The course is designed to impart basic knowledge and skills to provide various pharmaceutical care services to patients and general practitioners in the community setup.
The Objectives of this book is upon completion of this course the student should be able to know about:
1. Establishing and running a community pharmacy and its legal requirements.
2. Professional aspects of handling and filling prescriptions.
3. Patient counselling on diseases, prescription and or non-prescription medicines.
4. Scope for performing basic health screening in community pharmacy settings.
Contents –
1. Community Pharmacy Practice
2. Good Pharmacy Practice
3. Prescription and Prescription Handling
4. Communication Skill
5. Patient Counselling
6. Medication Adherence
7. Health Screening Service in Community Pharmacy
8. Over-The-Counter Drugs (OTC)
9. Community Pharmacy Management