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PCI announces Pharm. D schedule

HYDERABAD: Even as the counselling for admission into the B. Pharmacy course for MPC students is on, the Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) has announced that pharmacy colleges could offer the new six-year course Pharm. D this academic year from October.

However, the modalities for admitting students into this new course and the fee structure have not yet been finalised leading to some confusion over what would happen to the students who take admissions into B. Pharm courses based on their performance in the Eamcet-2008.

According to the schedule announced on Tuesday last, pharmacy colleges intending to offer Pharm. D course should apply for recognition to the PCI before July 31 and the last date for according approvals after inspections would be August 30. Admission procedures are to start after September 15 and classes would begin in October next.

The Centre had issued a gazette notification on May 16, 2008 on the start of the six-year course, during which a student is expected to study in the college for five years and spend the last year as an internee in a hospital. Entry into Pharm. D will be open for both the MPC and BPC students. The six-year course is expected to bring some parity in pharmacy education with the courses offered in Western countries.

The latest PCI schedule is also for starting a Pharm D (Post Baccalaureate) course of three-year duration. This course is meant for those who have already completed B. Pharm. It would be a three-year course with two years in college and one year internship in a hospital.

According to the PCI stipulations, only 35 colleges out of the existing 249 in the State become eligible for stating the Pharm D or Pharm D (PB) course.

Colleges offering these courses should be attached to a 300-bed hospital or at least they should have a MoU with such a hospital, which must be in the same municipal area, according to M. Venkata Reddy, member of the PCI.

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