PHARM D POST BACCALAUREATE [PB]

Course Pattern

Duration:

Pharm D. (Post Baccalaureate): The duration of the course shall be for three academic years (two years of study and one year internship or residency) full time with each academic year spread over a period of not less than two hundred working days. The period of three years duration is divided into two phases – 

Phase I – consisting of First and Second academic year. 

Phase II – consisting of Internship or residency training during third year involving posting in speciality units. It is a phase of training wherein a student is exposed to actual pharmacy practice or clinical pharmacy services, and acquires skill under supervision so that he or she may become capable of functioning independently.

Minimum qualification:

Pharm.D. (Post Baccalaureate): A pass in B.Pharm from an institution approved by the Pharmacy Council of India

Attendance:
 Candidate having regularly and satisfactorily undergone the course of study by attending not less than 80% of the classes held both in theory and in practical separately in each subject shall be eligible for appearing at examination.

 Every student has to undergo one year internship as per Appendix-C of PCI regulations. Internship is a phase of training wherein a student is expected to conduct actual practice of pharmacy and health care and acquires skills under the supervision so that he or she may become capable of functioning independently.
 
Examinations - Internal Assessment

A regular record of both theory and practical class work and examinations conducted for Pharm.D. (Post Baccalaureate) course, shall be maintained for each student in the institution
 30 marks for each theory and 30 marks for each practical subject shall be allotted as sessional.
 There shall be at least two periodic sessional examinations during each academic year and the highest aggregate of any two performances shall form the basis of calculating sessional marks.
 The sessional marks in practicals shall be allotted on the following basis Actual performance in the sessional examination (20 marks); Day to day assessment in the practical class work, promptness, viva-voce record maintenance, etc. (10 marks).

Examinations - External l Assessment

Theory examination shall be of three hours and practical examination shall be of four hours duration. A Student who fails in theory or practical examination of a subject shall re-appear both in theory and practical of the same subject. Practical examination shall also consist of a viva –voce (Oral) examination. Clerkship examination – Oral examination shall be conducted after the completion of clerkship of students. An external and an internal examiner will evaluate the student. Students may be asked to present the allotted medical cases followed by discussion. Students’ capabilities in delivering clinical pharmacy services, pharmaceutical care planning and knowledge of therapeutics shall be assessed. 

Criteria for Pass

A student shall not be declared to have passed examination unless he or she secures at least 50% marks in each of the subjects separately in the theory examinations, including Sessional marks and at least 50% marks in each of the practical examinations including Sessional marks.
 The students securing 60% marks or above in aggregate in all subjects in a single attempt at the Pharm. D. (Post Baccalaureate) course examination shall be declared to have passed in first class.

 Students securing 75% marks or above in any subject or subjects shall be declared to have passed with distinction in the subject or those subjects provided he or she passes in all the subjects in a single attempt.

 All students who have appeared for all the subjects and passed the first year annual examination are eligible for promotion to the second year and, so on. However, failure in more than two subjects shall debar him or her from promotion to the next year classes.

Certificate of passing examination

Every student who has passed the examinations for the Pharm.D. (Post Baccalaureate) (Doctor of Pharmacy) as the case may be, shall be granted a certificate by Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences Bangalore.

Course of Study:

First Year Post Baccalaureate [PB] 

Second Year Post Baccalaureate [PB] 

* Attending ward rounds on daily basis.

Third Year Post Baccalaureate [PB] 

Internship or residency training including posting in specialty units. Student should independently provide the clinical pharmacy services to the allotted wards.

• Six months in General Medicine department,
• and Two months each in three other speciality departments