Learning Practical Pharmacology for Undergraduates

SECTION-1: Working in Experimental Lab
1. Common Laboratory Animals
2. Some Basic Equipment
3. Starting an Experiment
4. Effects of Drugs on Isolated Heart of Frog
5. Experiments with Isolated Intestinal Smooth Muscle
6. Experiments on Rabbit-Eye
SECTION-2: Working in Pharmacy Lab
7. Introduction
8. Metrology [Weights and Measures]
9. Prescription Writing
10. Dosage Forms
11. Pharmacy Exercises
Exercise 1: Carminative Mixture
Exercise 2: Sodium Salicylate Mixture
Exercise 3: Expectorant Mixture
Exercise 4: Astringent Mixture
Exercise 5: Diaphoretic Mixture
Exercise 6: Condy’s Lotion
Exercise 7: Calamine Lotion
Exercise 8: Castor Oil Emulsion
Exercise 9: Oral Rehydration Salt (ORS)
Exercise 10: Siedlitz Powder
Exercise 11: Sulphur Ointment
Exercise 12: Whitfield’s Ointment
Exercise 13: Boric Acid Ear Drops
12. Instruments Commonly used in Pharmacy Lab
SECTION-3: Learning Skills
(In accordance with syllabus prescribed by Medical Council of India)
13. Starting Intravenous Lines
14. Posology
15. Test for Penicillin Hypersensitivity
16. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
17. Essentials of Clinical Trial
18. Sources of Drug Information-how to Retrieve Information
19. Critical Appraisal of Drug Promotional Literature
20. Drug Package Inserts
21. ADR Monitoring-Pharmacovigilance
22. P-Drug Concept
23. Essential Drug List
SECTION-4: Appendices
Appendix 1: Informed Consent Form Template
Appendix 2: Outline of a Typical Study Protocol for Clinical Study
Appendix 3: ADR Form
Appendix 4: Pharmacovigilance Programme of India (PVPI)
Appendix 5: WHO Model List of Essential Medicines 17th List 2011
Appendix 6: National List of Essential Medicines of India 2011
Appendix 7: Interesting Historical Facts that led to Development of Autonomic Nervous System
Appendix 8: Question Bank

Suyog Sindhu MBBS MD