Doctor of Pharmacy [Pharm.D] in Karnataka
India plays a prominent role in the global pharmaceuticals industry. India is in the third position in pharmaceutical production by volume and 14th position by value. India’s domestic pharmaceutical industry has a strong network of more than 3000 pharma companies and 10,000 plus manufacturing units, and it is still growing. India supplies eighty percent of antiretroviral drugs used globally to fight AIDS. India meets fifty percent of global demand for various vaccines, 40 % of generic supply to the USA, and 25 % of all medicines supply to the UK.
Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm. D) is a six years Doctorate Degree program after 10+2. It is a more integrated course focusing on clinical pharmacy, pharmacy practice, regulatory affairs, pharmaceutical care, and healthcare. The students are taught to prescribe, dispense, operate, check regulatory affairs, market, manage, prepare medicines, and counsel patients in drug therapy. The pharmacist works directly with patients and doctors. They can provide a prescription to patients according to the diagnosis report submitted by the MBBS doctor.
The course Pharm D is available in two formats. The regular Pharm D program is six years (5 years + 1-year Internship) long, and the candidate can join this course right after plus two (Science stream). Pharm D (Post- Baccalaureate) program is three years long and can be pursued after B.Pharm. They can be admitted as lateral entry to the 4th year of the Pharm.D course. It involves two years of study with clinical training and rotatory specialty units posting in multi-specialty hospital with training in the drug information center, pharmacy, and one-year internship in the hospital.
Eligibility:
1) The applicant should have passed plus two or equivalent examinations from an approved university or Board established by law in India with English as one of the subjects and Physics, Chemistry as compulsory subjects, and either Mathematics or Biology as optional.
2) The applicant should have passed the D.Pharm course from any institution approved by the Pharmacy Council of India.
The Internship or residency training involves rotational posting in specialty units. The students gain practical experience and exposure to actual pharmacy practice/ clinical pharmacy services, develop skills under supervision, and become confident to function independently.
Total course fees come around 5.5 lakhs- 6 lakhs rupees. MyMathews Eduportal educational consultancy agency has decades of experience providing admission for Pharm D and other pharmacy courses in Karnataka and colleges affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi Health Sciences University. MyMathews educational consultancy agency offers free career counseling, career guidance, admission, loan assistance, affordable transportation and accommodation for admission-related tasks, and placement assistance for successful graduates. MyMathews Eduportal has many unique offers to the students who earn admission through them, including free laptops, health insurance, scholarships, and fees discount. The students and parents can approach them anytime for college and course registration & affiliation checkups, education-related legal issues, student visa applications, and higher studies options abroad. Students are also encouraged to go through their educational portal, www.mymathews.com , for vast educational-related, course-related, and college-related information.
The course completed, students can prefix Doctor (Dr.) to their name. They should register themselves with the Pharmacy Council of India and obtain a license to work. They can find opportunities in hospitals, clinics, community pharmacies, hospital pharmacies, pharmaceutical pharmacies, geriatric pharmacies, government agencies, home health care, regulatory affairs, healthcare documentation, drug information center, educational institutes, research institutes both in India and abroad, as pharmacist, pharmacy owner, regulatory officer, researcher, business development manager, drug information center head, drug experts, chief pharmacists, retail pharmacists, clinical pharmacist, quality control manager, quality analyst, professor. They can start their clinic or pharmacy. The clinic can be for community general checkups, patient counseling, suggesting and verifying prescription, disease, and drug management, not for diagnosis unless tied up with an MBBS doctor.
Pharmacists are high-salary professionals with a flexible work schedules in the USA and other foreign countries. The national average annual salary range for a pharmacist in India is around Rs. 2,20,000/- and in USA is around $1,20,000.
Higher Studies:
- PhD
Career Opportunities:
- Pharmacists
- Drug Information Centre Head
- Drug experts
- Chief Pharmacists
- Retail Pharmacists
- Hospital Pharmacy director
- Clinical Pharmacist
- Pharmacy Owner
- Consultant
- Educator
- Researcher
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