Uttaranchal Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences organized a Workshop on “Skill Development: Research on Teaching Clinical Skills to Pharmacists” on 4thApril, 2019. Dr. Prashant Mathur, Head of Department, Pharmacy Practice, SGRR University, was the Chief Guest of event. 90 students of the Pharmacy Department attended the workshop. Dr.Anuj Mittal, Director-UIPS, warmly welcomed the Guest and students in his introductory speech.
Dr. Prashant Mathur explained about the various aspects of skill development in the field of Clinical Pharmacy and its scope. He said that the clinical skill may contain one or several different domains such as: physical examination skills, practical procedure, communication skills and management. He informed that acquiring clinical skills includes three components: learning how to perform certain movements (procedural knowledge), why one should do so (underlying basic science knowledge), and what the findings might mean (clinical reasoning). He explained the initial step in examining the development in the field as well as clinical skills required to assess a patient, diagnose a condition, decide on treatment, monitor response to treatment and recognise when symptoms or signs may indicate serious disease.
All the students showed keen interest and actively participated in the session. An open session was conducted to clear the doubts of students regarding clinical studies.
The session concluded with a Vote of Thanks delivered by Dr. Amit Semwal.
