ABOUT REFRESHER COURSE
Refresher courses are available for registered pharmacists. Practicing pharmacy is very complex profession with requirement of updated knowledge on new and banned drugs, drug interactions and side effects. Pharmacist plays an important role in community health care and providing information on medications to patients.
To help pharmacist to acquire knowledge of recent trends, Gujarat State Pharmacy Council has started Refresher Courses, which is mandatory for all registered pharmacists and is required for renewal of existing registration.
Currently, the refresher courses are organized by various pharmacy colleges with financial assistance and guidance of Gujarat State Pharmacy Council.
The pharmacists are required to log in their account in the website and apply for the refresher couse online.The participants will be able to join various sessions through zoom links provided in their account in the website.
An objective test will be conducted online in the end of the two day refresher course training program and the participants will be given certificate for attending Refresher Course from GSPC. Course certificate will be given only to those participants who have successfully completed course and objective test with minimum passing criteria.
Upcoming Refresher Course
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Important Notes
Registration link to pursue the Refresher Course can be accessed through candidate’s individual profile. For more details, click here.
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The candidates with license expiring in December 2024 are eligible to pursue the Refresher Course.
The candidates whose license expired till December 2023 have to apply for re-entry. Candidates applying for re-entry are not required to pursue the Refresher Course. Procedure for re-entry needs to be followed.
The candidates whose license expiring after December 2024 are not eligible to pursue the Refresher Course till December 2024. Registration link to attend the Refresher Course shall be opened in respective candidate’s profile after December 2024.
Course Detail
TOPICS PROPOSED FOR REFRESHER COURSES TRAINING PROGRAM (2 DAYS)
1). Drugs Interactions.
2) Drugs Incompatibilities
3). Bio-availabilities of Drugs
4). Evaluation of Drugs Interactions
5). Evaluation Drug-Food Interactions
6). Evaluation of Drug and Herbal Drugs Interactions
7). Ethical Pharmacy Practice
8). Good Storage Practice
9). New Drugs and Safety Approach
10). Duties of the pharmacists
11). Prescription Handling
12). Drugs and Cosmetics Act & Rules
13). Pharmacy Act
14). Essential Commodities Act
15). Drugs Prices Control Order
16). Drugs and Magic Remedies Act
17). Pharmacopoeias
18). Drugs Information for patient counseling
19). Drugs store Management
20). Role of Hospital Pharmacists in India
21). Storage conditions for Hospital Drugs
22). Computers in purchase and stores Management
23). Management of Surplus, Obsolete and unserviceable Materials and Scrap
24). Pharmacy Profession in India and advanced countries
25). Adverse Drugs Reactions
26). Consumer Profession Act
27). Patent Laws
28). Import & Export of Drugs
29). Storage of Drugs
30). Novel Drug Delivery System
31). Role of Pharmacists in health care programme and concept of community pharmacy
32) Prescription handling and Patients education
33). Rational Use of Drugs
34). Application of Computers in Hospital Pharmacy
35). Therapeutic update on Selected disorders-Diabetes
36). Patient Counseling on Anti-Tubercular Drugs
37). Immunization-Significance, Schedules, Products available
38). Clinical Pharmacy
39). Therapeutic update on selected disorder: Asthma, AIDS and Hypertension
40). Emergency management of poisoning etc...
41). Self medication and its demerits
42). Role of Pharmacist in cholesterol management
43). Interpretation of laboratory values
44). Medication adherence
45). Patients compliance
46). Patient instructions
47). Drugs used in special patient populations
48). Medication error
49). Essential Drugs and rational drug therapy
50). Accreditation of drug stores
51). Common symptoms like fever and vomiting management options
52). Role of pharmacist in contagious diseases management
53). Pharmaceutical care concepts
54). Common symptom management like fever and vomiting
55). Digitalization of Retail Medical Stores
56). Pharmacy Practice Regulation-2015
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The syllabus of objective test shall consist of:
Recent Trends in Medicines including Government Rules, Regulations, Notifications, etc
Drug Interactions, side effects, adverse drug reactions
Emergency medications, First Aid medications
Role of pharmacist in community service
Seminars and lectures delivered during the refresher course training program
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