1. Introduction
- Role of pharmacist in hospital
- Minimum standards for pharmacies in institutions/hospitals
- Research in hospital pharmacy
2. Hospital and its organization
- Classification of hospitals
- Organizational pattern
- Administration
- Clinical departments
- Nursing, dietetic
- Pathology
- Blood bank
- Radiology
- Other supportive services
- Role of pharmacy in hospital
- Hospital finances
3. Pharmacy, its organization and personnel
- Pharmacy specialist
- Drug information centre
- Poison control centre and antidote bank
- Pharmacy education
- Determining the need of professional and other departmental staff
- F.professional services rendered
4. Pharmacy and therapeutic committee
5. The hospital formulary
- General principles and guidelines to develop formulary
- Format
- Preparation of the formulary
- Role of pharmacist
- Benefits and problems
- F. Keeping up to date formulary
6. Dispensing to inpatients
- Methods of dispensing & sop’s
- Unit dose dispensing
- Other concepts of dispensing, satellite pharmacy etc
7. Dispensing to ambulatory patients
8. Distribution of control substances
9. Dispensing during off-hours
10. Safe use of medication in the hospital
- Medication error
- Evaluation &precautions of medication error
- Role of pharmacist in controlling medication error