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1. Definition, scope, of community pharmacy  Roles and responsibilities of Community              pharmacist   

 2. Community Pharmacy Management
   
     a) Selection of site, Space layout, and design      
     b) Staff, Materials- coding, stocking
     c) Legal requirements
     d) Maintenance of various registers
     e) Use of Computers: Business and health care soft wares

3. Prescriptions  

  • parts of prescription, 
  • legality & identification of medication related problems like drug interactions.    


 4 Inventory control in community pharmacy     

  • Definition, 
  • various methods of Inventory Control (ABC, VED, EOQ, Lead time, Buffer stock )


 5 Pharmaceutical care       
        Definition and Principles of Pharmaceutical care.

 6 Patient counselling  
       Definition, outcomes, various stages, barriers, Strategies to overcome barriers Patient information leaflets- content, design, & layouts, advisory labels

 7 Patient medication adherence    
       Definition, Factors affecting medication adherence, role of pharmacist  in improving the adherence.

 8 Health screening services    
      Definition, importance, methods for     screening Blood pressure/ blood sugar/ lung function  and Cholesterol testing

 9 OTC Medication- Definition, OTC medication list & Counselling  

 10 Health Education      
         WHO Definition of health, and health promotion, care for children, pregnant & breast feeding women, and geriatric patients. Commonly occurring Communicable Diseases, causative agents,  Clinical presentations and prevention of communicable diseases :
 a) Hepatitis,
 b)Typhoid,
 c)Amoebiasis,
 d)Malaria,
 e)Leprosy,
 f)Syphilis,
 g)Gonorrhea and AIDS

   Balance diet, and treatment & prevention of deficiency disorders Family planning  role of pharmacist

11. Responding to symptoms of minor ailments      

   Relevant pathophysiology, common drug therapy to,

  •  Tuberculosis,
  •  Pain,
  •  GI disturbances (Nausea, Vomiting, Dyspepsia, diarrhea, constipation),
  •  Pyrexia,
  •  Opthalmic symptoms,
  •  worms infestations.


 12 Essential Drugs concept and Rational Drug Therapy Role of community pharmacist

 13 Code of ethics for community pharmacists

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