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The pharmaceutical profession has experimented relevant changes worldwide through the last few decades in response to social challenges and needs. Clinical Pharmacy practice refers to providing safe, effective, appropriate and cost-effective medicines to the patients for their better health care. Today’s pharmacy practice deals with understanding the unique needs of the patients and realizing that healthcare professionals have a moral and professional duty to provide patients with adequate care in return to the trust empowered by them. Over the past few decades, growing evidence from global research has demonstrated the positive impact of clinical pharmacy services on patient outcomes. Therefore, Clinical Pharmacy practice is undoubtedly one of such area which can take a lead role in improving the pharmacy practice scenario by delivering a pharmaceutical care as required to the patients.
Eligibility
Eligibility
- B. Pharm or equivalent degree recognized by the government of Nepal
- Registered in Nepal Pharmacy Council
- Candidate should score a minimum of 50% (Pass Marks) in the Entrance Examinations conducted by Medical Education Commission for being eligible to be on the merit list
Exam Format
- Single best response type with Multiple choice questions
- Four options (A, B, C, D)
- No. of questions - 200
- Recall:Understanding: Application – 30:50:20
- Duration – 3 hours including one-time voluntary toilet break
Weightage
| S.No. | Subjects | Marks |
| 1 | Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics | 20 |
| 2 | Industrial Pharmacy | 18 |
| 3 | Physical Pharmacy | 18 |
| 4 | Instrumental Analysis | 18 |
| 5 | Quality Assurance | 18 |
| 6 | Pharmacology and Toxicology | 18 |
| 7 | Pharmaceuticals and Jurisprudence | 18 |
| 8 | Pharmacotherapeutic | 18 |
| 9 | Clinical Pharmacy | 18 |
| 10 | Hospital Pharmacy | 18 |
| 11 | Pharmacy Practice | 18 |
| Total | 200 |
Job Prospects
Clinical pharmacists are involved in providing the advanced pharmaceutical care services to the patient and are directly involved in patient care activities. Managing medicines safely, effectively and efficiently is central to the delivery of high-quality care that is focused on the patient. Such graduates will be needed in various kinds of health agencies, communities, hospitals, and institutions. In general, M.Pharm (Clinical pharmacy) graduates will be able to carry out the responsibilities of various health institutions and hospital as a researcher and care provider. They collaborate with other members of health care service providers or may involve directly in patients care. Areas of a practice of these graduates include:
- Professional development.
- Pharmaceutical care
- Disease-state management
- Clinical interventions (refusal to dispense a drug, recommendation to change and/or add a drug to a patient's pharmacotherapy, dosage adjustments, etc.
- Extemporaneous pharmaceutical compounding.
- Communication skills
- Health psychology
- Patient care
- Drug abuse prevention
- Prevention of drug interactions, including drug-drug interactions or drug-food interactions
- Prevention (or minimization) of adverse events
- Incompatibility
- Drug discovery and evaluation
- Community Pharmacy
- Hospital pharmacy management
Curricular Structure
The duration of the Master of Pharmacy in Clinical Pharmacy course is of 2 years (4 semesters). In each of the first two semesters, there are courses work comprising a minimum of 15 weeks of instruction and examination preparation leave of one week. The part of the third semester is allocated for instruction and proposal writing for the research project. The fourth semester is exclusively dedicated to the dissertation. During the span of the study, students are encouraged to present Seminars and write review papers whose marks will be included in internal theory marks. The total credit hour of whole courses is of 62 hours .
Semester-wise Breakdown of Master of Pharmacy in Clinical Pharmacy Course
TIM: Theory Internal Marks | TFM: Theory Final Marks | PIM: Practical Internal Marks | PFM: Practical Final Marks
| Master of Pharmacy in Clinical Pharmacy: First Semester Course Structure | |||||||
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits | TIM | TFM | PIM | PFM | Total |
| MPHAR 614 | Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics | 3+1=4 | 20 | 80 | 25 | 25 | 150 |
| MPHAR 616 | Pathophysiology | 3+1=4 | 20 | 80 | 25 | 25 | 150 |
| MPHAR 617 | Principles of Pharmacology and Toxicology | 3 | 50 | 100 | - | - | 150 |
| MPHAR 618 | Clinical Pharmacy I | 3+1=4 | 20 | 80 | 25 | 25 | 150 |
| MPHAR 619 | Hospital Pharmacy | 3+1=4 | 20 | 80 | 25 | 25 | 150 |
| Total | 19 | 750 | |||||
| ----- | Seminar as a part of MPHAR 617 / 618 / 619 practical | ||||||
| Master of Pharmacy in Clinical Pharmacy: Second Semester Course Structure | |||||||
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits | TIM | TFM | PIM | PFM | Total |
| MPHAR 620 | Novel Drug Delivery System and Pharmaceutical Products | 2 | 10 | 40 | 25 | 25 | 100 |
| MPHAR 621 | Pharmacotherapeutics I | 3+1=4 | 20 | 80 | 25 | 25 | 150 |
| MPHAR 622 | Biostatistics and Clinical Research | 3 | 20 | 80 | 25 | 25 | 150 |
| MPHAR 623 | Clinical Pharmacy II | 3+1=4 | 20 | 80 | 25 | 25 | 150 |
| MPHAR 624 | Hospital and Community Pharmacy | 3+1=4 | 20 | 80 | 25 | 25 | 150 |
| MPHAR 625 | Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence | 2 | 10 | 40 | - | - | 50 |
| Total | 19 | 750 | |||||
| ----- | Seminar as a part of MPHAR 621 / 622 / 623 practical | ||||||
| ----- | Clinical Clerkship (Practical for MPHAR 621 / 623 / 624) | 3 | |||||
| Master of Pharmacy in Clinical Pharmacy: Third Semester Course Structure | |||||||
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits | TIM | TFM | PIM | PFM | Total |
| MPHAR 630 | Pharmacotherapeutics II | 3+1=4 | 20 | 80 | 25 | 25 | 150 |
| MPHAR 631 | Clinical Pharmacy III | 3+1=4 | 20 | 80 | 25 | 25 | 150 |
| MPHAR 632 | Dissertation Synopsis | 2 | - | 50 | 50 | 50 | 100 |
| MPHAR 633 | Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics | 2 | 10 | 40 | - | - | 50 |
| Total | 12 | 450 | |||||
| ----- | Clinical Clerkship (Practical for MPHAR 630 / 631) | 2 | |||||
| Master of Pharmacy in Clinical Pharmacy: Fourth Semester Course Structure | |||||||
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits | TIM | TFM | PIM | PFM | Total |
| MPHAR 640A | Project Dissertation | 8 | - | - | 300 | - | 300 |
| MPHAR 640B | Article Writing | 2 | - | - | - | 50 | 50 |
| MPHAR 640C | Defence (Viva-voice) | 2 | - | - | - | 50 | 50 |
| Total | 12 | 400 | |||||