Pharmacy Practice — Winter 2025

Enlist various factors that may alter the ability of a child to absorb drugs given by various routes of administration. Describe the effects of age on pharmacokinetics and their significance in drug therapy.

Give overview of FDA Pregnancy Categories assigned to medications used during pregnancy. Summarize limitations of the informational resources used to determine the risks of medication use in pregnancy and lactation.

List the goals and objectives for clinical pharmacists on ward rounds. Describe types of interventions that may be made during ward rounds.

Define the term drug utilisation evaluation (DUE). List the objectives of DUE. Describe the steps in the DUE cycle.

Define signal. Describe the role of pharmacist in detection and reporting of adverse drug reactions.

Discuss role of pharmacist in promotion of preventive health highlighting special emphasis on immunization.

Discuss the therapeutic guidelines for management of tuberculosis.

Explain concept of essential drug. Differentiate between essential drug and rational drug.

Give an overview of strategies to optimize adherence of medications.

Discuss the need for therapeutic guidelines. List the steps involved in the development, review and implementation of therapeutic guidelines.

Discuss techniques of inventory control in brief. What is importance Economic Order Quantity in inventory control?

Enlist common medical problems in the geriatrics. Explain why elderly patients are at increased risk of adverse drug outcomes.

Describe role of pharmacist in patient counselling on prescription medications and self-diagnostic/monitoring tools.

Explain the importance of communication skills during patient counselling by citing suitable examples.

Discuss the importance of accurate interpretation of prescription orders. Q. 6 (a) Classify drug information resources. State the basic principles of indexing and searching computerised databases.

Justify importance of review of drug-drug interaction, drug-food interactions and identification of drug allergies in prescription analysis.

Highlight importance of clinical pharmacists by discussing their daily activities in hospital and community set-up. Page 1 of

List the types of drug-related problems (DRPs) that are commonly identified during medication review. Describe important sources of information which are used to monitor the therapeutic outcome.

Describe the therapeutic guidelines for management of Hypertension.

Discuss significance of Quality assurance of pharmacy services. Page 2 of