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The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Pharmacy Practice is a research-intensive program focused on advancing the field of clinical pharmacy and patient-centered care. The program explores areas such as pharmacotherapy, clinical decision-making, medication safety, health outcomes research, and pharmacy education. PhD candidates conduct original research to improve the quality, safety, and effectiveness of medication use in healthcare settings. The program prepares graduates for academic, research, and leadership roles in hospitals, universities, healthcare policy institutions, and regulatory agencies. Career opportunities include positions as clinical researchers, faculty members, healthcare consultants, and policy advisors.
| Minimum Duration in Years | Total Number of Semesters | Maximum Duration in Years | Credit Hours |
Minimum CGPA Required |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 6 | 54 |
Use innovative, student-centered teaching to develop clinical reasoning.
Produce clinicians with a global outlook who are qualified, culturally competent and dedicated to community service
Provide care for patients with interprofessional practice.
Recruit and retain highly qualified faculty who inspire lifelong learning, leadership and scholarly activity.
Provide a value addition and current requirement for the students in clinical research and pharmacovigilance.
Teach the students on conceptualizing, designing, conducting, managing and reporting of clinical trials.
Produce students and researchers who embrace professionalism.
Apply reasoning informed by the contextual knowledge to assess societal, health, safety and legal issues and the consequent responsibilities relevant to the professional pharmacy practice.
Provide knowledge and skills necessary for dose calculations, dose adjustments and to apply.
Upon completion of this program the Scholar will have following abilities:
Pharmacy Knowledge: Possess knowledge and comprehension of the core and basic knowledge associated with the profession of pharmacy, including biomedical sciences; pharmaceutical sciences; behavioral, social, and administrative pharmacy sciences; and manufacturing practices.
Planning Abilities: Demonstrate effective planning abilities including time management, resource management, delegation skills and organizational skills. Develop and implement plans and organize work to meet deadlines.
Problem Analysis: Utilize the principles of scientific enquiry, thinking analytically, clearly and critically, while solving problems and making decisions during daily practice. Find, analyze, evaluate and apply information systematically and shall make defensible decisions.
Modern Tool Usage: Learn, select, and apply appropriate methods and procedures, resources, and modern pharmacy-related computing tools with an understanding of the limitations.
Leadership Skills: Understand and consider the human reaction to change, motivation issues, leadership and team-building when planning changes required for fulfillment of practice, professional and societal responsibilities. Assume participatory roles as responsible citizens or leadership roles when appropriate to facilitate improvement in health and well- being.
Professional Identity: Understand, analyze and communicate the value of their professional roles in society (e.g. health care professionals, promoters of health, educators, managers, employers, employees).
Pharmaceutical Ethics: Honor personal values and apply ethical principles in professional and social contexts. Demonstrate behavior that recognizes cultural and personal variability in values, communication and lifestyles. Use ethical frameworks; apply ethical principles while making decisions and take responsibility for the outcomes associated with the decisions.
Communication: Communicate effectively with the pharmacy community and with society at large, such as, being able to comprehend and write effective reports, make effective presentations and documentation, and give and receive clear instructions.
Environment and Sustainability: Understand the impact of the professional pharmacy solutions in societal and environmental contexts, and demonstrate the knowledge of, and need for sustainable development.
Life-Long Learning: Recognize the need for, and have the preparation and ability to engage in independent and life-long learning in the broadest context of technological change. Self- assess and use feedback effectively from others to identify learning needs and to satisfy these needs on an ongoing basis.
Course will be selected from the given list of approved courses in consultation with the Research Advisor.
The Research Advisor may direct the scholar to register for additional courses related to the area of research.
Scholar needs to be registered in dissertation of Nine (09) credit hours for each semester for minimum of four (04) semesters.
Scholar will submit his/her research proposal for approval from BOASAR.
The scholar shall be required to publish a research paper in an HEC recognized journal before the public defense of the PhD dissertation.
University Rules and Regulations for Post Graduate Degrees will be applicable.
*HEC quality criteria will be applicable.
| Program Duration (Years) | 3 |
|---|---|
| No. of Semesters | 6 |
| Admission Fee (One Time) | 10,000 |
| Sem Enrollment/ Exam Fee | 5,000 |
| Tuition Fee (Per Sem) | 82,300 |
| Security (Refundable) | 10,000 |
| Sem-1 Fee (At time of Admission) | 107,300 |
| Sem-2 Fee | 87,300 |
| Sem-3 Fee | 87,300 |
| Sem-4 Fee | 87,300 |
| Sem-5 Fee | 87,300 |
| Sem-6 Fee | 87,300 |
| Total Program Fee | 543,800 |
| Code | Title | CrHrs |
|---|---|---|
| Core Course I | 3-0 | |
| Core Course II | 3-0 | |
| Core Course III | 3-0 |
| Code | Title | CrHrs |
|---|---|---|
| Core Course IV | 3-0 | |
| Core Course V | 3-0 | |
| Core Course VI | 3-0 |
| Code | Title | CrHrs |
|---|---|---|
| RES 900 | Dissertation | 0-9 |
| Code | Title | CrHrs |
|---|---|---|
| PHP 801 | Liquid -Liquid Extraction Techniques for Drug Analysis | 3-0 |
| PHP 802 | Solid phase Extraction Techniques for Drug Analysis | 3-0 |
| PHP 803 | Cytochrome P450 Mediated Pharmacokinetic Drug- Drug Interaction –I | 3-0 |
| PHP 804 | Cytochrome P450 Mediated Pharmacokinetic Drug- Drug Interaction – II | 3-0 |
| PHP 805 | Pharmacoepidemiology | 3-0 |
| PHP 806 | Drug profile assessment plan | 3-0 |
| PHP 807 | Drug safety and pharmacovigilance | 3-0 |
| PHP 808 | Clinical Pharmacokinetics | 3-0 |
| PHP 809 | Pharmacotherapy of infectious diseases | 3-0 |
| PHP 810 | Pharmacotherapy of Pain | 3-0 |
| PHP 811 | Toxicology | 3-0 |
| PHP 812 | Principles of drug action | 3-0 |
| Code | Title | CrHrs |
|---|---|---|
| PHP 813 | Clinical Trials | 3-0 |
| PCU 902 | Pharmacokinetics and Bioavailability of Drugs from Oral Dosage Form | 3-0 |
| PCU 806 | Radiopharmaceuticals | 3-0 |
| PCG 809 | Experimental Pharmacology | 3-0 |
| PCG 810 | Molecular Pharmacology | 3-0 |
| PHC 821 | Biostatics | 3-0 |
| RES 800 | Research methods in pharmacy | 3-0 |
| PCG 811 | Pharmacogenomics | 3-0 |
| PCG 813 | Pharmacotherapy of infectious diseases | 3-0 |
| PCG 814 | Pharmacotherapy of Pain | 3-0 |
| PCG 815 | Toxicology | 3-0 |
| PCG 816 | Principles of drug action | 3-0 |
| PCG 802 | Cancer chemotherapy | 3-0 |
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