Suresh was addressing a series of meetings with principals and directors of pharmacy colleges and representatives from Chemists and Druggist Associations of Gujarat.
Pharmacy education in the country is all set to undergo a revamp. With the Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) aiming to take admissions online from next year, the syllabus will now be industry relevant. Announcing the same, Dr B Suresh, President, PCI who was in city on Saturday, as part of a meet organized by the Gujarat Technological University (GTU), he said, "We are getting ready for taking pharma education and practice of pharmacy to next level. PCI will now focus on regulation of profession and practice of pharmacists as well as welfare measures for pharmacists.
Suresh was addressing a series of meetings with principals and directors of pharmacy colleges and representatives from Chemists and Druggist Associations of Gujarat.
Speaking about self-governance, he said, "Although inspections and approvals will remain, we will ensure that no institute will suffer due to regulatory actions. We are uploading and verifying data and will use technology interface more and more. From next year, everything under pharma education will be made available online. Details of faculty members will work like a passport so whenever any professor changes institute, a specific number will help to identify the faculty member. Some details will be variable and can be changed after such migration. Admission process for students will be made totally online."
On a concluding note, he said that PCI will soon be setting up national schools of pharmacy jointly by PCI and the pharma industry as a centre of excellence which will produce high quality pharmacist workforce to suit the requirements of the industry. A committee of experts has already been constituted to frame an action plan for making the proposed National School of Pharmacy a reality. To meet the growing requirements of the practical knowledge side and to overcome the problems being faced by Indian pharmacy graduates in practicing the pharmacy profession in foreign countries, the PCI has approached the Health Ministry for approval to introduce Pharm.D programme as registrable qualification."
"Even though colleges of pharmacy are regulated by PCI but syllabus is varied as per universities requirements. There is need of uniform syllabus all over India and we are working in the direction. We are also trying hard to introduce latest subjects like 3D printing and Nanotechnology, he added.
CHANGES IN PHARMACY EDUCATION:
- Major revamp of syllabus as per industry's needs
- Role of pharmacists to be strengthened
- Admissions to go online from next year
- Faculty members to get identification number
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