About the Department
With the aim to bestow quality medical education to the learners, the department of pharmacology was established in 2004 under the able leadership of senior and experienced faculty. It started functioning from the year 2005. The postgraduate training course for awarding the M.D. Pharmacology degree was introduced in 2010.
The department comprises of diligent enthusiastic senior faculty as well as young dynamic faculty, keen towards achieving excellence for the department.
The department is actively involved in competently designed innovative teaching, learning, evaluation and research activities as per the Competency Based Medical Education (CBME) curriculum for undergraduate and postgraduate students. It also provides hospital services and is actively conducting adverse drug reaction (ADR) monitoring in coordination with the clinical departments. The department is an approved peripheral ADR monitoring center (AMC) under Pharmacovigilance Program of India (PvPI), National Coordinating center (NCC), Ghaziabad.
The department will be constructively working towards training scholars in Doctorate of Philosophy (Ph.D) and DM clinical pharmacology course in the days to come.
Head of the Department
Dr. Radhika Mayur Sherkhane, MBBS, MD (Pharmacology) heads the department. She has graduated from BLDEA’s Shri B. M. Patil Medical College, Bijapur and is a post graduate from KLE Academy of Higher Education’s J N Medical College, Belagavi. She has been a passionate academician for over 18 years. She has completed postgraduate diploma in Clinical Research and data management and also Post graduate diploma in rational use of drugs. She has completed the MCI recognized Advanced course in Medical Education (ACME), during which she was awarded the ‘Best paper award’. She has also received training in ADR Reporting and Pharmacovigilance activities and completed ‘Advanced Pharmacovigilance’ workshop from the regional center of NCC, at JSS Medical College, Mysore. She is also the coordinator of the medical education unit (MEU) of the institute. She is also a university recognized guide for postgraduate students of pharmacology. She has guided many undergraduates of medical & dental students in UG research projects. She has been a resource person at many workshops and conferences of pharmacology and medical education. She has been awarded best oral and best poster papers during regional and annual conferences. She has authored several publications in journals of national and international repute.
Teaching program
Department is involved in training of undergraduate and postgraduate students of medical, dental, physiotherapy, nursing and allied health sciences. The undergraduate teaching activities in the department include large group teaching like lectures and small group teaching like tutorials/ student seminars, practical demonstrations, video demonstrations, computer assisted learning (CAL) sessions, clinical pharmacology discussions, AETCOM Modules, DOAP sessions, SDL sessions, integrated teaching sessions and some innovative teaching techniques like Zig- saw interactive learning, SLOT etc.
The postgraduate training is mainly through subject seminars, journal review meetings, clinical postings, case presentations, group discussions, etc. Post graduates are also trained in animal experiments as per good laboratory practice (GLP) guidelines, clinical pharmacology, adverse drug reaction monitoring and reporting, innovative teaching and training methods etc. Such that the post graduates are ready for academic professions and are also industry ready.
Department manages a well maintained Central Animal House as per the CPCSEA guidelines. The Departmental library has over 186 books with updated editions of most of the books to cater the needs of staff and students. The museum harbours a section of History of Medicine section and also provides proficient information of various drugs via the charts and other displays. Laboratories of the department are equipped with all required instruments for undergraduate and postgraduate training.