A cross-sectional study of surveillance of adverse drug reactions in inpatient departments of a tertiary care hospital.

Background: Pharmacovigilance plays an imperative role in providing information about adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and drug safety in a hospital. Hence, it was considered worthwhile to study the surveillance of ADRs in inpatient departments (IPD). Our study aims to evaluate the frequency, type, characteristics, causality, and severity and avoidability of ADRs in the IPDs.

Tackling the problems of tumour chemotherapy by optimal drug scheduling.

Introduction: There are various strategies for overcoming the major pitfalls of cancer chemotherapy, such as toxicity and drug resistance. The scientific computing of drug scheduling by optimisation before drug administration is one among them. In a majority of these strategies, the pharmacodynamic variations are given more importance than the pharmacokinetic variations.

Microteaching, an efficient technique for learning effective teaching.

Microteaching, a teacher training technique currently practiced worldwide, provides teachers an opportunity to perk up their teaching skills by improving the various simple tasks called teaching skills. With the proven success among the novice and seniors, microteaching helps to promote real-time teaching experiences. The core skills of microteaching such as presentation and reinforcement skills help the novice teachers to learn the art of teaching at ease and to the maximum extent.

The knowledge, attitude and the perception of prescribers on the rational use of antibiotics and the need for an antibiotic policy-a cross sectional survey in a tertiary care hospital.

Background: Antibiotics are prescribed frequently and there is always an overuse with a risk of resistance and increasing costs. Rational drug prescribing is essential for minimizing the health care costs and for reducing the resistance. The implementation of a strict antibiotic policy by all the health care institutes is being made mandatory nowadays.