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PharmD in India was started in India in the year 2008. PharmD expanded form is Doctor of Pharmacy. Its a Postgraduate and Postdoctoral program in India. The PharmD PG's can add Dr. before there name.

PHARMD

A Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) is a professional doctor degree in pharmacy. In some countries, it is a first professional degree, and a prerequisite for licensing to exercise the profession of Pharmacist

ROLE OF PHARMD IN PRACTICE

PharmD roles

PHARMD IS DIFFERENT FROM BPHARM

 PharmD is mostly clinical in setup. Its different from traditional Bpharm in India . The syllabus is different too.

Many papers are entirely different and in India PharmD is mostly having an annual plan unlike Bpharm.

Job aspects are also different . PharmD is more towards Clinical and Hospital  work.

5 YEAR STUDY AND ONE YEAR INTERNSHIP

In PharmD the course period of study in 5 years and there is one year internship.

The internship is supposed to be in a big hospital with all facilities.

hospital ward rounds for students are scheduled from 2nd year.

from 4th years they start working in hospital Pharmacy department and Department of Pharmacy Practice.

the internship is divided in two phases

in 1st phase they are supposed to have rotatory posting in super specialty departments

in the 2nd Phase they are supposed to do more of management and clerkship job.Its a Pre-PhD course in India

There is no need to do Mpharm after this PhamD program.

Students can directly go for PhD after this program.

The Pharm.D program is a pre-PhD, post-graduate professional doctoral program. It was introduced to improve clinical pharmacy services in India and it is the only pharmacy service which is in direct contact with patient health care system. The first batch of Pharm.D post baccalaureate students graduated in August 2011. The Pharm.D degree requires five years of classroom and hospital based didactic study (two years didactic), followed by one year of internship training in addition to ongoing practicals and research project.The entry requirements for this 6 year pharmD program is after 12 years of school education with maths & science sub: or diploma in pharmacy and for post baccalaureate entry is after 4 year B.Pharm undergraduate qualification[citation needed]. In India pharm D students and graduates are actively participating in direct patient care in hospitals[citation needed]. Pharm D graduation is a post graduate professional doctoral degree in India[citation needed]. With reference to Clarification on Pharm.D qualification, it is clarified to all universities that Pharm.D is a post graduate degree and passed out students can directly register for Ph.D From 2012