerkship III (7302601), Clerkship IV (7302602)

Instructor Name

Josephean Elaraj

Contact Information

[email protected]

Semester(s) and academic year(s)

Second Semester 2021
First Semester 2021

Compulsory / Elective

Compulsory

This clerkship provides the means by which the students will extend their clinical knowledge and skills.  The clinical attachment with the consultant in the ward and outpatient department will present numerous opportunities for learning.  The student must take and fully use these opportunities to gain maximum benefit from the program and to progress satisfactorily in the course. The clinical clerkships include clinical attachments in the following specialties: Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, General Surgery, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Oncology & Hematology and Nephrology. Within each of the rotations the student will be required to produce a detailed evaluation of a wide range of patients; evaluate critically drug therapy and increase the effectiveness of the pharmacy input to the ward.

To study rational drug treatment at the patients' bedside and to become familiar with common protocols of drug treatment and the reasons for their choice. The course will include learning and experimenting with treatment practices and procedures in different disease conditions in different departments. Before entering the department, the students take concentrated introductory courses which provide them with the basic principles of drug treatment from the perspective of clinical pharmacy. Within the clerkship itself, several general goals are aimed at developing and enhancing student's skills in implementing the philosophy of clinical pharmacy practice in the hospital. Initially, the students will be familiarized with the theoretical aspects of clinical pharmacy in general, and with the implementation of their knowledge through bedside counseling during the work round in several departments in Hospitals.

a. Knowledge and Understanding:

a.1. Recognize symptoms, pathophysiology, laboratory tests, physical examination, diagnosis, and prognosis of diseases

a.2.  Describe the clinical management of various diseases

a.3. Identify drug-related problems such as drug side effects and contraindication

a.4. Recognize the desired outcomes of drug therapy of selected diseases.

a.5. Clarify the relationship between rational therapy of selected diseases to the pathophysiology of these diseases and the mechanism(s) of action of drugs used to treat these diseases.

a.6. List potential drug-drug, drug-food, and drug-laboratory test interactions for drugs and drug products.

a.7. Describe available product formulation for drugs and drug products.

b. Intellectual Skills

b.1. Design appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic plans for selected diseases.

b.2. Compare between rational and irrational drug therapy for selected diseases

b.3. Design plans for monitoring drug efficacy, adverse effects, compliance and drug interactions

b.4. Analyze relevant information for clinical case notes and assess problems in therapeutic management of patients

c. Professional and Practical Skills

c.1. Evaluate and solve drug-related and patient-related problems

c.2. Design Monitoring plan for drug regimen therapeutic outcomes

c3. Apply learned information in providing appropriate patient counseling

c.4. Practice providing drug information to patients and health care professionals in an effective and efficient manner using both written and verbal communication skills.

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Roger Walker, Cate Whittlesea. Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics. 5 ^th edition, 2011. Churchill Livingstone.

Charles Lacy, Lora Armstrong, Morton Goldman. Drug Information Handbook. 20^th edition, 2011. Lexi-Comp.

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