Dinesh Badyal MBBS, MD (PGI)
Associate Professor Department of Pharmacology Christian Medical College
Ludhiana, Punjab India
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Practical Manual of Pharmacology
© 2008, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers
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First Edition: 2008
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To
My beloved students
(who have been my teachers too)
and
My daughter
Anvi
5Preface
We are what we repeatedly do,
excellence then is not an act,
but becomes a habit.
—Aristotle
To impart skills to budding doctors practical pharmacology is an essential area of teaching. This practical manual describes what you do with your own hands which will help you throughout the life. This manual has been written keeping in view the desired shift in the pharmacology practical teaching from pharmacy based redundant experiments to more meaningful, clinically relevant problem based exercises. The topics covered in the manual have been carefully selected based on the most recent (2007) improvised problem based curriculum design for pharmacology (Appendix I). The book covers all essential components to impart the necessary required skills to students in the subject of pharmacology as per prevailing regulations in the country. The manual highlights the important skills to be imbibed by budding doctors which will aid in rational therapeutics.
The manual covers all feasible exercises in pharmacology. The manual is flexible enough to suggest various modifications for various medical colleges as per availability of material for practicals. A time schedule is also included (Appendix II), which can be modified as per requirements. The exercises vary from simple demonstrations to computer simulation models. Special care is taken to keep the cost of material needed for practicals as low as possible. There are sufficient examples for students to apply the concepts learned in practicals. There are also new topics like ethics, which has become very important now after implementation of consumer protection Act to doctors.
I am thankful to all my students for sharing their concern about existing pharmacology practicals and for their views on modifications in pharmacology practical training. That in a way, encouraged me to write this manual. I am thankful to Mr Tarun Duneja of M/s Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd, New Delhi for expediting the publication. I hope that students and teachers would benefit from this manual. Suggestions for improvements from teachers and students are most welcome.
Dinesh Badyal