PHARMACOLOGY

• The Department of Pharmacology is well equipped with adequate infrastructure to support undergraduate teaching and learning as per the Competency-Based Medical Education curriculum of the National Medical Commission.
• The department comprises spacious lecture halls with audiovisual facilities, demonstration rooms, and small group teaching rooms designed to facilitate interactive teaching, small group discussions, and case-based learning. Practical laboratories are well maintained and equipped to conduct undergraduate practical sessions including training of injection techniques and utilizes computer assisted learning for experimental pharmacology simulations.
• A dedicated computer facility with internet access is available for students and faculty to access online academic resources. The department also maintains facilities for pharmacovigilance activities, and display of educational charts, models, and reference materials relevant to undergraduate training. Faculty rooms, departmental office space, and record-keeping areas are adequately provided to ensure smooth academic and administrative functioning.

• Understand the principles of pharmacology, including pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, relevant to rational drug therapy.
• Prescribe drugs rationally by selecting appropriate medicines, doses, routes, and duration of treatment for common clinical conditions.
• Recognize, prevent, and manage adverse drug reactions, drug interactions, and medication errors, and appreciate the importance of pharmacovigilance.
• Apply principles of essential medicines and evidence-based medicine in clinical decision-making.
• Demonstrate skills in prescription writing and safe drug administration, including injections.
• Integrate pharmacology with clinical subjects to enhance problem-solving and case-based reasoning.
• Practice ethical and legal aspects of drug use, including informed consent and regulations governing medicines.
• Promote patient safety and effective communication regarding drug therapy.

• The Department of Pharmacology provides academic and institutional services that support undergraduate medical education and promote rational use of medicines. Academic services include curriculum planning and delivery, conduct of theory and practical assessments, and implementation of innovative teaching–learning methods such as case-based learning, problem-solving exercises, prescription writing, and computer assisted learning. The department also supports integrated teaching, student mentoring and continuous internal assessment to ensure achievement of prescribed competencies and learning outcomes.
• The department conducts pharmacovigilance activities, including adverse drug reaction monitoring and reporting, to enhance patient safety and student learning. The department also contributes to ethics-related academic activities. Through these services, the Department of Pharmacology plays an important role in promoting safe, effective, and ethical use of medicines

MBBS

• Enriching the Medical students with sound knowledge regarding pharmacological and therapeutic concepts in rationally by providing the clinical format (PBL)and SGT
• Facilitating the sound Knowledge of students in Rational Prescription of Medicine.
• Training regarding the Audit of the prescription done in clear way under the heading of justification.

Training for District Residential Programme for MD (Pharmacology)

• Training Medical postgraduate students for clinical trials
• Awareness about Pharmacovigilance in various department regarding Causality
• Creating a sound knowledge regarding Pharmacogenetics, Biostatistics, clinical epidemiology and Pharmacotherapeutics by seminars.
• Trained to find out the Drug Utilization Pattern and its protocol writing with special emphasis on Non infectious and Infectious diseases
• Trained to prepare Antibiotic Policy and to identify sensitive & resistant drugs
• To attend the Regular activities like Journal Club, Journal Criticism, Seminar, Discussion, Drug Screening, Protocol writing, GCP & Scientific writing.
• Trained to perform Prescription Audit in various departments

Pharmacovigilance

Awaiting for ADR Monitoring Center status

Institutional Ethics committee

Contributes a Prime role in reviewing the various studies submitted in Institutional Ethics Committee activities.

Basic Experimental & Computer assisted learning lab.

Student’s seminar

Department Library

Department Library with rich reading facilities.

Museum

An innovative Museum which demonstrates interaction between Pharmacological science and society that enhances the dissemination of Knowledge

Research work

Dr. K. Latha (Professor & HOD, Department of Pharmacology)-14 published &1 accepted paper in her account.

Ongoing project

• Analysis of demographic profile & drug utilization pattern of Hypertension patients attending Non Communicable Disease OPD in a tertiary care centre. Dr. K. Latha
• A Cross-sectional Study to assess Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Medical student towards pharmacovigilance and adverse drug reaction in a Tertiary care centre Dr. M. Shri Vidhya
• A Cross-sectional Study to assess Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Medical Health care professionals towards pharmacovigilance and adverse drug reaction in a Tertiary care centre. Dr. M. Shri Vidhya
• A Cross Sectional Study on the Impact of Awareness, Knowledge, Attitude & Practice of Materiovigilance Among Health Care Professionals in a Tertiary Care Hospital’’ Dr. M. Firoze
• An Cross-sectional study to Evaluate the outcome of Problem Based Learning (PBL) methodology among the II MBBS Students Dr M. Shri Vidhya
• Evaluation of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Haemovigilance among Health Care Professionals – A Cross-Sectional Study .Dr. Tshema V
• Evaluation of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Haemovigilance among II year Medical students in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital in Tiruppur – A Cross-Sectional Study. Dr. Tshema V
• A Cross Sectional Study on the Impact of Awareness, Knowledge, Attitude & Practice about Tuberculosis and NTEP among Undergraduate Medical Students of a Government Medical College Dr.M.Firoze
• A Prospective Study of Drug Utilization Pattern in patients admitted under Surgery department of Government Medical College, Tiruppur. Dr. K. Latha
• Impact of Awareness and Sensitization Programme on materiovigilance among II MBBS students at a tertiary care centre: A cross‑sectional study Dr.N.Caroline Devakirubai

The Pharm Fiesta, held on 26.10.2023 was a dynamic and culturally enriched event that took place on Lecture hall 2, Clinical Pharmacology and Experimental Pharmacology lab. It featured a wide array of artistic and creative contests, including Rangoli, Ads up, craft work, poetry, orbituary, dumb charades, skit, Painting, Short Film and Models on Pharmacology topics. This celebration provided participants with a unique platform to showcase their talents over Pharmacology. Programme was presided by our respected Dean Dr.Murugesan, Vice Principal, Medical Superindent and other faculty from various departments.

Pharmacology Quiz prelims was conducted on 17.10.2023, from 100 participants we finalized 15 participants for the final round. The Pharmacology Quiz Competition held on 27.10.2023, in Lecture hall 3, which comprised 5 teams- Antibiotic avengers, Capsule crew, Drug designers, Insulin squad and Mighty Morphins. Each team with 3 enthusiastic participants and spanned across 20 intense rounds, was an exhilarating and knowledge-testing event. The event aimed to challenge the participants’ understanding of Pharmacological principles and their ability to apply this knowledge effectively.

Over the course of 20 challenging rounds, participants faced a wide array of questions and scenarios related to Pharmacology. The questions covered various topics, from drug classifications to Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics, putting the participants’ knowledge to the test. Certificate for Quiz and prizes for Pharm Fiesta were given by our Dean for the participants.