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DEPARTMENT OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY
WHO-ICMR
workshop in Clinical Pharmacology & short courses in Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
& Adverse Drug Reactions monitoring -
| Background and
facilities available Clinical Pharmacology services and research unit started in 1989, and is functioning as a full-fledged Department of Clinical Pharmacology from 1st June 1995. It is headed by Dr Nilima Kshirsagar. Dr Sudeshna S. Dalvi is the Associate Professor and Dr Nithya Gogtay is the lecturer. It also has over 15 research scientists; MSc and PhD students who undertake Clinical Pharmacology research. The Department offers Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM) services through a TDM epilepsy outpatient clinic, in house biochemistry, has a well equipped microbiology laboratory, Adverse Drug reactions (ADR) monitoring cell of the Drugs Controller General of India and Special ADR Centre of the World Health Organization, Ranbaxy medical information centre, Department of Biotechnology's Liposome research centre, a 25 bedded Clinical Pharmacology Infectious Diseases ward, a 20 bedded Clinical pharmacology ward, and an Integrated Medicine Outpatient department (Complementary and Alternative Medicine outpatient department). The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has recently set up an Advanced Centre for Clinical Pharmacology research at the department. The Department specializes in conduct of all phases of clinical trials (including with alternative systems), that come from both the pharmaceutical industry, as well are initiated by the department. Areas of expertise include apart from the above, include tropical diseases- viz malaria (including new drug evaluation; drug resistance evaluation and treatment, a special malaria clinical pharmacology outpatient department runs everyday), filariasis (collaborative projects with the WHO and Bernard Nocht Tropical Institute, Germany), and liposomal drug delivery systems (the department has manufactured and patented for the first time in Asia, a cost-effective liposomal amphotericin B formulation using indigenous lipids). The department is also now foraying into pharmacogenetics. Course
Co-ordinator - Dr (Mrs).
Nilima A Kshirsagar
The objectives of the WHO-ICMR course are to familiarize the participants with the principles and practice of Clinical Pharmacology and enable them establish Clinical Pharmacology departments/units in their own institutions. Over a 2 week period, there are didactic lectures, and interactive sessions, on various clinical pharmacology topics. The participants attend the malaria and TDM outpatient clinics, take rounds in the Clinical Pharmacology ward for volunteer and patient studies, visit various research institutions and pharmaceutical companies. They are taught principles of HPLC that includes hands on experience and given exercises on protocol designing, case record from designing and statistics. They are also encouraged to submit collaborative projects with the department. Timing of the course - September/November each year, the short courses on TDM and ADR are held round the year. Periodicity - Once a year for the WHO-ICMR workshop. The TDM and ADR courses are held round the year. Duration of the course - 2 weeks, for the WHO-ICMR Clinical Pharmacology workshop, the short courses for TDM and ADR are also for 2 weeks duration. Eligibility - MD Pharmacology/MD Medicine/MD Pediatrics with at least 3 years teaching experience in a MCI recognized medical college. Selection based on merit (research work done, publications, awards won). For the short courses, an MD degree in any of the above mentioned subjects is adequate. Collaborators - The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the World Health Organization(WHO) for the WHO-ICMR Clinical pharmacology course/workshop, who provide sponsorship. For the short courses, the sponsorship is expected from the participants' institution. Course fees - The WHO ICMR course is sponsored, while the fees is Rs 1000/- for the TDM and ADR short courses Evaluation - Pre and post workshop questionnaire evaluated by resource persons of the course, and the ability of the participants to translate their learning into setting up of Clinical Pharmacology units at their respective institutions. Accommodation - Provided on request by the Seth GS Medical College & KEM Hospital Contact
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