7.2 Best Practices
Best Practice I
Title of the Practice: Drug information centre
Objectives of the Practice
The goals of this practice are to give health care professionals & patients with unbiased, well-referenced, and critically analyzed information on all aspects of drug usage, as well as to encourage patient health care through rational use of drugs. The medication data provides the entire monograph of drug, therapeutic indication, drug interactions (drug – drug interactions, Food – drug interactions), recommendations to health care professionals, patients and caregivers regarding correct administration, storage, dosing pattern, formulation, route of administration, duration dosing of prescribed medicines, Safety of medicines during pregnancy, lactation, pediatric and geriatric population which leads to the rational use of drug.
Physicians in addition to knowing a newly approved medication its indication, benefit, risks. They must also remain updated on new knowledge concerning side effects, adverse drug responses, and other drug-related information. Further, many patients doesn't have any idea about basic drug information such what drug they have been prescribed with, how it going work? Misuse of medications can result in a variety of issues, including adverse outcomes, ineffectiveness, overdosing, and even death. Because medical professionals will be busy and flooded with information, they will not be able to communicate drug information with all patients. Many people will find it difficult and time-consuming to explain complex pharmacological information to patients. As a result, a forum to deliver drug information to the concerned practitioners on how to use pharmaceuticals safely and effectively is clearly needed.
The Drug Information Center is made up of highly skilled individuals who are knowledgeable about drugs. The DIC is active on a regular basis. It has exclusive mobile connection, e mail contacts, Pamphlets are published in local language and distributed to all community pharmacy, private and government hospitals in Narsapur to which anyone can go for medicine information of any kind. In the next 12 working hours, the DIC will react to each enquiry and give the appropriate information. If new drug information is required, the essential data is gathered and delivered to those who need to know.
Evidence of Success
The Drug Information Center has made significant strides into the era of medical professionals and community as a whole. We have created a standard format for DIC reports. The documentation includes information about the enquirer, the query, the time it took to receive and provide the information, the specific data availed, and the references provided to answer the drug concerning questions. The essential data is studied and solved by our young graduate pharmacy students checked and countersigned by a superior authority for its authenticity, validity and appropriateness. Conduct a follow-up assessment to establish the usefulness of the information given and whether it resulted in any improvements in medication use or patient outcomes. Through this practice the students will expertise in patient counseling and enrich their skill which make industry ready.
To establish accountability and defend the value of pharmacist care, pharmacists should log their services. The overall process of drug information practice has not changed as a result of increasing availability of medical information, both due to increased expertise and technological developments. To respond to a variety of DI demands, pharmacists must select relevant resources and stay current on new research and techniques. The major hurdles were faced while initially setting up the DIC resources. However now the informative resources such as medical and pharmaceutical references, drug database (micromedex), Medline, ejournals access and online sites were sufficient in successfully addressing the issues. Through the Telangana State Pharmacy Council, Narsapur Community Pharmacist Association, and IPA Narsapur Branch's different continuing pharmacy education programmes, we were successful in reaching out to medical professionals and community pharmacists. It is necessary to encourage pharmacists to use such services on a regular basis and to raise public awareness.
Best Practice II
Title of the Practice: Student Clubs
Clubs formed i.e literary club, Hogwarts club, humor club and photography club with an objective to develop habits of exploration and creative space for the future youth. It gives the students the opportunity to be in touch with recent advances in the chase of success ladder by having a sense of healthy competition among one another. It seemed very important to have interactive spaces for students enhancing their connectivity to build a more interactive environment for having the hear or say about current affairs from the academics to the talent they hold. The ability to network is a significant asset. Members of the club form bonds that aid in the advancement of their career. Students' affiliation with clubs aids in showing one's domain interest and achieving a balance between work and leisure.
The formation of these clubs always aimed for the overall personality development of students in precise to help them deal with what was on their way ahead including improving their interpersonal communication as well as the much required leadership skills. It helped the students imbibe the self-reliance, self-dependence and love for manual work by inculcative scientific attitude.
The fact of having a club that focused mainly on the scientific growth among the students was as they say every simple thing is related to the world science, developing students practical application of the knowledge piled up related to different branches of science.
The statistics of students participating in several events from scientific ones to cultural has shown a rise immensely these activities included elocutions, debates, seminars, cultural competitions etc. It imbibed the sense of responsibility among the students from participating, conducting as well organizing the events securing their thumbnail by showing results. Publishing articles to maintaining a bulletin board among the activities held students evolved. The value of Time management was the foremost skill that was inculcated by participating such activities. Having said that the growth lead to the increase in the participations it eventually created an environment of team work helping them stand out from the rest of the crowd .Just to keep all the chaos behind the humor club were the fascinating ones as they say it takes not even a penny to make someone smile but to the know the exact emotions it takes a good one. The photography club on the other hand was handled by professionals who made sure the talent behind the club was polished enough to give them the courage to know the right balance of the talent they hold to be used for which numerous competitions were held among the team eventually rewarding them for their best work was a pleasure.
All of this could only be possible if an Institute believes in student's growth Intra personal skills to academics and to our greatest honour we have such supportive management.
Clubs plays a major during the various activities and events such as Induction day, Webinars, Scientific conferences, workshops, guest lectures, all cultural activities, and annual sports meet, annual day & graduation day and so on at Vishnu Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research (VIPER). The respective club members will be placed in various committees such as stage committee, publicity committee, on-stage and off-stage decorations committee, hospitality & discipline committee, registration committee, scientific committee & cultural Committee and ensure all the events to be a great success. The photography club includes active members who are highly efficient and are always willing to take photos of any VIPER events. They are continually on the lookout for new information and explore a wide range of topics related to student life on campus. While this is their prime aim, they also intend to produce unique videos.
The common issue that was been seen was tackling various personality clashes and building a collaboration with them. Making them understand the ideology and value of the whole formation of these clubs and to rather implement in the way the thought holds was a deal, Keeping the interests and discomfort of topics in mind we worked on the them by beholding certain activities that tend to improve their tackling in ease ability To our surprise we made it through by having an effective communication through club meetings and gatherings.
The ambiguity and the information load was leading onto jumping conclusions as well as to handle the attitudinal differences between the clubs, there was a need of an experienced and authorized individual to keep the team tight, It wouldn't have been possible unless there was a superior happen to be the backbone of each team , so there were professors assigned to each club to keep the stability and sanity of the club that was helpful through the process. They made sure the team knows the balance of making right choices for their own good. The absolute help from the Institute where in exploration among the students ideology played the major role eventually preparing them to be their best versions for the world out their and to be chosen among the competition one beholds.
Best Practices 2019-20:
BEST PRACTICE - I
Title of the Practice
The objectives / intended outcomes of this "Drug information centre" and underlying Principles or concepts of this practice (in about 100 words)?
The objectives of this practice are to provide unbiased, well referenced and critically evaluated information on every aspect of drug use to health care professionals, patients and consumers and to promote patient care through rational use of medicines. The drug information include complete monograph of drug, therapeutic indication, drug interactions (drug – drug interactions, Food – drug interactions), recommendations to health care professionals, patients and caregivers regarding correct administration, storage of medicines, dose, dosage form, route and duration of prescribed medicines and Safety of medicines during pregnancy, lactation, pediatric and geriatric population which leads to the rational use of drug.
Challenging issues that needed to be addressed in designing and implementing Drug information centre (In about 150 words)?
Physicians in addition to knowing a newly approved medication its indication, benefit, risks. They must also be keep up to date on emerging information about the side effects and adverse drug reactions & drugs related information. Further, many patients doesn't have any idea about basic drug information such what drug they have been prescribed with, how it going work? Misuse of drugs leads to various problems such as side effects, ineffectiveness, overdosage and even death. Health care providers could not share the information about the drugs to all patients as they will be busy & inundated with information, many find it task daunting & time consuming to explain the complex drug information to patients. Thus there is a definite need for a forum that can provide drug information to health care professionals on safe and effective medication-use.
Describe the practice and its uniqueness in the context of India higher education. What were theConstraints / limitations, if any, faced (in about 400 words)?
The Drug information centre consists of well qualified people with knowledge in drug information. The DIC works on daily basis. It has exclusive phone line, e mail contacts, Pamphlets are published in local language and distributed to all community pharmacy and private and government hospitals in Narsapur through which any one can approach for any kind of drug information. The DIC will respond to each query in the next 12 working hrs and provides necessary information. If new drug information is required necessary information are collected and communicated to concern persons.
Provide evidence of success such as performance against targets and benchmarks, review results. What do these results indicate? Describe in about 200 words.
Drug information centre has been able to penetrate into the world of medical professionals and society. We have documented DIC reports in a prescribed format. The documentation consists of about the enquirer details, its enquiry, time of receiving and delivery of information, detailed information provided and references utilized to solve the drug related query. The information is solved by our young graduate pharmacy students checked and countersigned by a supervisor for its authenticity and appropriateness. Perform a follow-up assessment to determine the utility of the information provided and whether the information resulted in changes in medication- use practices or patient outcomes.
Please identify the problems encountered and resources required to implement the practice (in about 150 words).
Pharmacists should document their services to demonstrate accountability and justify the value of pharmacist care. Increased availability of medical information, both due to increased knowledge and technological advances, has not changed the overall process of Drug information practice. It is important for pharmacists to select appropriate resources and keep current on new literature and new tools to address a variety of DI requests. Initially while setting up the DIC resources were the major issue. However now the resources such as medical and pharmaceutical books, drug database (micromedex), Medline, ejournals access and various websites have been sufficient to address the queries successfully. We have been able to reach the medical professionals and community pharmacists through various continuing pharmacy education programs conducted by Telangana State Pharmacy Council, Narsapur community pharmacist association and IPA Narsapur branch. There is a need to motivate pharmacists to use such services frequently and spread the awareness in the society.
BEST PRACTICE - II
The objectives / intended outcomes of this "Student Clubs" and underlyingPrinciples or concepts of this practice (in about 100 words)?
Clubs formed i.e literary club, Hogwarts club, humor club and photography club with an objective to develop habits of exploration and creative space for the future youth. It gives the students the opportunity to be in touch with recent advances in the chase of success ladder by having a sense of healthy competition among one another. It seemed very important to have interactive spaces for students enhancing their connectivity to build a more interactive environment for having the hear or say about current affairs from the academics to the talent they hold. Networking opportunities being major benefit Club members develop bond among themselves which help in growing their careers. Association of students with clubs help in showcasing ones domain interest, balance between work and hobbies.
Challenging issues that needed to be addressed in designing and implementing Student Clubs (In about 150 words)?
The formation of these clubs always aimed for the overall development of student's personality in precise to help them deal with what was on their way ahead including improving their interpersonal communication as well as the much required leadership skills. It helped the students imbibe the self-reliance, self-dependence and love for manual work by inculcative scientific attitude.
Describe the practice and its uniqueness in the context of India higher education. What were the Constraints / limitations, if any, faced (in about 400 words)?
The statistics of students participating in several events from scientific ones to cultural has shown a rise immensely these activities included elocutions, debates, seminars, cultural competitions etc. It imbibed the sense of responsibility among the students from participating, conducting as well organizing the events securing their thumbnail by showing results. Publishing articles to maintaining a bulletin board among the activities held students evolved. The value of Time management was the foremost skill that was inculcated by participating such activities.Having said that the growth lead to the increase in the participations it eventually created an environment of team work helping them stand out from the rest of the crowd .Just to keep all the chaos behind the humor club were the fascinating ones as they say it takes not even a penny to make someone smile but to the know the exact emotions it takes a good one. The photography club on the other hand was handled by professionals who made sure the talent behind the club was polished enough to give them the courage to know the right balance of the talent they hold to be used for which numerous competitions were held among the team eventually rewarding them for their best work was a pleasure.
Clubs plays a major during the various activities andevents such as Induction day, Webinars, Scientific conferences, workshops, guest lectures, all cultural activities, and annual sports meet, annual day & graduation day and so on at Vishnu Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research (VIPER). The respective club members will be placed in various committees such as stage committee, publicity committee, creativity & decorations committee, hospitality & reception committee, registration committee, scientific committee & cultural Committee and ensure all the events to be a great success.Photography club has active members who are very efficient and are always available to click pictures of all the events that happen at VIPER. They are always on their toes and cover all angles of the activities and all moments of Student life at campus. While this is their major forte, they plan to bring out creative videos too.
Please identify the problems encountered and resources required to implement of students club (In about 150 words).
The major issue that was been seen was tackling various personality clashes and building a collaboration with them . Making them understand the ideology and value of the whole formation of these clubs and to rather implement in the way the thought holds was a deal ,Keeping the interests and discomfort of topics in mind we worked on the them by beholding certain activities that tend to improve their tackling in ease ability To our surprise we made it through by having an effective communication through club meetings and gatherings.
The ambiguity and the information load was leading onto jumping conclusions as well as to handle the attitudinal differences between the clubs,there was a need of an experienced and authorized individual to keep the team tight, It wouldn't have been possible unless there was a superior happen to be the backbone of each team , so there were professors assigned to each club to keep the stability and sanity of the club that was helpful through the process. They made sure the team knows the balance of making right choices for their own good. The absolute help from the Institute where in exploration among the students ideology played the major role eventually preparing them to be their best versions for the world out their and to be chosen among the competition one beholds.
INSTITUTIONAL DISTINCTIVENESS 2019-20:
Provide the details of the performance of the institution in one area distinctive to its vision, priority and thrust Provide the weblink of the institution in not more than 500 words
Sri Vishnu Educational Society has been established an Advanced Teacher Training Institute named as "Vishnu Educational Development and innovation Center" (VEDIC), at Aziz Nagar, Hyderabad, with an aim to conduct continuous education programmes and to help in their knowledge up gradation in (teaching learning research methodologies) from time to time.
In every month a selected group of teachers and students will be deputed to above centre from each of the colleges of SVES. The centre provides transportation, accommodation and boarding facilities free of cost to all the teachers.
The faculties trained at VEDIC as a part of IIT program is created a unique "Online teaching practice" by incorporating their knowledge via Edmodo, Google Class Room, and MS Office are the best examples by which students are getting benefited and being monitored by our faculty very smoothly.
IIC –Institutional Innovation Centre (MHRD Initiative) is an special training cell for both students and faculty to improve their research and entrepreneurship skills.
UBA: UBA is another MHRD program under this program we adopted 5 villages Moosapet, Chennapur, Ibrahimbad, Avancha and Rusthumpet.
Hospital training to the students during vacation to improve their clinical and hospital pharmacy knowledge.
Memorandum of Understandings:-
Konkuk University, Department of Biotechnology on 3rd July 2019, South Korea
Boga R Laboratories (BRL) Kakinada, India, Suwanee, GA 30024. USA.
MoU is made and entered into on the 1st November 2019 with India Matters Foundation co presents the "Global Education n India and internationally, Government agencies and NGOs who share the vision that young Indians must be equipped with globally demanded skills, the knowledge and experience to be successful in the 21st century's Global Market Place.
Consultancy projects:-
Suraksha - We are working in collaboration with Suraksha Pharma Ltd in the Formulation Evaluation of Natural Nanoedible Jellies.
Boga R - In collaboration with Boga R, we are conducting anti-cancer screening of the small molecules.