A Preceptor Based Research Study and Report on Analysis of Doctor of Pharmacy/Clinical Pharmacy Services Duringclerkship and Internshipward Round Postings in Hospital

Mekkanti Manasa Rekha

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Clinical pharmacy is the branch of Pharmacy which is concerned with the science and practice of Rational Medication Use. Clerkship and Internship ward rounds refers to the Practice of Clinical Pharmacy Practice principles by Pharm.D (Doctor of Pharmacy) students. Aim: The Aim of the present study is the preceptor based analysis and report of Doctor of Pharmacy /Clinical Pharmacy Services during the Clerkship and Internship Postings at ESI Hospital, Indiranagar, and Bangalore. Objective: Analysis and Report of Doctor of Pharmacy Clinical Pharmacy services such as Prescription study and preventing Medication Related Problems such as Adverse Drug Reactions, Drug Interactions and Over Dosages, performing Drug Utilization Evaluation, providing Drug and Poison information, Patient Counseling Services, improving the patient safety initiatives, quality of life and health related outcomes, reducing work burden of physicians and providing better health care. Methodology: All the required data was collected from patients through patient representative interview and case sheets and treatment charts analyzed and reported by using adverse drug reactions, drug interactions, drug information query and answer, patient counseling and feedback forms. Discussion and Results: A total of 1500 patients were selected for the study from the different departments includes General Medicine, ENT, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Orthopedics and Surgery a total of 7,750 services provided by the Doctor of Pharmacy Students and the data was analyzed with the help of Prism Graph Pad Software and the P-value was 0.001 which states that the study was highly significant. Conclusion: The present study concludes that the Physicians has an increased workload, as they are not able to manage all the healthcare services which shows clearly that the Doctor of Pharmacy Professionals can reduce the workload of physicians by acting as a bridge between the Physicians and Patients. Its urge that the Indian government should take an initiative to implement and to create a cadre for Doctor of Pharmacy services in all Indian Hospitals to provide better health care services.

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