Department of Pharmacy Practice

Pharmacy practice include hospital & clinical pharmacy services. This department is to expand the health care team, working to provide better therapy for the patients. The practice of pharmacy involves the interpretation, evaluation and implementation of medical orders, dispensing of prescription drugs, participation in the drug selection, medication order review, patient counselling and research. The important aspects of this department include pharmaceutical care services, clinical research, drug information services, poison information services and pharmacovigilance etc.

The Department of Pharmacy Practice is attached to Paalana Institute of Medical Sciences, Palakkad. The academic activities of the department include case studies of the various departments such as General Medicine, Cardiology, Neurology, Nephrology, Pulmonology, Nephrology, Orthopedics etc.